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From: hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: changing screen to 50 line mode
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 14:53:12 -0700
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you're supposed to use vidcontrol VGa_80x50.  that didn't work for me 
either.  since i've heard to set fonts to 8x8 first ...

now, if i could only boot 2.1.5, i'd try it!