Command: screen

  SCREEN sets the number of lines of text on screen.
  SCREEN is a CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS command.

Syntax:

  screen=xx

Options:

  xx (Codes):
    0x11  8x14 font (28 lines VGA, 25 lines EGA)
    0x12  8x8  font (50 lines VGA, 43 lines EGA)
    0x14  default VGA font (25 lines VGA)

Comments:

  SCREEN switches into videomode xxx (INT10/11xx/000).
  Some newer graphics cards may not have 8x14 fonts in the BIOS. In
  that case, a driver can be loaded to load a suitable font in RAM, but
  SCREEN=0x11 should not be used. If xx is less than 15 (0x0f), it is
  treated as screen mode number, for example 1 for CGA 40x25 color text
  or 7 for monochrome text.
  SCREEN is a command internal to kernel.sys and needs no other file
  in order to work.

Examples:

  IN CONFIG.SYS / FDCONFIG.SYS:
    screen=0x12 (shows 50 lines VGA)
    screen=0x11 (shows 28 lines VGA)

See also:

  config.sys/fdconfig.sys

  Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2008 by W. Spiegl.

  This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
  See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.