Re: Displays

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The Uwe Sieber's DOS fonts are the best solution. I am using them now
and XyWrite 4 displays very well in my 21" monitor. It is worth to pay
$6 for the licensed version. They are now available in CP850. I have a
beautiful full screen under Windows using the 16x37 font.
Manuel Castelao

Michael Norman wrote:
>
> This week's posts on displays and Ultravision recalls a thread a
> fortnight ago. First, Ultravision is no panacea. It improves slightly
> the 9x16 matrix in DOS produced by video cards. You get a few more
> pixels and the characters look, well, less ephemeral. UV works well
> on Desktops, in general, though it does cause some very strange,
> though not fatal, opening screens on WIN-SE and up machines. On
> laptops IT IS NOT A CURE for the 3/4 screen most people get in DOS
> "full-screen" mode. In addition to UV, others here have in the last
> month suggested other solutions, though they often require time to
> "build" one's own fonts. There, is, however, an alternative, one that
> works on both desktops and laptops (I think), and that is Uwe Sieber's
> soft-fonts for "DOS Boxes." These are available for $6 at:
> http://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfon_e.html and
> http://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfonfe.html and a number of XyDos'ers have
> tried and liked them, this atavist included. Tweaking Windows (and
> I'll assume this is possible in XP) one can hide the task tray and bar
> (bottom) and the tool bar (top) and use these very clear fonts in an
> almost-full-screen DOS box. The only loss is a Win one-line frame at
> the very top of the screen.
>
> Michael Norman