sombunall
Experienced Member
Using a Paradise autoswitch EGA 2 v3 I was able to get 43 rows on an amber monochrome monitor using the extended EGA text modes. Actually it looks really sweet and I have a screen shot. It is connected to an XT and showing a vt102 terminal to my linux server using a null modem cable.
Just put this in your .bashrc (or .bash_profile or /etc/profile I think (I use debian) if you use bash:
# for serial console to display 43 rows 80 columns EGA
tty=$(tty)
if [ "$tty" == "/dev/ttyS0" ] ; then
stty cols 80
stty rows 43
export COLUMNS=80
export ROWS=43
export LANG=POSIX
fi
If you are using Telix you need to go to the screen options and set it to EGA 43 rows. Also for DOS use there are EGA programs for changing the rows to 43 called "EGA43.COM".
Oh and since the picture was taken in the dark I had to bump up the contrast and brightness to get it close to what it looks like in real life... it looks even better than the picture.
Just put this in your .bashrc (or .bash_profile or /etc/profile I think (I use debian) if you use bash:
# for serial console to display 43 rows 80 columns EGA
tty=$(tty)
if [ "$tty" == "/dev/ttyS0" ] ; then
stty cols 80
stty rows 43
export COLUMNS=80
export ROWS=43
export LANG=POSIX
fi
If you are using Telix you need to go to the screen options and set it to EGA 43 rows. Also for DOS use there are EGA programs for changing the rows to 43 called "EGA43.COM".
Oh and since the picture was taken in the dark I had to bump up the contrast and brightness to get it close to what it looks like in real life... it looks even better than the picture.