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From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: VGA_80x50 mode
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:15:15 -0700 (MST)
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Greetings!
    I don't seem to be able to invoke 'vidcontrol VGA_80x50' on
my 2.1 box.  Is there some magic incantation I'm missing?  Or, some
hardware defficiency?
  Thx
--don