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From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: 50 line console
To: brianmcg@Mcs.Net (Brian)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 17:01:30 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199610272224.QAA10573@Jupiter.Mcs.Net> from "Brian" at Oct 27, 96 04:24:25 pm
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> I was surprised not to find this in the FAQ:
> 
> How does one make a console screen with 50 or more lines?  I see that
> cons50 and cons60 exist, so I would assume that there is a corresponding
> configuration for the display.

See the vidcontrol(1) and vidfont(1) pages for the syscons driver.
Note you will need to install an 8x8 font to get 50 lines to work!