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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:22:04 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Philips monitor question
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On Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 03:45:05PM +0200, Jacques Hugo wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I've got a Philips Brilliance 17A8808Q 17" monitor.  It's not
> bad, but the only problem I have with it is that the vertical
> and horizontal size of the viewport you set through software
> ... and it is only for 95/NT.

I wonder what this is.  I'd guess that it's something to hide the
truth from you.

> Is there any util in UN*X where you can set this.

I'm not sure you want to.  What's the viewport?  Is this some kind of
crazy way to set the height and width *only* by software?

Greg