Re: Maximized Screen with Acucobol-GT


In article <1138390998.954034.88640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Richard" <riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > The window should have the same appearance as a dos-shell-window
> > when you press ALT-Return.
>
> Win32 Console windows are not DOS boxes and, as far as I could
> determine, cannot be a 80x25 full screen.

Unless I misunderstand, you're mistaken (though Microsoft does not go
to any trouble to document this mode). Open a Win32 console window,
set its size to 80x25 (using the Properties menu), then press Alt-
Enter to go to full-screen mode. That gives you a full-screen text-
mode 80x25 display. (Exiting from the shell or pressing Alt-Enter
again returns to the GUI display, as does running a GUI-mode Windows
program from the shell.)

I agree that it wouldn't be accurate to call this a "DOS box", though,
since it's a full Win32 cmd shell. If you run a 16-bit realmode DOS
program in it, it'll run in virtual-x86 mode, of course.

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