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Ultra 5 screen columns problem
Posted by Vince Lockyer


Hi, I am a complete newbie when it comes to Sparcs and have a question
about an Ultra 5 I have just aquired.

Within the Openboot white screen the number of screen columns is set to
the default 80, however the 17" SVGA monitor is only displaying around
40 or so, with text wrapping to the next line. The screen looks very
large and I would like to have a higher resolution. I have not yet
installed an OS on the system, so I am just in Openboot Forth monitor at
the moment.

Extensive searches online haven't turned anything up as yet as to the
cause. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Many thanks!
Vince.