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Not on PC though.

• tyingq 6y ago
  It was available, but quirky and sometimes app specific. I do remember running Wordstar in 132 columns and some TSR to have DOS in 132 columns. There was "MODE CON COLS=132 LINES=50" also.
  • sedatk 6y ago
    That's interesting, I haven't seen that. I don't think MODE CON magically changed text mode resolution beyond 80 or 40 cols either. It was mostly about having proper line wraps with INT 21h output, IIRC.
    • kjs3 6y ago
      If you're talking MS-DOS, 132 column mode was very common on apps where it made sense (wordstar, visicalc), but was usually invoked with an app-specific driver of some sort, not BIOS calls.
• zozbot234 6y ago
  SVGATextMode could make these available, depending on your video card. With modern kernels, the text mode can be set on boot.