1st May 2000

Coming from the "Two is Better Than One" department, Lockergnomie Joseph Connors knows how to double your DOS screen real estate. By default, a command line session launches with 25 lines. Need more? No problem. Right-click on any given *.PIF file, flip to the Screen tab, then look for the 'Initial size' drop down list. Change it from 'Default' to '50 lines.' This will work for both windowed and full-screen sessions (to switch views on-the-fly, use the ALT+Enter shortcut). You'll find that most DOS applications will utilize the 50-line screen. When Windows isn't running, you can type the following to achieve the same result: "mode con lines=50" (without the quotes). For grins, try to create a new file named "con" (without the quotes). You con't do it!