Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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>> On 08 Mar 2010, LouB <> wrote in
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>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>> Wear a wooden goat mask and dance naked in the wheat field at midnight.
>> I have tried my solution and it works.
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> That's funny, I got it to work with a chicken mask.
> Dave
How hard was it to get it on the chicken???

Another Dave

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>>> On 08 Mar 2010, LouB <> wrote in
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>>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
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>>> Wear a wooden goat mask and dance naked in the wheat field at midnight.
>>> I have tried my solution and it works.
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>> That's funny, I got it to work with a chicken mask.
>> Dave
> How hard was it to get it on the chicken???
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> Another Dave

I would like to add a comment to this thread. It is not actually correct
that
the black screen that one gets when entering cmd or command in the run
box is an emulator. The purpose of it is to enter command mode. In
command mode you can do all sorts of things easily which can't be done
otherwise. Not so long ago it even got into the national press, in the
form
of mention of the Ping command.
Have a look at the help section on command-line reference for
IT pros. It is essential for people writing systems and also
administrators, and
can be useful for normal users who are interested in for example what their
IP address is and whether they can change it - which they might want to do
for various reasons, and what their MAC settings are.

For myself, when a man comes on who uses commands I would be a bit
wary of taking the piss because he calls it the DOS prompt.

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>>> On 08 Mar 2010, LouB <> wrote in
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>>>> Does anyone know how to get the DOS screen to run full screen?
>>>> Please do not reply unless you have tried your solution.
>>>
>>> Wear a wooden goat mask and dance naked in the wheat field at midnight.
>>> I have tried my solution and it works.
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>> That's funny, I got it to work with a chicken mask.
>> Dave
> How hard was it to get it on the chicken???
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> Another Dave
Worked first time with the chicken mask, then we ate.....
are you ready for this? FRIED CHICKEN :-D
The other Dave

"johnbee" <> wrote in message
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> I would like to add a comment to this thread. It is not actually correct
> that
> the black screen that one gets when entering cmd or command in the run
> box is an emulator. The purpose of it is to enter command mode. In
> command mode you can do all sorts of things easily which can't be done
> otherwise. Not so long ago it even got into the national press, in the
> form
> of mention of the Ping command.
> Have a look at the help section on command-line reference for
> IT pros. It is essential for people writing systems and also
> administrators, and
> can be useful for normal users who are interested in for example what
> their
> IP address is and whether they can change it - which they might want to do
> for various reasons, and what their MAC settings are.
>
> For myself, when a man comes on who uses commands I would be a bit
> wary of taking the piss because he calls it the DOS prompt.

Technically you are correct, the command line is/was used for many different
OS's like Basic, Python, LISP, DOS, UNIX, Cisco and many others before the
GUI"s (Graphical User Interface ie Windows) came about. There were a lot of
different commands, including Ping, some were OS specific and others would
translate to other OS's, some were similar enough to be the same.
But, in this case the commands he wants to use are related to DOS rather
than one of the other computer languages or OS's. In response to the
emulator part of your post, "a terminal emulator, terminal application,
term, or tty for short, is a program that emulates a "dumb" video terminal
within some other display architecture. Though typically synonymous with a
command line shell or text terminal, the term terminal covers all remote
terminals, including graphical interfaces. A terminal emulator inside a
graphical user interface is often called a terminal window." --wikipedia.org
Basically, it's 12 inches or 1 foot, it's still a command line window.
HTH,
Dave

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> "johnbee" <> wrote in message
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>> I would like to add a comment to this thread. It is not actually
>> correct that
>> the black screen that one gets when entering cmd or command in the run
>> box is an emulator. The purpose of it is to enter command mode. In
>> command mode you can do all sorts of things easily which can't be done
>> otherwise. Not so long ago it even got into the national press, in
>> the form
>> of mention of the Ping command.
>> Have a look at the help section on command-line reference for
>> IT pros. It is essential for people writing systems and also
>> administrators, and
>> can be useful for normal users who are interested in for example what
>> their
>> IP address is and whether they can change it - which they might want
>> to do
>> for various reasons, and what their MAC settings are.
>>
>> For myself, when a man comes on who uses commands I would be a bit
>> wary of taking the piss because he calls it the DOS prompt.
>
> Technically you are correct, the command line is/was used for many
> different OS's like Basic, Python, LISP, DOS, UNIX, Cisco and many
> others before the GUI"s (Graphical User Interface ie Windows) came
> about. There were a lot of different commands, including Ping, some were
> OS specific and others would translate to other OS's, some were similar
> enough to be the same.
> But, in this case the commands he wants to use are related to DOS rather
> than one of the other computer languages or OS's. In response to the
> emulator part of your post, "a terminal emulator, terminal application,
> term, or tty for short, is a program that emulates a "dumb" video
> terminal within some other display architecture. Though typically
> synonymous with a command line shell or text terminal, the term terminal
> covers all remote terminals, including graphical interfaces. A terminal
> emulator inside a graphical user interface is often called a terminal
> window." --wikipedia.org
> Basically, it's 12 inches or 1 foot, it's still a command line window.
> HTH,
> Dave

I want to thank Dave again.
I now have a full screen of 30 easily readable lines so if I decide to
go to my C: prompt it is easy to read and use.

FWIW I have been "playing" with computers since before many in this
group were born:-))

Lou

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:29:16 -0500, LouB <> wrote:

>I want to thank Dave again.
>I now have a full screen of 30 easily readable lines so if I decide to
>go to my C: prompt it is easy to read and use.
>
>FWIW I have been "playing" with computers since before many in this
>group were born:-))

That might explain why you still call it a C: prompt. :-)

"LouB" <> wrote in message
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> FWIW I have been "playing" with computers since before many in this group
> were born:-))
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> Lou

When it stops being fun it will be time to quit playing. :-D
Dave

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>> FWIW I have been "playing" with computers since before many in this
>> group were born:-))
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>> Lou
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> When it stops being fun it will be time to quit playing. :-D
> Dave

Well I retired almost 6 years ago. And I am not currently doing user
support because there are too many things to try and fix. And I do not
come close to using all the differnt features out there, but Google and
the Net have continued to make 'puters fun.

Lou

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:56:29 -0600, Char Jackson <>
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>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:29:16 -0500, LouB <> wrote:
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>>I want to thank Dave again.
>>I now have a full screen of 30 easily readable lines so if I decide to
>>go to my C: prompt it is easy to read and use.
>>
>>FWIW I have been "playing" with computers since before many in this
>>group were born:-))
>
>That might explain why you still call it a C: prompt. :-)

Which is actually incorrect. It's a command prompt. The "C" is a piece
of information which is included in the prompt. It indicates the
current default drive, and can be changed to the letter of any drive
that's there.

On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:33:54 -0600, Gary H
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>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:56:29 -0600, Char Jackson <>
>wrote:
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>>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:29:16 -0500, LouB <> wrote:
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>>>I want to thank Dave again.
>>>I now have a full screen of 30 easily readable lines so if I decide to
>>>go to my C: prompt it is easy to read and use.
>>>
>>>FWIW I have been "playing" with computers since before many in this
>>>group were born:-))
>>
>>That might explain why you still call it a C: prompt. :-)
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>Which is actually incorrect. It's a command prompt. The "C" is a piece
>of information which is included in the prompt. It indicates the
>current default drive, and can be changed to the letter of any drive
>that's there.

Thanks. That's the point I was trying to make.