>>>Yep, ya gotta give up that old 8088
>
>Reminds me, PC-Connection's last 4 digits of the Phone# were 8088 for years. I think during the 486 life cycle they finall changed their Phone number to something more exotic -- 1111
>
>Tom et al,

i know that i am missing something here, but since i still do
mostly char based screens; would not a 640x480 screen design
do just as well on a a 800x crt??? just smaller? when i run
my dos based apps in windows, i just get a somewhat squashed
display! enlightenment would be greatly appreciated!