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Force a wide laptop display to 4:3? (Asus Eee PC 701)

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First post, by Pierre32

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I have an Asus Eee PC 701, which has a resolution of 800x480. It has some potential as a retro gaming machine, but has languished in a cupboard for years for the crime of being not very interesting.

SBEMU changes this, turning the 701 into a powerful DOS machine with Sound Blaster support. A modern Libretto! With one downside - everything is stretched to fill the screen. The Libretto 100CT (also 800x480) had a toggle in BIOS allowing you to have unstretched 640x480, but Asus offers no such option.

I've read the FreeDOS docs about setting display modes in nansi.sys, but the process was a little hard to understand, and even then I wonder if it's the correct tree to bark up. Is there a way to do this, via FreeDOS config or otherwise?

Reply 1 of 3, by acl

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If it's running Linux, xrandr can be used for that.
EeePc has a VGA out iirc. Can probably display 4:3 on an external display.

I had a 701 back in the days (used it all my University years). Great little machine. Loved it.

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Reply 3 of 3, by Pierre32

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Thanks for the replies. Just looking to use this as a DOS netbook, so an external display isn't on the cards. I'll enjoy it as-is for now and hope that a solution falls out of the sky.

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