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(250-1623)                 Using SETMODE.EXE          Faxback Doc. # 1734


Use SETMODE.EXE to set the various standard modes and Super VGA modes of
your video chip. Enter the SETMODE command at the MS-DOS prompt in one of
two ways:

° If you do not know the number of the mode you want to use, type setmode
  and press ENTER. Select from the video configurations that are displayed.

° If you know the number of the mode you want to use, type setmode nn and
  press ENTER. (nn is the number of the mode desired.)

Check your monitor documentation to determine which modes your monitor 
supports. If you run SETMODE without specifying a mode number, choose from
one of the displayed video modes by using the mouse or arrow keys and
pressing "S". 

Following are samples of displayed modes:
┌───────┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
│MODE   │ RESOLUTION (1)                │ MONITOR(s) SUPPORTED           │
├───────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│54 (2) │ 132-column x 43-line text     │ color, multiple-frequency      │
├───────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│55 (2) │ 132-column x 25-line text     │ color, multiple-frequency      │
├───────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│56 (2) │ 132-column x 43-line text     │ mono, multiple-frequency       │
├───────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│57 (2) │ 132-column x 25-line text     │ mono, multiple-frequency       │
├───────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│5F (3) │ 640 x 480, 256-color graphics │ color, multiple-frequency      │
├───────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│58     │ 800 x 600, 16-color graphics  │ multiple-frequency             │
├───────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│5C (3) │ 800 x 600, 256-color graphics │ multiple-frequency             │
├───────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│5D (3) │ 1024 x 768, 16-color graphics │ color, multiple-frequency      │
├───────┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┤
│(1) Resolution is listed as columns x lines for text modes or as dots   │
│    vertical x dots horizontal with the number of available colors for  │
│    graphics modes.                                                     │
│                                                                        │
│(2) If you select 132-column text, 60 Hz, 2 fonts mode on the ACU       │
│    screen, your monitor will not operate properly.                     │
│                                                                        │
│(3) Requires 512KB of video memory.                                     │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

NOTE: To use a mouse with SETMODE.EXE, you must have a mouse driver loaded.

Press H to display help from the SETMODE screen.

┌──────────────────────────┐
│Copying the VGA Utilities:│
└──────────────────────────┘

To use the VGA utilities, copy them to your startup diskette or hard drive
directory. For example, if your operating system is in the root directory 
or a hard drive (Drive C), insert the Utilities & VGA Drivers diskette into
Drive A and type the following commands to copy the files to C:\.
Press ENTER after each command.

  copy a:\acu.exe c:\
  copy a:\avga2cfg.com c:\
  copy a:\setmode.exe c:\

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