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Making custom monitor settings in dos – Apple PC Compatibility Card User Manual

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Choose Quick Setup from the menu.

The Quick Setup option appears only if you have a multiscan monitor.

7

Select your monitor in the list that appears.

When you select a monitor in the list, specifications for that monitor are
displayed in the info box. If your monitor is not listed, you have several
options:

m Select VGA 640 x 480. This setting works for all monitors, but you will

not be able to use multiple resolutions or refresh rates.

m If you have a VDIF file for your monitor, insert the disk containing the file,

select READ VDIF in the menu, and type the pathname of the file.

m If your monitor’s specifications are the same as those of a listed monitor,

choose that monitor in the list.

m If no listed monitor is similar to your monitor, select Custom to configure

the circuitry manually. (Custom configuration works only with multiple-
scan monitors.) For more information, see the next section, “Making
Custom Monitor Settings in DOS.”

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Exit and save your settings.

Making custom monitor settings in DOS

If you have a multiscan monitor, you can follow these steps to select custom
monitor settings for DOS.

1

In the DOS environment, insert the

PC Compatibility Card–PC Utilities CD into the

CD-ROM drive.

Note: If you have already installed the MACH64 directory on your C drive,
you can skip ahead to step 5.

2

Type the following:

E:
CD\VIDEO\UTILITY
INSTALL

The Installer program’s main menu appears.

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Configuring Video Software