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Epson 386/25 User Manual

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At the Main Installation Menu, select C o n s o l e .

From the console menu, select

Monitor.

T h e n c h o o s e S c r e e n S i z i n g .

At the Screen Sizing menu, select B (for width), type 1 3 2 ,

and press

Enter.

Press X at each menu to exit from the

installation program.

When the installation program asks if you want to save the

new configuration, press Y. The program saves the new
configuration in the WS132.EXE file and the computer
displays the MS-DOS command prompt.

Running WordStar 4.0 and 5.0

To run WordStar 4.0 or 5.0 with 132 columns, you need to
specify 132-column text mode prior to starting WordStar by
running the VGAMODE program. Follow these steps:

1.

Install the VGAMODE utility. See “VGAMODE Utility”

on page A-57 for instructions.

2.

Log onto your hard disk.

3.

Type the command below and press

Enter

to specify

132-column text mode:

VGAMODE

132, 25

4. Type the f II

o owing and press

Enter

to start WordStar.

WS132

After you exit WordStar, if you want to return to 80-column
mode, type the following and press

Enter:

VGAMODE

80, 25

A-42

Using the VGA Utilities