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Utility Programs
Your Utility diskettes contain the following VGA utility
programs:
❏ VGAMODE
❏ SETVGA
❏ MODETEST
❏ WS33INST
❏ SNOOZE.
These utilities are described in the sections below.
VGAMODE Utility
VGAMODE provides 132-column text in popular text-based
applications, such as WordStar and WordPerfect. The
VGAMODE utility allows you to specify the number of rows
(lines) and columns you want displayed on the screen.
Installing the utility
Follow these steps to install VGAMODE:
1.
Run the VGA Driver Setup program on your Utility 1
diskette to copy the VGAMODE utility to your hard disk.
From the Main Menu, select
Utility programs.
Then select
VGAMODE
from the submenu. See “Using the
VGA Driver Setup Program” on page A-4 for instructions.
When Setup asks for the name of the drive and directory to
contain the utility file, you can either press
Enter
to use the
default directory or change the pathname to your utility
directory, if you already have one.
Using the VGA Utilities
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