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Modetest utility, A-62 – Epson 386/25 User Manual

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MODETEST Utility

The MODETEST utility tests all of the video modes available to

your monitor and displays the following information:

❏ Mode number

❏ Resolution

❏ Number of available colors

❏ Vertical and horizontal scanning

frequency

❏ Dot clock (pixel) frequency.

MODETEST also displays the available colors in a set of color
bars and in a changing border around the screen.

Installing and using the utility

Follow these steps to install and use MODETEST:

1.

Run the VGA Driver Setup program on your Utility 1
diskette to copy the MODETEST utility to your hard disk.

From the Main Menu, select

Utility programs.

Then select

MODETEST.

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 another one.

2.

Log onto the directory containing MODETEST.

3.

Type the following and press

Enter:

MODETEST

4.

The screen displays information about the first video mode.

Press any key to test the next mode or press E

SC

to exit

MODETEST.

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Using the VGA Utilities