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Setting the primary display type, Size, Vga or ega – Epson Equity 286 PLUS User Manual

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Press

Enter

after typing each number. If you enter an invalid

number, the computer beeps and does not go on to the next
parameter. Check your drive documentation and try again. You
do not enter a value for

Size

; SETUP does this automatically

based on the other numbers you have provided.

Setting the Primary Display Type

This option lets you define the type of adapter you are using in

your computer for your primary display device:

VGA or EGA

Color 80

x

25

Monochrome

Color 40 X 25.

Note that this option defines the display adapter (the built-in

video port or optional video interface card in your computer),
not the monitor connected to it.

If you have connected your monitor to the computer’s built-in

VGA port, select

VGA or EGA.

Otherwise, follow these

guidelines to select the correct adapter type:

If you have a color graphics adapter (CGA) or a multi-mode

graphics adapter (MGA) attached to an RGB (color)
monitor, select

Co1or

8

0

x2 5. (Also be sure to set the

color/mono switch on the MGA card to color.)

If you have a monochrome display adapter (MDA) , an

MGA, or a Hercules MGA attached to a monochrome
monitor, choose

Monochrome.

(Also remember to

set

the

color/mono switch on the MGA card to mono.)

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