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Epson 3865X Plus User Manual

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8.

When the computer displays the Screen Sizing menu, select

B (for width), type 132, and press

Enter.

Press X in each

menu to exit from the installation program.

9.

The installation program asks whether you want to save the

new configuration. At the prompt, press Y. The

installation program saves the new configuration in the file

you specified in step 4, and the computer displays the

MS-DOS command prompt.

Running WordStar 4.0 and 5.0

To run WordStar 4.0 or 5.0 in 132 columns, you need to specify

132-column text mode prior to starting WordStar. You do this

using the VGAMODE program. (See “VGAMODE Utility
Program,” later in this appendix, for instructions on installing

VGAMODE.) After installing VGAMODE, follow these steps:

1.

Type the command below and press

Enter

to specify

132-column text mode:

VGAMODE 132, 25

2.

Type the following 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

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Using the VGA Utilities