n| | Size and Colors | Devices |
0 | 40×25, Black & white | CGA and superior |
1 | 40×25, Color | " |
2 | 80×25, Black & white | " |
3 | 80×25, Color | " |
7 | 80×25, Monochrome | Hercules and Monochrome |
64 | 80×43or50, Color | EGA (43 lines) and VGA (50 lines) |
Any other value given in your video adapter user manual can be used. If the resulting mode is a ``graphic mode'' (in the sense of BIOS), a block-cursor will appear, and display will be slower, but PCS will still consider your are working with text only. If you want to draw and plot, always use INIT-GRAPH, RESTORE-CRT-MODE, SET-GRAPH-MODE or CLOSE-GRAPH to set-up your video adapter (see BGI.TEX).