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IBM DOS 5.0 ISO SUPPLEMENT README
You can use ISO fonts on IBM DOS Version 5.0 by installing
DOS code-page-switching software and by using the file ISO.CPI
provided on this diskette.
To meet ISO compliance you need:
- system hardware that meets ISO 9241 requirements
- to install code page switching software
- to set your display to 80 X 25 text mode
For more information about ISO compliance for your computer
hardware, refer to the manufacturer of your computer system.
ISO.CPI contains the following code page fonts that comply with ISO:
437 United States
850 Universal (Latin I)
852 Slavic (Latin II)
860 Portuguese
863 Canadian French
865 Nordic
857 Turkish
861 Icelandic
869 Greek
Copy the file ISO.CPI onto your hard disk and make the following
modifications:
COPY A:ISO.CPI [d:\dospath]
Where "dospath" is the same as the directory location where you
want to install the ISO.CPI file. For example:
C:\DOS
If your AUTOEXEC.BAT file already shows the statements needed for
code-page switching, you still need to make modifications to those
statements. The following statement is inserted into the AUTOEXEC.BAT
file when code-page switching is installed automatically.
MODE CON CP PREPARE=((codepage) [d:\dospath\]EGA.CPI)
or EGAX.CPI)
Change EGA.CPI or EGAX.CPI to ISO.CPI as follows:
MODE CON CP PREPARE=((codepage) [d:\dospath\]ISO.CPI)
MODE CON CP SELECT=codepage
Add the following statements to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, if they do
not already exist.
MODE CON CP PREPARE=((codepage) [d:\dospath\]ISO.CPI)
MODE CON CP SELECT=codepage
FOR EXAMPLE: The following statement installs code page 850 from
C:\DOS\ISO.CPI into memory.
MODE CON CP PREPARE=((850) C:\DOS\ISO.CPI)
MODE CON CP SELECT=850
Add the following statement to your CONFIG.SYS file, if it does not
already exist.
DEVICE=[d:\dospath\] DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,(1,1))
NOTE: This requires 12.1K of conventional memory when DOS is
running low (DOS=LOW). If you are running DOS in the High
Memory Area (DOS=HIGH). This requires 8.1K of conventional
memory. If the statement DEVICE=DISPLAY.SYS is in the
CONFIG.SYS and the EGA parameter is specified, no change is
required (this statement probably uses the CON=(EGA,,1)
parameter, and therefore requires 17.6K of conventional memory
when DOS is running LOW).
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot your system and start using ISO fonts.
To use non-ISO fonts you need to modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
statement as follows:
MODE CON CP PREPARE=((codepage) [d:\dospath\]ISO.CPI)
MODE CON CP SELECT=codepage
Change ISO.CPI to EGA.CPI or EGAX.CPI as follows:
MODE CON CP PREPARE=((codepage) [d:\dospath\]EGA.CPI)
OR
MODE CON CP PREPARE=((codepage) [d:\dospath\]EGAX.CPI)