home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
The Best of the Bureau
/
The_Best_of_the_Bureau_Bureau_Development_Inc._1992.iso
/
vgatest.doc
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1991-09-06
|
3KB
|
82 lines
Instructions for VGATEST:
VGATEST is a program sent with DiscPassage to test video display
capabilities. It can also be used as a file viewer.
To view a file with VGATEST, give the command
vgatest [-d<drive>] [-v<card>] [-i<image>]
where the items in brackets override the default values as follows:
-d specify drive letter (e.g. -dh)
-v specify VGA card chipset (e.g. -vstdvga)
-vall list VGA chipset options
-vmem specify VGA card memory (e.g. -vmem=256k)
-i specify image to display (e.g. -i\publish.scf)
-? display usage message
Defaults for these values are:
<drive> Auto-sensed CD-ROM drive
<card> Auto-detected VGA card chipset and memory
<image> PUBLISH.SCF image in root directory of CD-ROM drive
Allowed values of <card> for -v<card> usage are:
tseng Tseng Labs ET3000 chipset
tseng4 Tseng Labs ET4000 chipset
paradise Paradise (Western Digital)
video7 Video 7
trident Trident TVGA
everex Everex
ati ATI (ViewPerfect, etc.)
chipstech Chips & Technologies 451-452
aheada Ahead A
aheadb Ahead B
genoa Genoa 6400
zymos Zymos
oak Oak OTI-067
tecmar Tecmar
stdvga Standard VGA - 360 x 480 x 256 colors
mode13 Standard VGA - 320 x 200 x 256 colors
When finished viewing the file, press the <ESCAPE> key.
To interrupt the display of a file, press the <ESCAPE>, and press the
<ESCAPE> key again to exit the program.
Please note that specifying an image file with the -i option over-rides
the drive detection, and uses instead the path from the current working
directory.
ALLOWABLE IMAGE TYPES:
VGATEST can be used to view SCF images (the 640 x 480 x 256 color file
format used by RIX Softworks, Inc.). SCF images will default to mode 13X
(360 x 400 x 256 colors) on a Standard VGA display, but will display in
mode 101 (640 x 480 x 256 colors) on a Super VGA display. Super VGA
display is slightly faster.
EXAMPLES:
To view the file IMAGE1.SCF, give the command
vgatest -iimage.scf
To view the same file in standard VGA, give the command
vgatest -iimage.scf -vstdvga
To view the PUBLISH.SCF file in the root directory of drive D:, use the
command
vgatest -dd
or the command
vgatest -id:\publish.scf
VGATEST Version 1.10c 21-December-1990
Copyright 1989, 1990 by CMC ReSearch, Inc.