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U2-07: Video Utilities
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0542 EGA Utilities Small Programs Disk
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542 Colors
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EGAchg
is a program which provides a means to preset 12 palette color combinations
for EGACLR.COM a companion program which Controls the seventeen palette
registers on the Enhanced Graphics Adapter, 12 different user selected color
combinations of any 16 of the 64 colors available can be made active by use of
the Alt key at the same time as any of the number keys 1 to = at the top of
the keyboard.
Nansi 3.0
Kegel, Daniel
$0-$10
is an enhanced ANSI console driver. It has several advantages over ANSI.SYS
(the driver supplied with DOS). It supports escape sequences, provides faster
output under certain conditions, and supports the 43/50-line screens in
EGA/VGA, and 132-column displays.
PALS
Nemec, Larry
$?
is a utility program allowing an easy selection of the palette color values
for the EGA. There is a fair number of similar programs available; most of
them require color numbers to be associated with each palette. I found it
rather difficult to associate 64 values with the corresponding colors. So,
after Mark Horvatich made his NEWFNT.COM system available [also on this disk]
in its last version (8-12-86), I decided to take advantage of the easy access
to resident palette array available through it."
Palet 2
Lazo, Charles III and Worley, Tim
$0
lets you select colors for the EGA that can't be changed by other programs.
(res:1k)
0542 EGA Fonts
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EGAROM
McCrossen, Bob
$0
allows you to change the default text mode character font. QB source code and 22
fonts are included. Requires EGA/VGA.
FB8x14b
is another font to be used on an EGA. It will utilitize the save area
provided by NEWFONT, which is on the EGA Utilities disk.
Font1
is a screen font for monochrome monitors on EGA cards.
Font32
is a new font for EGA systems. It is easier to read than IBM's Serif font
and not as thin as the font in Mark Horvatiche's NEWFONT set.
NewFont
will provide owners of most EGA systems a new set of text fonts in both 25
and 43 line modes. In addition, they make it a simple task to switch between
the ROM-based 8x14 font and the two new fonts. Included with the NEWFONT
system are alternate font-switching programs to use with the NANSI.SYS console
driver. Two programs are included that will allow the NEWFONT system to be
used with MARK/RELEASE, and with 'EGA-dumb' programs like Microsoft's
CodeView.
0542 Other EGA
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Dissolve (aka: MELT)
is a screen clearing utility for the EGA. You can probably surmise how it
goes about the job from the names.
Ega2Ram 1.10
Roelofs, Greg
$0
copies the BIOS code from slow ROM to fast RAM. Since most EGA cards are
designed to fit the least common denominator, i.e. 8-bit PC and XT slots, one
can achieve remarkable improvements in performance on (16-bit) AT and (32-bit)
386 machines. Assembler source code is included.
EGAnorm
Henningsgard, Rob
$?
resets an EGA monitor to its normal configuration after some program has left it
otherwise.
Enhgr
M&H Consulting
converts 640x350 EGA graphics to 640x480 if you have a high-resolution EGA like
the Vega Deluxe or the EVA/480 and an autosync monitor like the NEC or Sony.
Pick 1.2 (PICKLIN)
Tosa, Y.
$0
lets you select the number of lines you want for your EGA or VGA display. Some
programs, such as the file viewer, LIST, will support whatever number of lines
your video will allow; other programs will not. DOS support only 25-line screens
unless you use ANSI.SYS.
Ram4Ega 1.00
DLF Solutions!
$0
is a device driver that will relocate EGA ROM at Address C000:0000 to RAM, and
fix up the vector table to point to the "Shadow RAM". This will be of benefit
to 16 and 32 bit machines (80286/80386) that are slowed by 8 bit access to the
EGA Video Adapter Card.
SetVid
is a resident program used to force the EGA into 4 color graphics mode. it
is activated by hitting the ALT key and the right hand SHIFT key at the same
time.
ST12
is a smooth scroller for the EGA. Use it to read through a file and you can
adjust the speed of the scroll or stop it momentarily. With DOS piping, it can
also be used to scroll through a directory: DIR ST12.
Underln
Wallengren, Ernie
$?
lets you display underlined text on a EGA (or compatible) system.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0542
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2851 VGA Utilities Small Programs Disk
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0x10
Klos, William
$0
lets you toggle your color VGA system between color and shades of gray, as
well as a blinking or non-blinking cursor.
CGA2VGA
Gozum, Lawrence and Marvin
$?
lets you capture CGA graphic screens and translate them into VGA and MCGA
screens in MCGA 256 color mode and save the screen in Bloadable format. Once
saved you can edit your old pictures and increase their color range with your
favorite paint or CAD program. (res:65k)
Color 1.02 (COLR-ET)
Tauck, Eric
$10
lets you set the text mode colors to any of the 356K possible colors on a VGA
system. It allows the 16 text colors and the border color to be edited and
saved. Up to nine color sets can be saved in a single file, and they can be
loaded from the DOS command line. A TSR option is available that will install a
color set automatically whenever the video adapter switches to a text mode.
HiBack 1.1
Huras, D.
$5
uses a little-known feature of VGA cards to disable foreground text blinking
and, instead, enable high-intensity background colors. (The two are mutually
exclusive.) Since blinking text is usually very annoying and high-intensity
background colors are a pleasant alternative, this is a very worthwhile utility.
This is not a TSR, so it uses no memory.
HSI
lets you experiment and see the various hues and colors available on the
VGA. Not earth-shattering, but if you have a VGA and were going to get this
disk anyway.
QCRT 2.1
Smith, Glenn K.
$5
speeds up text processing of video cards. It supports the extended text modes of
super VGA cards.
Setv 1.2
Eyer, Bob
$0
enables Multisync or normal VGA video equipment to make use of five major
video text modes.
Smode
lets you use an EGA in a 43-line mode or a VGA in a 50-line mode. Assembler
source code is included.
The Universal VESA TSR (UNIVESA)
Bennett, Kendall
$0
extends the video BIOS routines of superVGA video cards to make them
VESA compatible. Requires a 386 or better.
VGAchall
purports to test the degree of register level compatibility between an IBM
PS/2 VGA card and another brand VGA card.
VGA Gray-Scale (VGA-GS)
Taylor, Scott
$0
turns the VGA Gray-Scale Summing off, to make a color VGA simulate a B&W VGA.
C and ASM source code included.
VGARam 1.0
Warthen, Brett
$20
lets you convert up to 96K of RAM on your VGA (and many EGAs) video adapter into
usable DOS RAM. When active, it disables EGA/VGA graphics. It can be temporarily
disabled when you need EGA/VGA graphics and later reactivated.
VGA Screen Saver (VGASCR)
Gozum, Lawrence & Marvin
$9
lets you capture VGA and MCGA screens in a MCGA 256 color mode and save the
screen in a bloadable format.
VPT 4.15
clySmic software
$25
allows VGA or Display Adapter/2 users to view the quarter-million color palette
and set any attribute (0-15) to any color. The colors can be save and re-loaded
later and should remain with most programs. Other features include optimized
network support, and a 1K TSR to help maintain the selected colors after other
programs have changed them.
2851 VGA Fonts
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Romfnt 1.0
Godfrey, Tim
$7
writes new fonts into the VGA BIOS ROM (which must be already loaded into shadow
RAM). If your motherboard doesn't support shadowing the video BIOS, then you
can't use this program. The new fonts will be permanent, and will survive