home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- SCREEN DISPLAY MODE
-
- PC-TYPE+ may be run in any of three modes -
-
- Direct to Screen - (for truly compatible PC's)
- information to be placed on the screen will be
- written directly to screen memory. This is the
- mode in which PC-TYPE+ was sent to you as a
- default.
-
- Bios - (for less compatible PC's)
- information to be placed on the screen will be
- sent through the ROM BIOS for display.
-
- ANSI - (for not very compatible PC's)
- information to be placed on the screen will be
- sent via the ANSI.SYS device driver.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- SCREEN MODE (Continued)
-
- The only time you would want to change these parameters would be if
- you were going to use PC-TYPE+ on a different machine that did not
- support the way PC-TYPE+ was currently configured.
-
- Direct to Screen is by far the fastest of the three modes and it is
- HIGHLY recommended that you use this mode if you can. ANSI mode is by
- far the slowest and is not recommended for performance reasons if you
- can avoid it. However, if it's all you have, at least you can still
- use PC-TYPE+.
-
- Note: ANSI.SYS MUST be included in your CONFIG.SYS file when booting
- your system, or the ANSI mode will not be supported.
-
-
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- Changing the Mode
-
- You may start up PC-TYPE+ in a different mode by using the /ANSI,
- /DIRECT, or /BIOS parameters described in the HELP file INP_PRMS.
- Once inside PC-TYPE+ in any mode, you may go to the MODIFY DEFAULTS
- panel by pressing F8 and the F2, and move the Option Selection Bar to
- the field labelled "Screen Mode" and then press F10. When you do
- this, you will see the following three field options:
-
- Direct-to-Screen (IBM PC or truly compatible)
- Through-ROM-BIOS (Nearly compatible)
- Through ANSI.SYS (Marginally compatible)
-
- The Option bar will be on your current mode. Make the appropriate
- selection and press F10 and then save your defaults either to a file
- or to PC-TYPE+ itself.
-
-
- Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu
-