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PhantomScreen
The following Command Line Options were added to PhantomScreen
after the manual had gone to press:
USING EMS/XMS MEMORY:
PhantomScreen now defaults to using Extended Memory (XMS)
instead of Expanded Memory (EMS). If you would rather use
Expanded Memory (EMS), start PhantomScreen with the /E option.
Example: PHANTOM /E
Since Phantom now defaults to Extended Memory (XMS), the /X
option is no longer required and has been removed.
SPEEDING UP PHANTOM:
The /B option was added to speed up saving and loading the
background screen. The extra speed is achieved by storing the
background image in Expanded Memory (EMS) instead of the hard
drive.
Example PHANTOM /B
USING PHANTOM WITH VESA VIDEO CARDS:
If you have a super VGA video card that is not supported by
Phantom, but is VESA compatible, try using the /V option. If
your VESA card requires a software driver TSR, remember to
load it before loading Phantom.
Example: PHANTOM /V
TURNING OFF PORT CHECKING:
Phantom periodically checks to see if your printer and/or
modem are active to avoid interrupting telecommunications or
printing operations. On rare occasions this may interfere with
certain system configurations. The /P option was added to
Phantom for just this situation. Most people should never need
to use this option.
Example: PHANTOM /P
SETTING PHANTOMSCREEN'S VIDEO MODE:
Phantom will try to automatically detect the system's video card.
If it incorrectly identifies the card, you may manually set the
video mode using the /G# option. Most people should never need
to use this option.
0 - CGA (320x200x4) 5 - EGA (640x350x16)
1 - CGA (640x200x2) 6 - VGA (640x480x2)
2 - EGA (320x200x16) 7 - VGA (640x480x16)
3 - EGA (640x200x16) 8 - VGA (320x200x256)
4 - EGA (640x350x2) 9 - Hercules (720x348x2)
Example: PHANTOM /G1 ( Sets Phantom to Pop-Up in CGA mode )
LOADING DIFFERENT NETWORK SETUP FILES:
Normally PhantomScreen stores its setup information in the
PHANTOM.DAT file in the Phantom directory. This file contains
information about the default settings such as which screen
saver is active, speed and color options. In a multi-user
environment with PCs of vastly different configurations it is
necessary to specify setup files for different users and/or
different machine types. If a different setup file is used then
it must be the first parameter passed to Phantom and it must also
have a .DAT extension.
Example: PHANTOM F:\USERS\CINDY.DAT
SYSTEM CONFLICTS:
If you are experiencing a hardware or software conflict while
using PhantomScreen, you may want to try the /D option. This
option tells Phantom to use Disk Memory instead of Extended
Memory. This is a common cure for many conflicts that can
occur when using a variety of hardware and software.
Example: PHANTOM /D
NOTE: Some system conflicts may occur if DOS runs out of file
handles. Try increasing the FILES= line in your
CONFIG.SYS file.