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The video settings for an SVGA graphic card are usually stored
in D:\OS2\SVGADATA.PMI. Font20 is not really install anywhere,
instead the OS/2 SVGA.EXE util records the setting of an DOS session
where Font20 is installed. This requires an SVGA.EXE/graphics chipset
combination that really uses the graphic card while creating SVGADATA.PMI.
If theese prerequisites are done you will
* install 8*20 and other fonts into the OS/2 fullscreen font file
* patch BVHSVGA.DLL (SVGA base video handler) to use default
720*500 instead of 720*400 in new fullscreen sessions
how to do install it for OS/2 ...
1. install the DOS version of Font20 into your OS/2 autoexec.bat
2. install utils like
* s3refresh, v7hfreq,.. (S3)
* vmode,tlivesa (ET4000)
* .. (whatever you have on your SVGA disk..)
into your OS/2 autoexec.bat.
2. restart the DOS session (fullscreen)
3. start \OS2\SVGATMP.BAT (contains "D:\OS2\SVGA.EXE ON INIT")
it should generate D:\OS2\SVGADATA.PMI.
"YResolution = 500"
in "Text Mode: 80 cols, 25 rows." chapter indicates success !
4. rebuild new fullscreen font files:
run DCP.CMD
it will use fonts from
* \OS2\VIOTBL.DCP (original OS/2 fullscreen fonts)
* \OS2\DSPRES.DLL (windowed OS/2 sessions)
* CP437_20.FNT/CP850_20.FNT
5 look into config.sys for CODEPAGE=...
replace the filename in the 'DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,D:\OS2\BOOT\VIOTBL.DCP' line
CODEPAGE= use DEVINFO line
437 DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,D:\OS2\BOOT\VT437.DCP
850 DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,D:\OS2\BOOT\VT850.DCP
437,850 DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,D:\OS2\BOOT\VT437850.DCP
850,437 DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,D:\OS2\BOOT\VT850437.DCP
6. call bvhsvga.cmd to patch a byte in D:\OS2\DLL\bvhsvga.dll
you need unlock.exe from LxLite package.
if it fails you may try "PATCH /A bvhsvga.pat" after booting
from floppy, to command line (Alt-F1) or from other partition.
7. reboot OS/2
try mode 80,??
where ?? is one of 25,28,31,36,42,50,63