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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Switching display modes more quickly (probably a FAQ)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.005033.7678@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <92238.104019ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:50:33 GMT
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- In article <92238.104019ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Andrew T. Robinson) writes:
- >Is it possible to quickly change the OS/2 configuration to a high
- >resolution mode (8514, XGA) and back to VGA? Fast, as opposed to
- >plugging the last 10 installation disks in so OS/2 can load files
- >which are already on the system!
-
- Yes. You can simply change CONFIG.SYS. The IBM OS/2 Installation and
- Planning Guide (IGUIDE for short) contains quite a bit of useful
- information which should help you get started.
-
- It is possible to get fancy. For example, you might be able to devise
- a system which would prompt for the display resolution at bootup. I
- leave it to the reader to implement, but if anyone would like to
- continue this thread with their favorite methods (I've seen it done
- many ways), feel free.
-
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