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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!conrad
- From: conrad@actrix.gen.nz (Conrad Bullock)
- Subject: Re: Vmode.com and os/2
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 09:21:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.092100.28582@actrix.gen.nz>
- Keywords: Diamond Speedstar
- References: <kaz.716230787@pv7b8c.vincent.iastate.edu>
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- In article <kaz.716230787@pv7b8c.vincent.iastate.edu> kaz@iastate.edu (Jimmy Buffet) writes:
- > Does anyone know if you can run a dos program before wps. I need
- > to run vmode.com to set my Speedstar 24 to work with my monitor.
-
- In order to do what you want to do:
-
- Open a DOS fullscreen. Run VMODE, and set all the options you need for your
- card/monitor. Run SVGA ON. OS/2 will now remember the necessary video card
- and mode information. Next time you start up, the WPS will come up with the
- correct mode set.
-
- Note that you will still have to put the VMODE statements into your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT, as when a DOS fullscreen is initialised, the card stuff is
- reset (for that session only) - I assume as part of the video mode
- init stuff in the video BIOS.
-
- Note also that because SVGA ON does save the video register settings, you
- can run any other programs which set up the registers. For example, my card
- comes with a TSR called 'CENTER', which allows me to centre the hi-res
- video modes on my screen, and load a TSR to set that stuff up when the mode
- is set. So, I run VMODE, load CENTER, and then run SVGA ON. Result: all my
- hi-res modes are well centered.
-