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- Instructions on how to manually install display drivers. Downloaded
- from the OS/2 Shareware BBS, tel. 703-385-0931.
-
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-
- I beat the guys up and got the MANUAL way to change display type WITHOUT
- needing to install, here tis....
-
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- In all cases below, you must have diskettes 6-15 (diskettes installed
- under PM - may be different depending on driver level). When the
- instructions say: 'UNPACK A:filename targetdrive:', this implies that
- this command is run against each of the diskettes as the file may reside
- on any or all of the diskettes.
-
- For CGA:
- 1. UNPACK A:CGA targetdrive:
- 2. copy (or rename) the file \OS2\DLL\CGA.DLL to \OS2\DLL\DISPLAY.DLL
- 3. change the CONFIG.SYS
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_CGA
- SET VIO_CGA=DEVICE(BVHCGA)
- remove any reference to DEVINFO=KDB,xxx,xxxxx
-
- For EGA:
- 1. UNPACK A:EGA targetdrive:
- 2. copy (or rename) the file \OS2\DLL\EGA.DLL to \OS2\DLL\DISPLAY.DLL
- 3. change the CONFIG.SYS
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_EGA
- SET VIO_EGA=DEVICE(BVHEGA)
- DEVINFO=KDB,EGA,xxxxx
-
- For VGA:
- 1. UNPACK A:VGA targetdrive:
- 2. copy (or rename) the file \OS2\DLL\VGA.DLL to \OS2\DLL\DISPLAY.DLL
- 3. change the CONFIG.SYS
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_VGA
- SET VIO_VGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA)
- DEVINFO=KDB,VGA,xxxxx
-
- For 8514:
- 1. UNPACK A:8514 targetdrive:
- 2. copy (or rename) the file \OS2\DLL\8514.DLL to \OS2\DLL\DISPLAY.DLL
- 3. change the CONFIG.SYS
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_8514
- SET VIO_8514=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVH8514)
- DEVINFO=KDB,BGA,xxxxx
-
- For XGA:
- 1. UNPACK A:XGA targetdrive:
- 2. copy (or rename) the file \OS2\DLL\XGA.DLL to \OS2\DLL\DISPLAY.DLL
- 3. change the CONFIG.SYS
- SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_XGA
- SET VIO_XGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA,BVHXGA)
- DEVICE=targetdrive:\OS2\XGARING0.SYS
- DEVINFO=KDB,VGA,xxxxx
-
- Where xxxxx = targetdrive:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP
-
- This does not cover dual display systems, those get somewhat more involved.
-
- This also does not cover changing the OS2.INI file, but since these are
- changes to colors and must be done programmatically, it is not usually
- worth the effort.
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- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
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