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^m╒════════════════════╤═══════════════════════════════╡^t Screen and colors ^m╞╕
│^r Colors ^m│ │
│ ^nAuto palette ^m│ ^nColor ^h0 ^nMono ^h0 ^m│
│ ^nWindows sound ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
│ ^nExploding windows ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
│ ^nDirect writes ^m│ ^hYes ^m│
│ ^nSnow checking ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
│ ^nScreen blanker ^m│ ^h300 ^m│
│ ^nShow snakes ^m│ ^hOn ^m│
│ ^nVGA Fadeout ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
│ ^nCenter screen ^m│ ^hOn ^m│
│ ^nScreen size ^m│ ^hAuto ^nAx Bx Cx Dx ^m│
│ ^n├─Start mode ^m│ ^hTseng 4000 100x40 ^nRegisters: ^h002A ^m│
│ ^n├─Other mode ^m│ ^hXGA 132x25 ^nRegisters: ^h0014 ^m│
│ ^n└─Exit mode ^m│ ^hReset 80x25 ^nRegisters: ^h0003 ^m│
│ ^nBig phonebook ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
│ ^nForce CP-850 ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
│ ^nFind textmodes ^m│ ^m│
╘════════════════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛^n
^hColors^n
Define all colours used inside Terminate's menus.
^hPalette^n
^m╒═════╡^t Choose color palette ^m╞╕
│^r Color 1 ^m│
│ ^nColor 2 ^m│
│ ^nColor 3 ^m│
│ ^nColor 4 ^m│
│ ^nColor 5 ^m│
│ ^nColor 6 ^m│
│ ^nLCD/composite/black & white ^m│
│ ^nMonochrome ^m│
╘═════════════════════════════╛^n
There are 8 predefined colour palettes - choose the one you like the most!
A colour palette is a complete set of colours that will be loaded into the
default colour record, then you can change some of the colours again.
^hAuto palette^n
At startup, test if colour or monochrome screen. You could enter a '1' at
Color and a '8' at Mono, then if you start Terminate from a machine with a
colour graphics card, then palette 1 will be choosen and if it has
Hercules monochrome then palette 8 will be used. This is useful if you are
on a network and want to use the same configuration.
^hWindows sound^n
Make annoying sounds when popping in or out of windows.
^hExploding windows^n
Try it! (Visual effect)
^hDirect writes^n
Should always be turned ON (except in special cases) because using BIOS
calls is MUCH slower than direct screen writes. Some blind people can
benefit of using the 'Only menus' function. Which will use direct screen
writes all other places than in terminal mode. It depends on which
speech thing you use.
^hSnow checking^n
When writing directly to the screen, then remove snow. Should only be
turned on with old CGA cards, because it can slow down screen writes.
^hScreen blanker^n
Blank screen after X seconds if nothing has happened. If you enter '0'
here, then the screen would never blank out.
^hShow snakes^n
When blanking screen, you could allow a lot of snakes to eat your screen.
The number of snakes will be decided according to how big your screen is
and how fast your machine is. If using a multitasker you should turn this
off, since then all timeslices will be released.
^hVGA Fadeout^n
Fade down colours on VGA and MCGA cards when leaving Terminate. Looks real
nice, but not all VGA cards will support this.
^hCenter screen^n
If you are using a screen size more than 80, lets say 132, and call a
system that only uses 80 chars (most systems), then Terminate can center
the screen for you. That means position 1 on the screen will be
recalculated for all screen writes with (132-80)/2 = 26 as left margin.
^hScreen size^n
^h├─Start mode^n
^h├─Other mode^n
^h└─Exit mode^n
Screensize has 4 values, Auto, 25, 43/50 and Custom. Auto will just use
whatever videomode is current. 25 will force 25 lines when starting and
exiting Terminate. 43/50 will force 43/50 lines if you have a EGA or VGA
card installed when starting or exiting Terminate. Custom will call the
BIOS videomode routine with the parameters you give. In CUSTOM.DOC you
will find the codes for several VGA cards. Start mode will then be used at
startup or when returning from shell. Exit mode will be used when exiting
Terminate or calling an external utility. If you do not want Terminate to
change videomode, but always use some other kind of videomode (also when
calling external utilities), just set the videomode before calling
Terminate and set Screen size to Auto.
^hBig phonebook^n
If ON, when entering the phonebook, Terminate will switch into 43/50 lines
and back into 25 lines when exiting the phonebook.
This should not be used together with custom screen size.
^hForce CP-850^n
Use framechars only from Codepage 850. Only use this if your windows look
funny and have strange characters in the frames.
^hFind textmodes^n
Run an external program called SCANMODE (in UTILS\), which detects all
textmodes your VGA card is able of showing. This information is saved
in MODEINFO.DAT and can afterwards be imported by Terminate.