mode
mode [device][options]
Configures and sets the state for various hardware devices, and more:
LPT Parallel Ports
COM Serial Ports
PARK Parks the hard drive
DELAY Sets the keyboard auto-repeat rate
SWITCHAR change DOS command line option switch character (usually /)
CAPSLOCK State of the Caps lock key
NUMLOCK State of the Num lock key
SCRLOCK State of the SCroll lock key
For more information on using these features, go to
mode.txt
Copyright © 2003 Rob Platt
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