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- set80: a 80x25 mode setter
- ==========================
-
- Set80 is a short resque program that attempts to reset your screen to a
- 80x25 mode, without the need for a TextConfig file.
-
- It is very useful when you are setting up SVGATextMode, and something goes
- wrong. If you can get set80 to run, there's a fair chance that you will get
- your display back.
-
-
- ../set80: version 0.9. (c) 1995 Koen Gadeyne.
-
- Resets and resizes the console to 80x25 mode, with a 9x16 font.
- It is completely stand-alone (does not call other programs, no config file).
-
- Options: -d print debugging messages
- -h prints usage information
- -a use alternate method: restore ALL standard VGA registers.
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-
-
- WARNING:
- This does not work on ALL VGA cards. Notably the ATI cards and maybe
- ET4000 as well will not restore the correct clock (the rest will be OK).
- In fact, any card that has EXTENDED the standard set of 2 clock selection
- bits with some more, instead of REPLACING them with a completely new set
- will suffer from the same problem.
-
- Another note:
-
- the "-a" option restores ALL standard VGA registers. This is a far better
- and reliable way of restoring the text mode to 80x25 mode, BUT it's not
- perfect at all. Since it wants to be chipset-independent, it doesn't know
- how to get an SVGA card from SVGA back to VGA.
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