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VIDEO MODE CONFIGURATION
Welcome to GDS! The following procedure automatically configures GDS to run
with your display hardware. Read the section below titled "INSTRUCTIONS"
before you continue. Use the mouse or arrow keys to scroll down.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PRESS [Enter] TO START. │
│ Press 'Y' after each beep if the test screen looks OK. │
│ Press 'N' if it does not. │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
If you have trouble, call (510)449-9079 for technical assistance.
QUICK NOTE: If you have a VESA compatible SVGA and GDS doesn't recognize all
of the modes the card is supposed to support, delete the file called "CONFIG"
and run GDS again by specifying '/VESA' on the command line (Type: GDS /VESA).
QUICK START FOR IMPATIENT USERS:
1) DO NOT just hit [Esc] to exit the configuration so you can run GDS. Go
through the configuration like a normal human, and you'll be happier.
2) Don't assume the machine is crashed until you've waited for at least
20 seconds without hearing a beep. Some video cards take a long time.
3) If GDS beeps, that means a test pattern was drawn, even if you can't
see it properly. Press 'Y' to accept the mode, 'N' to kill it.
4) If you determine that the machine is crashing after you type 'Y' to
approve a certain mode, see "*** CRASHING MODES ***" below.
5) If you are not getting all of the modes you think you should be getting,
GDS is probably unable to detect the video card properly. Try /VESA on
the command line, and if that doesn't work, call.
INSTRUCTIONS
GDS analyzes each mode to determine if it is valid. YOU MAY SEE THE SCREEN
GO CRAZY, which MAY be normal. Allow 10-15 seconds delay before assuming that
the machine is crashed. We have seen video cards take up to 30 seconds to
respond correctly with a video mode.
Once GDS has determined that a mode seems OK, GDS draws a test pattern on the
screen and beeps once. If the screen looks OK, then press 'Y'. When you
press 'Y', GDS will immediately continue on to the next mode. Repeat this
process until GDS prompts you (in text mode) to save the configuration.
IF YOU HEAR A BEEP BUT DON'T SEE A GOOD TEST PATTERN, PRESS 'N'. When you
press 'N', GDS should immediately change the state of the video system, which
you should be able to notice. If you do not notice a change within 20
seconds, reset your machine.
Many video monitors cannot support certain modes because of their high
frequency scan rates. This type of incompatibility is very common, and is
nothing to be worried about. If GDS tries to set a mode that your monitor
does not support, the screen may flicker, quickly shear and scroll in various
directions, flash on and off, and generally look very bad. If this happens,
wait for the beep, and just press 'N'.
*** CRASHING MODES ***
If GDS crashes immediately after pressing [Enter] from this text screen,
call us at (510)449-9079. This means that CGA 640x200 monochrome mode is
crashing the machine.
If the machine locks up after pressing 'Y' after a good mode, go through the
following steps to omit the mode manually:
1) Start GDS again, and remember the screen resolution (displayed at the
upper left of each screen). When the machine locks up again, you'll
now remember what mode came just before it. Reset the machine again.
2) Start GDS again, and go through the modes until you get to the mode
just before where the machine locked up in step 1. Press [Enter] for
this mode rather than 'Y'. GDS will switch to text mode and display
a window in the middle of the screen.
3) Press 'Y'. GDS will redo the text window to display the resolution of
the mode which is locking up the machine.
4) Press 'N' to kill the mode which is locking the machine. Now GDS should
redo the text window to display the mode AFTER the mode which was
locking up the machine. At this point, it may be OK to press [Enter],
which will put you back into the graphics 'Y'/'N' process again. If
this locks up the machine again, then keep repeating steps 2-4 but keep
manually killing each mode that you know locks up the machine.
NOTE: To print this file, copy GDSMODE.TXT to your printer. Your printer's
port name may be PRN, LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3 depending on your machine's setup.
For example, if you printer is PRN, then use the following command line:
COPY GDSMODE.TXT PRN
Fortunately, you should only have to get all of the way through this
configuration process once, and then GDS will save the information so you
won't have to do it again.
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END OF GDSMODE.TXT - Thank you for choosing GDS.