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- Help information is currently not available for this item.
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- 2
- This option lets you configure the graphics adapter to power-up
- in a state that best suits your system. You will be able to specify the
- following:
-
- ■ Type of monitor to be connected to the adapter
- ■ Video mode at power-up
- ■ 16-Bit or 8-Bit ROM operations
- ■ Port address and interrupt vector IRQ for the mouse
- ■ 16-Bit or 8-Bit I/O bus operations
-
- The adapter power-up sequence will read the above settings from
- the non-volatile EEPROM and configure adapter output/operations
- accordingly.
-
- Once saved, settings will remain unchanged until altered.
-
-
- 3
- With this option you can change the adapter to display a different video
- mode without affecting the Power-up mode setting stored in EEPROM.
-
- The video mode selected using this option will be lost when the system
- is powered down or when a new mode is selected.
-
-
- 4
- You can test the functionality of your graphics adapter using
- this option.
-
- The following diagnostics are performed to thoroughly test the VGA
- or the Accelerator portion of your graphics adapter. You can also test
- for mouse functions and display pertinent system files and statuses:
-
- ■ VGA Monochrome test
- ■ VGA Color test
- ■ Mouse test
- ■ Accelerator Diagnostics
- ■ System Information
-
-
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- The Monochrome test option will test VGA monochrome attributes
- and monochrome graphics modes.
-
- The test also displays test patterns.
-
- You will have a menu listing many different tests.
- Select one that you wish to perform and type the
- letter beside the test description.
-
- Errors, if any, are reported at the end of each test.
-
-
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- The Color test mode option will test the VGA color attributes,
- video memory, and color graphics modes.
-
- You will have a menu of many different tests.
- Select one that you wish to perform and type the
- letter beside the test description.
-
- Errors, if any, are reported at the end of each test.
-
-
- 7
- The best values for the IRQ numbers depend upon
- the type of computer into which the adapter is being
- installed, and whether the mouse port is being
- configured at the Primary or Secondary Address.
-
- These are the recommended values:
-
- PC AT/MC
- Primary 5 2
- Secondary 4 4
-
- Some software may support other values. Not all
- software will operate correctly if the default
- values are not chosen.
-
-
- 8
- This option is designed to optimize the performance of the graphics
- adapter by selecting a suitable Bus I/O mode for your system.
-
-
- 9
- Selecting this option will enable automatic mode selection.
-
- The graphics adapter will check the CPU and set Bus I/O to:
-
- ■ 8 bits on 80286 processor systems, and
- ■ 16 bits on 80386 or higher processor systems.
-
- This option may cause some computer systems to lock up. To correct
- the problem, power down the system, reboot and re-configure
- Bus I/O mode to 8 bits.
-
-
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- Your bus mouse will be tested if you select this option.
-
- You will be able to check for proper mouse movement by moving
- the mouse and watching the cursor on the screen.
-
- Button operation can also be tested by depressing one or more buttons
- and checking for appropriate response on the screen.
-
-
- 11
- This menu shows the user the current video mode which the
- graphics card is presently in.
-
- You may elect to alter this mode to one of other possible video
- modes that your adapter can support.
-
-
- 12
- This option selects the VGA mode and is functional only with
- VGA, 8514/A and multisync monitors.
-
- Software configured for VGA will run under this mode.
-
- You have the choice of selecting the Color or Monochrome
- mode of operation for VGA mode.
-
-
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- This option selects the EGA mode and is functional on
- all monitors.
-
- Software configured for EGA will run under this mode.
-
- You have the choice of selecting the Color or Monochrome
- mode of operation for the EGA mode.
-
-
- 14
- This option selects the CGA mode.
-
- This mode is enhanced improving the text to 8x14 character
- matrix and graphics are 75% double scanned on all monitors.
-
-
- 15
- Selection of this option will put your Graphics Adapter
- into MDA Text mode.
-
- If you are using a color monitor, you will have a choice
- of three text colors:
-
- White
- Amber
- Green
-
-
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- Selection of this option will put your Graphics Adapter
- into Hercules 720x348 graphics mode.
-
- If you are using a color monitor, you will have a choice
- of three text colors:
-
- White
- Amber
- Green
-
-
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- Selection of this option will put your Graphics Adapter
- into a special Hercules 640x400 graphics mode.
-
- Only a limited number of programs use this resolution. Use this
- mode only if you have a problem with the 720x348 graphics mode.
-
- If you are using a color monitor, you will have a choice
- of three text colors:
-
- White
- Amber
- Green
-
-
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- If your current video mode is either EGA or VGA, then selection
- of this option will put your Graphics Adapter into a 80x43 line
- Text mode or 80x50 mode, respectively.
-
- By choosing this option you will at best double the number of text
- lines displayed on your monitor.
-
-
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- This menu allows the user to specify a directory, from which
- the installations will be made.
-
- The INSTALL program expects all auxiliary files to be in
- their proper directories as the Distribution diskettes.
-
- If you are running INSTALL from a Utilities directory, such
- as "C:\COMBUTIL," you will have to enter a path name to the
- source directory, that contains files the INSTALL program
- may require at any time.
-
- For example, to install AutoCAD drivers from the Distribution
- diskette in drive A, enter 'A:\ACAD' for the source directory.
- NOTE: Entering 'A:\' will also be acceptable.
-
-
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- This option sets your Graphics Adapter for a 132x25 text mode.
- 132 columns and 25 rows of text can now be displayed.
-
- This mode is functional with all monitors.
-
- NOTE: 132 column mode can only be used by software which is
- written to support 132 columns on the screen. Check your
- software users manual or call your dealer to confirm that
- the application will run in this mode.
-
-
- 21
- Since you have a color monitor, you can now select the color
- for the chosen monochrome mode; you have three options :
-
- ■ White
- ■ Green
- ■ Amber
-
-
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- This option will copy CRYSTAL(R) fonts to your disk to be used by
- a driver that supports grayscale screen fonts.
- Grayscale drivers are supplied for applications such as Windows.
-
- CRYSTAL Fonts(R) are WYSIWYG high resolution near-300 dpi screen fonts
- What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get. These fonts are designed to match the
- resolution of laser printer outputs, for displaying on the screen.
-
-
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- Supply a complete DOS path to the sub-directory where you
- wish to install (copy) the adapter interface. Accept the name
- suggested or enter your own drive:\directory name.
-
- The installation program will then copy files to the indicated
- destination.
-
-
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- The enhanced drivers enable applications to run in
- high-resolution modes supported by your graphics adapter.
-
-
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- To select a different "Monitor Type" than as shown, return
- to the previous screen and press <Enter> to bring up the list.
-
- To discard any changes, press <Esc>
-
- Tip: You can proceed to each entry in this menu, revise
- the settings, then save all of them to EEPROM at the
- same time.
-
-
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- This option is used to configure the mouse port for your computer
- environment. You have the choice of selecting either the Primary
- Address, Secondary Address or Disabled.
-
- The factory default setting for the mouse port is Disabled. To
- activate the mouse port, select the Primary Address option.
- Secondary address is used only if there is an address conflict
- at 23Ch - 23Fh (some serial cards may use this address).
-
- If your system has cards at both port addresses 23Ch - 23Fh and
- 238h - 23Bh, the mouse port must then be disabled.
-
- Upon selecting the mouse port address, you will be prompted to
- define the IRQ (interrupt request) level to be used by the mouse.
-
-
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- Use the Up- and Down-arrow keys to scroll through the options.
-
- If your monitor is not shown on this list, then select the
- 'Custom' option. This option will allow you to customize the
- CRT parameters to your specific monitor.
-
- By referring to the documentation supplied with your monitor
- you should then have a good idea of the frequencies which your
- monitor can support, and the interlacing scheme it uses; this
- information will help you to better select one of the available
- customization options.
-
- The highlighted monitor selection will be written to EEPROM
- only if you choose to save it.
-
- Installed modes may also be sized/positioned via 'Custom...'
-
-
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- This option sets your Graphics Adapter for a 132x44 text mode.
- 132 columns and 44 rows of text can now be displayed.
-
- This mode is functional with all monitors.
-
- NOTE: 132 column mode can only be used by software which is
- written to support 132 columns on the screen. Check your
- software users manual or call your dealer to confirm that
- the application will run in this mode.
-
-
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- The diagnostics program was designed to thoroughly test the various
- components of the Accelerator portion of your adapter to ensure
- proper operation. It will display test patterns and pause to let
- you view the integrity of the displayed image.
- The following is a list of tests performed:
-
- ■ Adapter memory size
- ■ Adapter ROM
- ■ Adapter registers
- ■ Adapter FIFO
- ■ RAMDAC
- ■ Video RAM
- ■ Adapter subsystems
- ■ Test patterns of applicable video modes
-
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- The Card/System Information Reporting utility will display
- the contents of the following:
-
- ■ VGA and Accelerator characteristics of your adapter
- ■ System information consisting of:
- DOS version
- System BIOS date
- Type of computer
- Type of monitor attached to the adapter
- ■ Contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- ■ Contents of your CONFIG.SYS file
- ■ Contents of the EEPROM in your Graphics Adapter
-
-
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- This option enables the user to set up a power-up
- configuration for the bus mouse.
-
- You will need to select a non-conflicting port Address, as
- well as the Interrupt Level in order to successfully
- configure the mouse.
-
-
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- This entry should contain a complete DOS path to the
- directory where you intend to store the Adapter Interface
- files. It should have the following format:
-
- drive:\directory
-
- Type or edit the DOS path using the keys indicated at the
- bottom of your screen, then press <Enter> to accept.
-
- The installation program assumes that the source files are to
- be copied there from the default directory. (i.e., the drive
- and directory where you initiated this installation.)
- Normally this would be your floppy diskette drive A:
-
-
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- Select this option to enable the 8 bit host-to-video memory
- data transfer.
-
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- Memory Aperture allows the video memory to be mapped into the system
- memory address space. Doing so, will greatly improve the tranfer speed
- of data from host to the video memory.
-
- Aperture location will be set for you automatically to the highest
- available address depending on the bus type. The Aperture size
- will be automatically set to 1M or 4M, based on the amount of video
- memory present on your video adapter.
-
- On ISA machines with over 12Mb of installed system memory, the Aperture
- must be disabled.
-
- You may now Enable or Disable the Memory Aperture feature.
-
-
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- Available starting memory Aperture Addresses are shown as dots (∙)
- in the "Address Map". If an address you select is reserved by other
- hardware, for example, extended memory or peripheral card, then you
- should choose another address location. NOTE: Reserved areas
- marked (R), (S) or (B) must not be selected.
-
- To select a valid Aperture starting address, move the highlight to
- an unused area, and the "Aperture Location" field above the map
- will indicate your selected starting address. Press <Enter> to
- accept the selection.
-
- The highlighted Aperture Address will be written to EEPROM only if
- you elect to save it, when in the "Set Power-up Configuration" menu.
-
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- You will be prompted to specify the source and destination
- directories, while being closely guided through the driver
- installations.
-
- Most of the drivers are present on disk #1, and this is the disk
- which you should start off with. The installation utility will then
- provide you with further instructions, asking you to insert other
- diskette(s) when necessary.
-
-
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- This entry should contain a complete DOS path to the
- directory where you intend to store the grayscale CRYSTAL (R)
- fonts. It should have the following format:
-
- drive:\directory
-
- Accept the name shown on the screen or edit the DOS path
- to a directory of your choice, using keys indicated at the
- bottom of your screen, then press <Enter>.
-
- The installation program assumes that the source files are to
- be copied from the drive:\directory where you initiated this
- installation. Normally this would be your floppy diskette
- drive A:
-
-
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- Supply a one character entry for the drive from which your
- system ordinarily boots.
-
- In many cases it is drive 'C', so press <Enter> to accept
- it, otherwise enter the boot drive.
-
- The installation program will then reference AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file and modify CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory of
- the boot drive.
-
-
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- This entry should contain a complete DOS path to the
- directory where you intend to store the Graphics Adapter
- Utilities. It should have the following format:
-
- drive:\directory
-
- Accept the default path shown on the screen or edit it
- to a directory of your choice, using keys indicated at the
- bottom of your screen; then press <Enter>.
-
- The installation program assumes that the source files are to
- be copied from the drive:\directory where you initiated this
- installation. Normally this would be your floppy diskette
- drive A.
-
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- 8 or 16 bit ROM operation can be selected for your Graphics
- Adapter.
-
- When the card is installed in an 8 bit slot, 8 bit operation will
- automatically be selected; and when installed in a 16 bit slot,
- the video RAM will always use a 16 bit RAM access, but the ROM
- (which contains the video BIOS) may be accessed with an 8 or
- 16 bit datapath.
-
-
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- In order to achieve high performance from your Graphics Card,
- select the 16 bit option for ROM operation.
-
- The INSTALL program will perform a test for 16 bit operation
- and display a message if 16 bit operation can not be attained.
- If your system does not support 16 bit ROM access, this does
- not indicate a problem with your Graphics Adapter or your
- system - it simply means that the system manufacturer has
- chosen not to implement the IBM standard for ROM address timing
- in the interest of higher performance in other areas.
-
- If this is the case, select the 8 bit option and press <Enter>.
-
-
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- This option enables the user to select the Power-up Video mode of
- the Graphics Adapter - i.e. the mode that the adapter will be set
- to after the computer is powered up or reset.
-
- The video mode setup information will be saved in the on-board
- EEPROM, thus retaining the user-selected power-up mode even after
- the power is turned off.
-
- Your Graphics Adapter can be set to wake up in one of the following
- text modes :
-
- ■ VGA
- ■ EGA
- ■ CGA
- ■ MDA 720x350
- ■ MDA 640x400
-
-
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- Selection of this item will start your Graphics Adapter in VGA mode,
- and is operational on all Color and Monochrome monitors.
-
- You will be given the option of choosing either the COLOR or MONO
- option; if you have a color monitor, and choose the MONO option,
- another menu will appear, asking for the choice of foreground color.
-
- As well, a dual adapter configuration may be selected, if needed.
-
- NOTE: VGA Color mode is the Factory default for this card.
-
-
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- Selection of this item will start your Graphics Adapter in EGA mode,
- and is operational on all Color and Monochrome monitors.
-
- You will be given the option of choosing either the COLOR or MONO
- option; if you have a color monitor, and choose the MONO option,
- another menu will appear, asking for the choice of foreground color.
-
- As well, a dual adapter configuration may be selected, if needed.
-
-
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- Selection of this item will start your Graphics Adapter in CGA mode.
-
-
- Because this mode has the lowest resolution available on this card,
- it is recommended that this mode is used as a default, only if
- the majority of your software is CGA self-booting software.
-
-
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- Selection of this item will start your Graphics Adapter in Hercules
- text mode.
-
- It is recommended that this mode is used as a default, only if
- the majority of your software is monochrome.
-
- If you are using a color monitor, when you select this option, you
- will be required to choose a color (either white, green or amber).
-
- Almost all Hercules Graphics programs use this resolution.
-
-
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- Selection of this item will start your Graphics Adapter in special
- Hercules text mode.
-
- However, only a small number of programs such as PrintMaster or
- some Oriental word processing programs use this resolution.
-
- Do not use this mode unless the 720x350 Hercules mode fails to run
- your Hercules compatible programs.
-
-
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- You now have the choice of choosing either the COLOR or MONO
- option; if you have a Color monitor, you can :
-
- 1. select the COLOR option, and then choose one of
- the available color resolutions, or
- 2. select the MONO option, and then choose one of 3
- possible foreground colors.
-
- If you possess a Monochrome monitor, you may select the MONO
- option, resulting in a default color. Otherwise, you may
- select the COLOR option, which will interpret the colors as
- shades of gray.
-
-
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- This final menu allows the user to select the resolution
- of the VGA Color mode.
-
- Two options are available:
-
- ■ CV80 - VGA Color high resolution 80 column text mode
- ■ C80 - VGA Color low resolution 80 column text mode
-
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- This final menu allows the user to select the resolution
- of the EGA Color mode.
-
- Two options are available:
-
- ■ CE80 - EGA Color high resolution 80 column text mode
- ■ C80 - EGA Color low resolution 80 column text mode
-
-
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- With your Graphics Adapter being the only video card in your
- system, you can choose either the COLOR or MONO option; if you
- have a Color monitor, you can :
-
- 1. select the COLOR option, and then choose one of
- the available color resolutions, or
- 2. select the MONO option, and then choose one of 3
- possible foreground colors.
-
- If you possess a Monochrome monitor, you may select the MONO
- option, resulting in a default color. Otherwise, you may
- select the COLOR option, which will interpret the colors as
- shades of gray.
-
- If you would like to set your video card for dual adapter
- configuration, then select the DUAL ADAPTER option.
-
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- You now need to decide which video card you wish to serve
- as the Primary adapter.
-
- Primary adapter is the start-up video adapter that becomes
- active upon power-up or system reset.
-
- Having selected your Primary adapter, you will be asked to
- make a choice for your Secondary adapter in the menu that
- follows.
-
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- For the Secondary adapter you have the choice of selecting
- either the Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA) or the Color
- Graphics Adapter (CGA).
-
- In the following menu you will be requested to choose the
- power-up video mode for your Primary adapter.
-
- NOTE: If you have selected MDA as your Secondary adapter,
- then the Primary adapter can not be configured for
- Monochrome operation. Similarly, with CGA selected
- for the Secondary, the Primary can't be set to work
- in Color mode.
-
-
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- Enable or disable zero wait-state support for video RAM access.
-
- In order to achieve higher performance from your Graphics Card,
- enable the zero-wait state feature.
-
-
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- VGA and Accelerator share the same video memory. This option
- allows one to select the VGA memory size by setting the VGA
- boundary to Shared, 256Kb, 512Kb or 1024Kb.
-
- In Shared mode, both the VGA and Accelerator have read/write access
- to all of the video memory. The remaining options - 256Kb, 512Kb
- and 1024Kb determine the size of video memory to be allocated solely
- for VGA purposes. Once set, the Accelerator is prohibited from
- writing to it.
-
-
- Hint - The recommended settings are as follows:
-
- Shared for 1M on board
- 512K for 2M on board
-
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- The INSTALL Program needs to access some files from the
- Installation diskettes. Depending on the format of these
- diskettes, you should make a selection of the floppy drive
- that will be used for installation.
-
- Select drive A: or drive B: for your floppy drive.
-
- Otherwise, if you have all your installation software residing
- on a local hard drive or a network, then just type in the
- letter of your hard\network drive.
-
- Supply a one character entry for the drive and press <Enter>
-
-
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- Help information is currently not available for this item.
-
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- This option configures Bus I/O mode to 16 bits.
-
- This option may cause some computer systems to lock up. To correct
- the problem, power down the system, reboot and re-configure the
- Bus I/O mode to 8 bits.
-
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- This option configures Bus I/O mode to 8 bits.
-
-
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- Select the resolution(s) and\or mode which you wish to set up your
- monitor for. It is recommended that you go through each one of the
- available options and configure for the most stable and flicker-free
- display.
-
- Following your selection, you will be asked to choose from a list
- of other monitor parameters that will define your monitor's
- specifications.
-
- The 132 Column Mode does not have a frequency selection menu; as a
- result, upon its selection, you will be asked to carry out the
- screen adjustment operation.
-
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- Select the frequency and interlacing scheme that matches your monitor
- specifications as closely as possible.
-
- Following this selection you will be prompted to make any adjustments
- to the screen, as you see fit.
-
- Screen size, position, frequency and polarity could all be altered
- to arrive at the best looking display.
-
- You may find that some frequencies will produce an unstable display;
- If this happens, choose another frequency - preferrably of higher
- value, in order to avoid the flicker.
-
- If none of the options produce a stable display or you know that your
- monitor does not support the shown resolution, then choose the 'Not
- Supported' option.
-
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- This option allows the user to set the I/O Bus width for the
- VGA portion of the Graphics Adapter.
-
-
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- In order to achieve high performance from your Graphics Card,
- select the 16 bit option for VGA Bus I/O operation.
-
-
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- You may now adjust the 256-color and/or 65K-color screens to
- make sure that they show up in accordance to your liking.
-
-
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- This menu may contain a collection of different modes of various
- resolutions and vertical refresh rates.
-
- Select one of the 'Other' modes shown in the menu and press <Enter>.
-
- Please note that if you wish to disable the 'Other' options list,
- select the 'Not Supported' option.
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