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- * C E N T S c r e e n *
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- * 3rd generation *
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- * Freeware version!!! *
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- Extended resolution administrator
- for Falcon 030
- Authors:
- David Godec
- Sacha Hnatiuk
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- Interest of CENTscreen
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- Installation
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- Put the program CNTSCRN3.PRG in the AUTO folder of your boot
- partition et put at the root of this same boot partition, the CNTSCRN3.RSC.
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- Select a DATA file corresponding to your monitor. The files SVGA.DAT and
- MULISYN.DAT are intending respectively to VGA's monitor (31 and 35 kHz
- vertical frequency) and MULTISYNC's monitor (30 up to 65 kHz vertical
- frequency).
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- Copy and rename (alternate key pressed) in 'VIDEO.DAT' in the root of
- your boot partition the '.DAT' file choose.
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- IMPORTANT
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- CENTSCRN.PRG must be after NVDI and/or SPEEDOGDOS in the AUTO folder.
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- ADVICES
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- Windows moving
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- CENTscreen features
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- This software offer:
- - manifold resolutions by system resolution.
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- - originals resolutions updatables.
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- - virtual screen.
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- - screen saver and time saver, compatible with Energy Star.
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- - delay of shut down in secondes and by keys.
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- - latness of the runnig Energy Start by a simple shut down before
- (usefull fo the shortess shut down like parsing)
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- - wake up of the screen by external event like keyboard, midi,
- mouse and joystick.
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- - shut down et wake up remote by external softwares.
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- - presse the alternate key during resolution switch disabled the extended
- resolution. It's the ultimate option because it can change the start's
- resolution ( system's resolution ?! ) at the come back. For this reason
- it works one time only.
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- - various method of scrolling or the virtual screen:
- - edge scrolling: it's move when the mouse meet the edge of the
- physical screen.
- - proportionnal scrolling: the visible zone is locating proportinal
- to the mouse position in the virtual screen.
- - focus scrolling: the physical screen is locating on the mouse
- position.
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- - new functions for video.
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- and also:
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- - installation of "_AKP" cookie for languages (thanks to MagiC)
- - reinstallation of "_CT2" cookie for the normal mode or under
- MagiC (again?)
- - if NVDI is here (or MagiC), the electronic blitter cannot come
- back by error: function lock on software blitter
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- Virtual screen
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- See the "OPT" menu.
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- The screen saver
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- The mouse accelerator
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- See the "OPT" menu.
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- BEWARE : disable all other mouse accelerator.
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- Video mode in the desktop
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- Il you press ALTERNATE when selecting the mode video menu entry, you
- open the old dialog box instead of CENTscreen's setup.
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- When you are in the CENTscreen's setup, you have this choice:
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- 1) Choose an another mode than for the resolution in work.
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- 2) Able/disable the virtual screen.
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- 3) Change the virual screen size.
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- 4) Able/disable the screen saver.
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- 5) Change the delay of screen saver.
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- 6) Able/disable the Energy Star.
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- 7) Change the delay for the transition from the screen saver to the
- Energy Star.
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- 8) Delete a mode in the data file.
- The actual mode is not erasable.
- The data file is updating only afer saving.
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- 10) ...
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- 11) Available the compatibily mode ('OPT').
- For some softwares, like Graoumf traker.
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- 12) Methode of scrolling for the virtual screen ('OPT').
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- 14) Load the VIDEO.DAT.
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- 15) Save the VIDEO.DAT.
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- NB:
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- If you want an original resolution, deselect the selected resolution.
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- In this case, all the options of CENTscreen are disable.
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- Resolution switching
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- ATTENTION
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- See about the possibility of your monitor in relation to the video mode.
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- MAGIC 4,5,...
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- For magic use VIDEOMOD.ACC (or APP) to choose the default resolution.
- It's also the same case for all altenative desktop.
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- Magic, it's C, that's obvious!
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- Magic, universal language!
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- No "_AKP" cookie, so no language selectable.
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- In this case, we reeinstall the "_AKP" cookie...
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- NVDI 3
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- Big problems to change resolution. Don't use it even without CENTscreen.
- But kown that NVDI 2.5 and NVDI 4.x run very well.
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- NVDI, always...
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- ARTPAD Release 6
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- If you use Artpad, you must desactivate the mouse accelerator of CENTscreen.
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- ST-COMPATIBLE modes
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- No extended resolution in ST resolutions.
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- INFO
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- TRICKS
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- Put a hotkeys for mode video under the desktop. When you come back
- from a bad soft which crash the video, by press this key and return after,
- the default mode will be run.
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- The ALTERNATE world
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- We use always ALTERNATE to reach the old functionnality. That's normal
- because, we consider that our work is a new kind of functions and we get off
- the old world.
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- Note for coders
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- Contact us...
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- CENTScreen, CENTVidel, VIDEOMOD, CENTview, NVRAM, SCSITEST,
- DSPSLOW, BLITSLOW et AUTOCLOCK are FREEWARE !
- You can distribute it all you need.
- PROFITABLE DISTRIBUTE IS FORBIDDEN WITHOUT THE WRITING AGREEMENT
- OF CENTEK SARL. WE CAN TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST EVERYBODY OR
- COMPAGNY WHICH CHANGE THE FREEWARE STATUS BY PUT IT ON SALE.
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