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- Program: OKMODE.COM Copyright 1988 by Keith P. Graham
- Description: Video Mode selector. Selects or displays video
- modes, for use on multiple monitor systems or systems
- where mode command will not change modes.
- Operation: Enter: OKMODE mode where mode is a number in hex
- from 00 to ff. Some common modes are:
- 0 - 40 column b&w
- 1 - 40 column cga-mono
- 2 - 80 column cga-b&w
- 3 - 80 column cga-color
- 4 - 320x200 cga color
- 5 - 320x200 cga b&w
- 6 - 640x200 cga b&w
- 7 - monochrome text
- f - EGA monchrome graphics
- 10 - EGA 640x350 16 color
- 11 - VGA monochrome graphics
- 12 - VGA 16 color graphics
- 13 - VGA 256 color Graphics
-
- I am including this with OPTIKS because some systems start up in
- mode 7. (Enter OKMODE with no parameters to find current mode).
- OPTIKS assumes that mode 7 means you have a mono monitor which
- might not be the case. If you start OPTIKS and get a blank screen
- leave OPTIKS by pressing F10 and then the Y key. Enter OKMODE 2
- and then try OPTIKS again.
-
- OKMODE.COM can be used in place of the MODE command for changing
- screen types. OKMODE does not look at the system switches and
- takes your word for the mode you would like. It can be used to
- switch between 2 monitors, display current mode and to reset
- modes on the new multi-function extended ega/vga cards.
-
- If OKMODE does not change the mode, it is the card's bios looking
- at switches. Try entering a mode such as EGA mode 10 and then
- changing modes from there. My ATI card can only be fooled into
- changing to mode 7 if I do it from an EGA or VGA graphics mode.
-