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- ^m╒════════════════════╤═══════════════════════════════╡^t Screen and colors ^m╞╕
- │^r Colors ^m│ │
- │ ^nAuto palette ^m│ ^nColor ^h0 ^nMono ^h0 ^m│
- │ ^nWindows sound ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- │ ^nExploding windows ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- │ ^nDirect writes ^m│ ^hYes ^m│
- │ ^nSnow checking ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- │ ^nScreen blanker ^m│ ^h300 ^m│
- │ ^nShow snakes ^m│ ^hOn ^m│
- │ ^nVGA Fadeout ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- │ ^nCenter screen ^m│ ^hOn ^m│
- │ ^nScreen size ^m│ ^hAuto ^nAx Bx Cx Dx ^m│
- │ ^n├─Start mode ^m│ ^hTseng 4000 100x40 ^nRegisters: ^h002A ^m│
- │ ^n├─Other mode ^m│ ^hXGA 132x25 ^nRegisters: ^h0014 ^m│
- │ ^n└─Exit mode ^m│ ^hReset 80x25 ^nRegisters: ^h0003 ^m│
- │ ^nBig phonebook ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- │ ^nForce CP-850 ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- │ ^nFind textmodes ^m│ ^m│
- │ ^nUse intensity ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- │ ^nOnly low ASCII ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- │ ^nUse SND files ^m│ ^hOff ^m│
- ╘════════════════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛^n
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- ^hColors^n
-
- Define all colours used inside Terminate's menus.
-
- ^hPalette^n
-
- ^m╒═════╡^t Choose color palette ^m╞╕
- │^r Color 1 ^m│
- │ ^nColor 2 ^m│
- │ ^nColor 3 ^m│
- │ ^nColor 4 ^m│
- │ ^nColor 5 ^m│
- │ ^nColor 6 ^m│
- │ ^nLCD/composite/black & white ^m│
- │ ^nMonochrome ^m│
- │ ^nFlashy ^m│
- │ ^nPurple ^m│
- │ ^nIntense 1 ^m│
- │ ^nIntense 2 ^m│
- │ ^nIntense 3 ^m│
- │ ^nBlind palette ^m│
- ╘═════════════════════════════╛^n
-
- There are 14 predefined colour palettes - choose the one you like the
- most!. A colour palette is a complete set of colours that will be loaded
- into the default colour record, then you can change some of the colours
- again. If you are blind you should use the last palette, press END and
- return in this menu.
- The Intense requires that you have a graphic adapter that can show
- background color intense instead of blink/flash. (EGA,VGA etc.)
-
- ^hAuto palette^n
-
- At startup, test if colour or monochrome screen. You could enter a '1' at
- Color and a '8' at Mono, then if you start Terminate from a machine with a
- colour graphics card, then palette 1 will be choosen and if it has
- Hercules monochrome then palette 8 will be used. This is useful if you are
- on a network and want to use the same configuration.
-
- ^hWindows sound^n
-
- Make annoying sounds when popping in or out of windows.
-
- ^hExploding windows^n
-
- Try it! (Visual effect)
-
- ^hDirect writes^n
-
- Should always be turned ON (except in special cases) because using BIOS
- calls is MUCH slower than direct screen writes. Some blind people can
- benefit of using the 'Only menus' function. Which will use direct screen
- writes all other places than in terminal mode. It depends on which
- speech thing you use.
-
- ^hSnow checking^n
-
- When writing directly to the screen, then remove snow. Should only be
- turned on with old CGA cards, because it can slow down screen writes.
-
- ^hScreen blanker^n
-
- Blank screen after X seconds if nothing has happened. If you enter '0'
- here, then the screen would never blank out.
-
- ^hShow snakes^n
-
- When blanking screen, you could allow a lot of snakes to eat your screen.
- The number of snakes will be decided according to how big your screen is
- and how fast your machine is. If using a multitasker you should turn this
- off, since then all timeslices will be released.
-
- ^hVGA Fadeout^n
-
- Fade down colours on VGA and MCGA cards when leaving Terminate. Looks real
- nice, but not all VGA cards will support this.
-
- ^hCenter screen^n
-
- If you are using a screen size more than 80, lets say 132, and call a
- system that only uses 80 chars (most systems), then Terminate can center
- the screen for you. That means position 1 on the screen will be
- recalculated for all screen writes with (132-80)/2 = 26 as left margin.
-
- ^hScreen size^n
- ^h├─Start mode^n
- ^h├─Other mode^n
- ^h└─Exit mode^n
-
- Screensize has 4 values, Auto, 25, 43/50 and Custom. Auto will just use
- whatever videomode is current. 25 will force 25 lines when starting and
- exiting Terminate. 43/50 will force 43/50 lines if you have a EGA or VGA
- card installed when starting or exiting Terminate. Custom will call the
- BIOS videomode routine with the parameters you give. In CUSTOM.DOC you
- will find the codes for several VGA cards. Start mode will then be used at
- startup or when returning from shell. Exit mode will be used when exiting
- Terminate or calling an external utility. If you do not want Terminate to
- change videomode, but always use some other kind of videomode (also when
- calling external utilities), just set the videomode before calling
- Terminate and set Screen size to Auto.
-
- ^hBig phonebook^n
-
- If ON, when entering the phonebook, Terminate will switch into 43/50 lines
- and back into 25 lines when exiting the phonebook.
- This should not be used together with custom screen size.
-
- ^hForce CP-850^n
-
- Use framechars only from Codepage 850. Only use this if your windows look
- funny and have strange characters in the frames.
-
- ^hFind textmodes^n
-
- Run an external program called SCANMODE (in UTILS\), which detects all
- textmodes your VGA card is able of showing. This information is saved
- in MODEINFO.DAT and can afterwards be imported by Terminate.
- You can also run this program manually directly from DOS.
-
- ^hUse intensity^n
-
- EGA and VGA cards have the possibility of using background intense colors,
- instead of blink/flash. This feature will be turned on/off automatically
- when you select a color palette.
-
- ^hOnly low ASCII^n
-
- Some countries use special codepages where the use of high-ASCII
- causes improper display of the graphical boxes. If you live in such a
- country, turn this toggle on, but beware that Terminate will not look
- like it former self after this.
- This toggle activates the next time you enter the configuration menu.
-
- ^hUse SND files^n
-
- If you want different sounds inside Terminate, you can define your own.
- All the sound files must be placed in the utility directory.
- Look in UTILS\CONNECT.SND for information on making a sound file.
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