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                             Video control for DOS
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1 SYNOPSYS
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video [/s MODE] [/e] [/d] [/r] [/l PCXIMAGE]


2 DESCRIPTION
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The `video' utility can be used to control the video
output of the PC in DOS.


3 OPTIONS
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    /l IMAGE
        Load a PCX image. The image must be a PCX image
        in the 320x200 8bit format. The image is displayed using
        the standard VGA 320x200 256 color video mode number 13h.

    /s MODE
        Set an arbitrary video mode. The MODE is expressed as
        an hexadecimal BIOS number.

The most common modes are:
    1 - Text mode 40x25 16 color.
    3 - Text mode 80x25 16 color.
    13 - Graphics mode 320x200 256 color.

    /d
        Disable the hardware video signal.

    /e
        Enable the hardware video signal.

    /r
        Reset the video board using the BIOS startup
        function.


4 EXAMPLES
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A good configuration for Arcade monitors/TVs may be:

In CONFIG.SYS:
    device=c:\cab\video.exe /l c:\cab\video.pcx
    device=c:\cab\vga.exe /l /d /c c:\cab\vga.rc
    ...other commands...

In AUTOEXEC.BAT:
    ...other commands...
    c:\cab\vga /e
    ...final application...


5 COPYRIGHT
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This file is Copyright (C) 2002 Andrea Mazzoleni.
