Documentation of the AdvanceCAB video utility.
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Synopsis
video [/s MODE] [/e] [/d] [/r] [/l PCXIMAGE]
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Description
The `video' utility can be used to control the video
output of the PC in DOS.
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Options
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/l IMAGE
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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.
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/s MODE
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Set an arbitrary video mode. The MODE is expressed as
an hexadecimal BIOS number.
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The most common modes are:
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Text mode 40x25 16 color.
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3
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Text mode 80x25 16 color.
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13
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Graphics mode 320x200 256 color.
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/d
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Disable the hardware video signal.
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/e
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Enable the hardware video signal.
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/r
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Reset the video board using the BIOS startup
function.
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Examples
A good configuration for Arcade monitors/TVs may be:
In CONFIG.SYS:
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device=c:\cab\video.exe /l c:\cab\video.pcx
device=c:\cab\vga.exe /l /d /c c:\cab\vga.rc
...other commands...
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In AUTOEXEC.BAT:
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...other commands...
c:\cab\vga /e
...final application...
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