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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:08:29 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:
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> Hi Greg,
>> Shouldn't that be "C080,25" rather than "CO80,25"? But what is it
>> supposed to do?
> I do not know what it looks like on your screen, but it is indeed a
> letter C and O like in "colour".
My mistake! I thought it was a bit of hex arithmetic.
>> There is a problem. After disabling APM in the CMOS setup, exiting
>> Windows on a shutdown locks up the computer at the "You may now
>> safely turn off the computer" screen.
> Are you sure the computer is really locked up and not just locked in
> graphics mode? Normally, you are already at the DOS prompt again at this
> point and can type commands, even though you cannot see what you type.
You were absolutely right. I now get the DOS prompt as expected.
I made one change to your suggested method. The batch file is named
W.BAT, and I have left WIN.COM alone. So I save two characters when
calling it <GGGGGG>
> Try entering the mode co80,25 command blindly and see if it changes the
> screen mode. Or try "mode mono" instead to switch it to black and white.
Since I was testing this from a clean boot, I just corrected W.BAT and
now it works as expected.
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