[comp.os.os2.misc] mode mono in an OS/2 fullscreen

huangj@mist.cs.orst.edu (Jen Che Huang) (11/27/90)

Has anybody successfully got an OS/2 full screen to switch over to
the monochrome monitor.  I would like to be able to type in

   mode mono

and be able to switch over to a monochrome monitor.  I was wondering if
anybody has successfully written a program to do this.. and could I get
the code for it.  I have tried many times and failed many times.

Thank you,
Jim Huang

rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (11/28/90)

In article <1990Nov27.002747.11626@scion.CS.ORST.EDU> huangj@mist.cs.orst.edu (Jen Che Huang) writes:
>Has anybody successfully got an OS/2 full screen to switch over to
>the monochrome monitor.  I would like to be able to type in
>   mode mono
Yes.

>and be able to switch over to a monochrome monitor.  I was wondering if
>anybody has successfully written a program to do this.. and could I get
>the code for it.  I have tried many times and failed many times.
Could you specify more exactly what your problem is (error message,
strange behavior etc.) ?

There were some problems in earlier releases of 1.2 which were fixed in
XR4053 (?). One can work around this bug with a small program to be used
instead of mode mono. If there is interest .. I can post that little
piece of code (I already did this some time ago).

Kai Uwe Rommel

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