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SUMMARY
Page 464 of the Microsoft OS/2 "User's Guide" describes a method for
changing the display driver used with OS/2 and Presentation Manager.
This information is incomplete.
MORE INFORMATION
The "User's Guide" describes the procedure for changing the CONFIG.SYS
environment variables to use a different video mode. For example, if
you are changing from standard VGA to 8514A for an adapter that
supports these video modes, make the following changes to CONFIG.SYS:
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This information is correct, but additional steps are required
before this will work. First, if the BVH8514A.DLL file does not
exist in the C:\OS2\DLL directory (and it won't if the system was
originally configured as standard VGA), it must be unpacked from the
OS/2 installation disks and placed in this directory. This driver can be
found on Install Disk 5. To unpack the .DLL, go to the C:\OS2\DLL
directory and enter the command:
unpack a:\bvh8514a.dl@Next, you must change the DISPLAY.DLL that the system will use. There are several different DLLs depending on the display type you will be using. This is the driver that video adapter card manufacturers will usually have you replace with their own in order to realize the special display modes of their adapters. The DISPLAY.DLL files supplied with OS/2 1.3x are also on Install Disk 5 and are called IBMCGA.DL@, IBMEGA.DL@, IBMVGA.DL@, and IBMBGA.DL@. These files must be unpacked and put on the C drive so they can be located on ntboot. To do this, create a directory on your C drive (for example, C:\NEWDLL) and unpack the proper file to this directory. For example:
You will then need to copy this driver to DISPLAY.DLL and make it the
first DISPLAY.DLL driver that the system finds. Because the
DISPLAY.DLL driver in the C:\OS2\DLL directory is open when the system
is running, you can use one of two methods to make your new DLL the
first DISPLAY.DLL that the system finds:
Additional query words: 2.20 PM OS2 1.31 1.30 VGA EGA SVGA
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