[Coco] Nitros9 quick screen questions.

[Mark Ormond]

I found the montype command and setting it to m and switching my 1084 over to mono mode I can read the text.
(I don't have a rgb cable made up for this config, so I'm using composite)

So there is no mode equivalent in nitros9? (i.e. mode co40 or mode co80 under dos.)

And no quick command to change the screen colors?


-----Original Message-----
From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Robert Gault
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 11:05 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Nitros9 quick screen questions.

Mark Ormond wrote:
> Quick question...
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> How do you change screen modes/colors in Nitros9?
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> It boots 80 col, black on green.
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> I'd like to be able to go to 40 or 32 col, and maybe white on black or vice versa.
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> I can't read crap currently.....
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> (Coco3, 6809, running off a coco sdc, with the latest download version 
> from http://sourceforge.net/projects/nitros9/files/releases/v3.3.0/)
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Mark,

There are several ways to change screen colors but that assumes you can read the screen well enough to actually use the NitrOS-9. Reads like that is a Catch22 situation for you. :(

So, you could create a new boot disk using the scripts on the disk to boot into a 40 column screen and if that is still not clear to a 32 column screen.
You could use xmode to change the parameters in /term and then cobbler the disk. 
To do that, you will need to understand how xmode works and which values to change.

Since you can't read your screen. I don't see how you can do either of the above. Looks like you will need to have someone on the list send you a revised disk.
Would you like me to send you one or do you want to try making changes yourself?

Robert


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