[Coco] NitrOS9 L2 CoCo 3 question: Display settings/modifications

[Rogelio Perea]

Appreciate the suggestions, will try out later tonight :-)

Thanks guys!


-- RP


On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:

> Robert Gault wrote:
>
>> Rogelio Perea wrote:
>>
>>> On my Tandy stock OS9 L2 I patched the TERM to allow the CoCo 3 boot into
>>> 80 columns white text on black background.
>>>
>>> As much as I love the nuclear green on the computer I would like to set
>>> NitrOS9 the same way: boot into a white text on black background (and
>>> border) 80x24 screen... I know the display settings can be modified after
>>> the boot process is done, leaving that as a last resort.
>>>
>>> I have the patch file for my stock setup in a disk at home... got some
>>> downtime at work with VCC on my laptop. Even if I had the patches with
>>> me I
>>> doubt they would work on NitrOS9 with all the changes compared to the
>>> stock
>>> Tandy release of OS9.
>>>
>>> Any hints greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- RP
>>>
>>>
>> Rogelio,
>>
>> The easiest way to change the colors on the screens is to use Xmode. If
>> all you
>> want to change is /term and don't care about the boot screen, after
>> booting enter
>> xmode /term
>> You will see the values for fgc, bgc, and bdc. You will want to change
>> those.
>> For a 24 line screen, you will also want to check pag.
>>
>> The values I have for a white screen with black letters 80x24 are:
>> pag=$18
>> fgc=2
>> bgc=0
>> bdc=0
>>
>> xmode /term pag=18 fgc=2 bgc=0 bdc=0
>> Now you want to make those changes permanent so ex.
>> cobbler /D0
>>
>> If you have a hard drive, cobbler may not work for you so you can edit
>> OS9Boot
>> with ded to make changes to OS9Boot.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
> Rogelio,
>
> I forgot a parameter. :(
>
> You also need to include with the xmode command    sty=2
> which indicates an 80x24 text window.
>
>
> Robert
>
>
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