12. Microsoft Windows 3.1
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Using WinMode
Run WinMode by double-clicking on its icon. The icon will be in the group that you
specified during the install process.
The main window for WinMode contains the following buttons/menus for configuring
your VGA board.
Resolution
These buttons let you choose the resolution that WinMode will use to run Windows 3.1
after Windows is restarted. Some of these buttons may be unavailable because of the
amount of video memory in your system or if some of the monitor refresh rates were set
to Unavailable.
Colors
These buttons allow you to choose the number of colors that will be available to
Windows 3.1 after Windows is restarted. Some of these choices may be unavailable
due to the amount of video memory in your system and the resolution you selected. If
you have chosen OS/2 v2.1 in the Operating System field, then the only possible
choices are for 16 or 256 colors. Generally, 256 color mode is the fastest choice. The
more colors used, the slower the graphics performance.
Font Size
Small fonts are intended for lower resolution modes. Large fonts are intended for higher
resolution modes.
Monitor Refresh Rates
The drop down list boxes let you select the monitor refresh rates for each resolution. If
you select Unavailable for any screen resolution, higher resolutions will also be
unavailable. This also turns off the corresponding choices in the Resolution box.
In general, the higher the refresh rate, the better the display quality, and the lower the
performance. This is because the graphics system can only perform a fixed number of
operations per second. The more time it spends redrawing the screen, the less time it
has available to perform other operations.
Font Cache Size
The Font Cache Size lets you set the amount of system memory that will be available
for font caching.
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