Microsoft KB Archive/46920

Manually Setting Up Word to Support the IBM 8514/A

PSS ID Number: Q46920 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 | 5.00

MS-DOS | OS/2

= SUMMARY =

To manually set up Word to support the IBM 8514/A graphics card under MS-DOS, you must do the following:

  Copy EGA.SYS and MOUS8514.SYS from the Word Program #1 disk to your hard disk.   Add the lines DEVICE=C:.SYS and DEVICE=C:8514.SYS to the CONFIG.SYS file in this order. Note: The EGA.SYS and MOUS8514.SYS files are for use in MS-DOS only. These are not to be used under OS/2.   Copy MAKEVID.EXE, IBM8514.CSD, and IBM8514.GSD from the Word Utilities #2 disk to your Word 5.00 directory.   At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following, and then press ENTER: MAKEVID IBM8514.VID -Lfr IBM8514.CSD -Lfr IBM8514.GSD   At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following, and then press ENTER: COPY IBM8514.VID SCREEN.VID   Delete any MW.INI file that may be in your Word 5.00 directory.   Reboot your computer by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL. 

After your computer has rebooted, you may start Word. For Word to work in graphics mode with the 8514/A, the IBM utility HDILOAD.EXE must be run prior to starting Word. This file is located on the disk that comes with the 8514/A. For more information regarding the HDILOAD.EXE file, refer to your IBM 8514/A documentation.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Word does not support the 8514/A running as an 8514/A when Word is run under OS/2. Instead, Word supports the 8514/A as a VGA when Word is run under OS/2. Support for the 8514/A under OS/2 is being considered for future versions of Word.

To manually set up Word to support the IBM 8514/A as a VGA when running under OS/2, you must do the following:

  Switch to the DOS box. </li>  Copy MAKEVID.EXE, VGA.CSD, VIO.CSD, and VGA.GSD from the Word Utilities #2 disk. </li>  Type the following: MAKEVID VGA.VID -Lfr VGA.CSD -Lfp VIO.CSD -Lfs VGA.GSD </li>  Type the following: COPY VGA.VID SCREEN.VID </li>  Add the line IOPL=YES to the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file if the line is not already present in the CONFIG.SYS file. </li>  Delete any MW.INI file that may be in your Word 5.00 directory. </li>  Reboot your computer by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL. </li></ol>

After your computer has rebooted, you may start Word. You will have eight VGA video modes available.

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