Microsoft KB Archive/31596

Graphics Mode on Compaq Portable III with Gas Plasma Screen

PSS ID Number: Q31596 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

To use Word in graphics mode on a Compaq Portable III computer with a gas-plasma screen running under Compaq DOS version 3.31, you must execute a DOS MODE command to activate graphics mode on the display. The MODE command is as follows:

MODE SEL CGA

This variable configures the Compaq Portable III for graphics capability. By default, the Compaq Portable IIIs are configured for MDA (Monochrome Display Adapter) mode. MDA mode does not provide graphics capability.

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