BARR/SPOOL manual

7. Monitor and Adapter

BARR/SPOOL offers complete support for popular PC monitors and adapters. From the Monitor and Adapter screen you specify the type of monitor and monitor adapter installed in your PC. Additionally, you select the screen sizes for the OPER, DOS, SPOOL, and TAPE sessions used during software operation.

Supported Screen Sizes – With many adapters you can specify a screen display size larger than the 25 rows by 80 characters normally used on the PC. BARR/SPOOL supports screen sizes of 43 x 80, 50 x 80, and 44 x 132. Additional choices are available for some adapters.

For a 132-character display, a VGA adapter and a VGA monitor are required. PS/2 machines with built-in VGA adapters require a multiscan monitor in order to display 132 characters.

Monitor and Adapter Screen

From the Installation Description menu, select Monitor and Adapter. The following screen displays:

Specify the following options:

Monitor?

Specify the type of monitor that is connected to your PC.

Default – The program automatically determines whether the monitor display is color or monochrome (black and white) from the current DOS MODE setting.

CGA – Monitor compatible with the IBM Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), which has a low-resolution color screen with 320 x 200 lines.

EGA – Monitor compatible with the IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA), which has a resolution of 640 x 350 lines.

VGA – Monitor compatible with the IBM Video Graphics Array Adapter (VGA), which has a resolution of 640 x 480 lines. Required for 132-column display.

Monochrome – Monitor that has only a two-color display, usually black and white.

Multiscan – Monitor with multiple scan rates that automatically adjusts to the adapter scan rate. PS/2 machines with built-in VGA adapters require a multiscan monitor in order to display 132 characters.

Adapter?

Specify which type of PC video adapter is used with the monitor.

Default – The default choice causes the program to determine the adapter type. The program automatically determines if the adapter is the IBM Monochrome Display Adapter, IBM Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA), or the IBM Video Graphics Array Adapter (VGA). Default is always a valid selection.

To take advantage of a larger screen size, select the adapter type that matches your adapter from the list of other choices:

Everex/EV-659
Paradise/VGA
Tseng EVA/480
VGA Wonder
Genoa SVGA/6300
US Video VGA
STB VGA EM-16
Tecmar VGA
PowerGraph VGA
PowerView VGA
VgaWonder 1024
Trident SVGA
Paradise 1024

OPER screen size?

Specify the size of the Operation screen. The Communication Scope, Status Line, console messages, and Operation menu display on this screen.

DOS screen size?

Specify the size of the screen used for the DOS session. The DOS session displays the DOS prompt.

SPOOL screen size?

Specify the size of the Spool screen, if you enabled the Print Spool feature. Files in the Spool queue are displayed and managed on this screen.

TAPE screen size?

Specify the size of the Tape session screen. The tape session is used to manage reading and writing of magnetic tapes and is available only with the BARR/TAPE option.

Screen Size Selections: Screen size choices depend on your selections for Monitor and Adapter. If the selected screen size is incompatible with the actual monitor or adapter, the program will use a smaller screen size.

Screen Borders Enabled?

Specify whether to use screen borders.

Yes – Default. Borders display around the edge of the screen.

No – Screen borders do not display. This option may be required with some external screen saver programs to ensure that the screen goes blank. If borders are enabled, some screen savers change the entire screen to the color of the border.