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Screen Mode Summary
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 Screen Mode Summary
 
 ■ The Hercules Graphics Card, Graphics Card Plus, and InColor adapters are
   supported, but only with monochrome monitors.
 
 ■ Many screen modes support more than one combination of rows and columns on
   the screen.
 
 ■ The following table briefly summarizes each of the screen modes. The color
   adapters referred to are:
   • IBM Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter (MDPA)
   • IBM Color Graphics Adapter (CGA)
   • IBM Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)
   • IBM Video Graphics Array (VGA)
   • IBM Multicolor Graphics Array (MCGA)
   • Olivetti Color Adapter
 
 Adapter   Screen Mode        Text Format    Character Box   Color/Attribute
 ════════  ═════════════════  ═════════════  ══════════════  ═══════════════
 AT&T       3-(1)720x348      80x25          9x14
            4(2)-640x400      80x25          8x16            (3)
 
 CGA        0-Text mode only  40x25,43,or50  8x8             16/16
                              80x25,43,or50  8x8
            1-320x200         40x25          8x8             16 background(4)
            2-640x200         80x25          8x8
 
 EGA        0-Text mode only  40x25,43,or50  8x14,or9x14,16  16/16 or 64/16
                              80x25,43,or50  8x8
            1-320x200         40x25          8x8             16/4
            2-640x200         80x25          8x8             16/2
            7-(5)320x200      40x25          8x8             16/16
            8-(6)640x200      80x25          8x8             16/16
            9-(7)640x350      80x25, 80x43   8x14, 8x8       16/4 (64k)
                                                             64/16 (>64k)
 
 Hercules   0-Text mode only  40x25,43,or50  8x8             16/2
                              80x25,43,or50  8x8
            3-(1)720x348      80x25          9x14
            4(2)-640x400      80x25          8x16            (3)
 
 Olivetti   0-Text mode only  40x25,43,or50  8x8             16/2
                              80x25,43,or50  8x8
            3-(1)720x348      80x25          9x14
            4(2)-640x400      80x25          8x16            (3)
 
 MCGA       0-Text mode only  40x25,43,or50  8x8             16/2
                              80x25,43,or50  8x8
            1-320x200         40x25          8x8
            2-640x200         80x25          8x8
           11-640x480         80x30, 80x60   8x16, 8x8       256k/2
 
 MDGA       0-Text mode only  40x25,43,or50  8x8             16/2
                              80x25,43,or50  8x8
 
 VGA        0-Text mode only  40x25,43,or50  8x14,or9x14,16  64/16
                              80x25,43,or50  8x8
            1-320x200         40x25          8x8             16/4
            2-640x200         80x25          8x8             16/2
            7-(5)320x200      40x25          8x8             16/16
            8-(6)640x200      80x25          8x8             16/16
            9-(7)640x350      80x25, 80x43   8x14, 8x8       16/4 (64k)
                                                             64/16 (>64k)
           10-(8)640x350      80x25, 80x43   8x14, 8x8       9 gray shades/4
           (monochrome)
           11-640x480         80x30, 80x60   8x16, 8x8       256k/2
           12-640x480         80x30, 80x60   8x16, 8x8       256k/16
           13-320x200         40x25          8x8             256k/256
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 (1) Hercules adapter required, monochrome monitor only; two screen pages
     (or one, if a second display adapter is installed); PALETTE statement
     not supported
 (2) Supports Olivetti Personal Computers models M24, M240, M28, M280, M380,
     M380/C, M380/T, and AT&T (R) Personal Computers 6300 series
 (3) 1 of 16 colors assigned as the foreground color (selected by the
     COLOR statement); background is fixed at black.
 (4) Plus one of two sets of three foreground colors assigned using COLOR
 (5) 32K page size, pages 0-1 (64K adapter memory), 0-3 (128K), or 0-7 (256K)
 (6) 64K page size, pages 0 (64K adapter memory), 0-1 (128K), or 0-3 (256K)
 (7) 64K page size, page 0 (64K adapter memory); 128K page size,
     pages 0 (128K adapter memory) or 0-1 (256K)
 (8) 128K page size, pages 0 (128K adapter memory) or 0-1 (256K)
 
 See: Adapters and Displays  Color Attributes and Values (SCREEN)
      SCREEN Statement       WIDTH Statement