Capabilities - Texas Instruments TravelMate 5000 Series User Reference Manual

Capabilities

Your TravelMate 5000 computer supports several enhanced
modes beyond the
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Note: 1280 x 1024 mode is not available on TM5020SE
models.
The following configurations are available on the TM5000:
To take advantage of these enhancements, your computer
includes software support for several popular application
programs. The following sections describe the procedures
necessary to install these programs so they can take full
advantage of your computer's enhanced capabilities.
To obtain the external monitor display drivers, you must
use the Maintenance and Backup procedures defined in
Chapter 1 to make VGA diskettes. You must then install
the drivers from the VGA diskette labelled "Cirrus GD 754X
Windows 3.1x Drivers v1.1" into your /VGAUTILS directory.
This is done by typing:
A:\INSTALL
The TravelMate 5000 Series drivers described in this
chapter assume you are using a color VGA configuration. If
you are using a monochrome VGA monitor, use the
VGA.EXE
color mapping before using the drivers. The command
will set your computer to color mapping.
6-2 VGA External Monitor Utilities
VGA
800 × 600 resolution with up to 65K colors
(non-interlaced on CRT)
1024 × 768 resolution with up to 256 colors
(non-interlaced on CRT only)
1280 x 1024 with up to 256 colors (interlaced on CRT
only)
utility to switch from monochrome
standard with the ability to displya
mapping to
VGA
VGA

Capabilities