Atari PC Owner's Manual page 53

This command provides two complete HGC graphics pages. (The
command variation, HGC HALF, provides only one graphics page,
leaving more video memory space available for future expansion.)
When your system is in EGA mode, you can use PALETIE.COM when
you want to specify which 16 of the 64 colors you want to use. For
a menu of colors you can select, enter
PALETTE
Use the [Up Arrow] and [Down Arrow] keys to move to the address
of the color you want. Use the number keys to assign a number (1 to
16) to the color. When you finish selecting colors, press [ Esc], then
respond to the enable palette save prompt. Press [Y] to save the pal­
ette and keep it in effect when using software with another palette or
doing a warmstart with [Ctrl] [Alt] [Del]. Press [N] if you want the
software you use to keep its own palette and if you want the system
default palette restored when you restart the system.
If you already know the addresses of the colors you want, you can
enter them directly from the command line. For example, to select
the first 16 colors and save the palette, enter
PALETTE c1 c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 ca c9 c10 c11 c12 c13 c14 c15 c16 /s
Omit /s if you don't want to save the palette.
If you select HGC mode on an EGA monitor, you can use HCOLOR.COM
to select a shade for the dot color. (You cannot use this command
when using HGC with a monochrome monitor.) For a menu of avail­
able shades, enter
HCOLOR
Use [Pg Up] and [Pg Dn] to view the selections. Type the number
of the shade you want. Press [Esc] to save the change and exit,
or [Q] to quit without saving the change.
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