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AR-B1042 User s Guide
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4.4.2 How to Use the Utility
The SETCOL utility program allows you to specity the number of rows and columns on the screen. You indicate
these values to the SETCOL program by placing them after the name SETCOL on the command line. The format
for the command is:
SETCOL COLUMNS,ROWS <ENTER>
Valid values for columns and rows are:
Columns Rows
80 or 132 25 or 50
Table 4-4 The Values for Columns and Rows
If you want to set 132 columns with 25 rows, give the following command:
SETCOL 132,25 <ENTER>
Note 1 : To use this program with an application program such as WordStar or WordPerfect, the application
may need to be configured for the specific screen size. Please refer to other sections in this manual
on how to configure your applications for this.
Note 2 : Certain monitors cannot display 50 character rows on the screen, due to hardware limitations in
these monitors. The following table specifies how many rows can be displayed on common
monitors:
Monitor Rows
IBM Monochrome 25
IBM Color Graphics Display 25
IBM Enhanced Graphics Display 25
IBM VGA Display (analog) 25 or 50
Multi-Frequency Display 25 or 50
Table 4-5 Monitor Display the Rows