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@author Kevin Winspear
@(c) "Copyright © 1994 K.Winspear."
@$VER: BlindMonitor.guide(29/06/94)
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                                BindMonitor

        The Amiga's ROM (read-only memory) contains data to support the
various display modes possible with the different types of monitors.
However, ROM does not automatically recognize the display modes by names.
For instance, a Hires display is 640 x 200/256 pixels, but ROM does not
recognize the word Hires. It only recognizes the pixel configuration of 640
x 200/256.

        BindMonitor assigns names to the different display modes so that
the system will associate the display modes with the appropriate name. To
make things easier, there is a file  called Mode_Names in the WBStartup
window. Mode_Names already contains the assignments foe all possible
display modes. As long as this icon is in your WBStartup drawer, the system
will automatically be told the display mode names every time Workbench is
loaded.

        When you open the ScreenMode Editor in the Prefs drawer, the names
assigned through BindMonitor (via the Mode_Names file) will appear in the
Choose Display Mode gadget. If Mode_Names is ever removed from the
WBStartup drawer, only the display modes, such as 640 x 200 or 1008 x 800,
will appear in the ScreenMode window.


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