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    | ASCR - Russian characters on screen in any videomode |
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                (C)Copyright A.Kogan, 1989-1991



                      General description
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ASCR is a resident program, which  provides  the  displaying  of
Russian  letters on your PC screen. It works in any videomode on
EGA(VGA) and in graphics modes on CGA.

ASCR does NOT  provide  an  input  of  Russian  characters  from
keyboard.  Any  keyboard  driver (such as KEYUSSR, RUSLAT and so
on) may be used together with ASCR.

ASCR   program   accepts   no  parameters.  If  you  adapter  is
EGA-compatible or current videomode is graphics  mode  you  will
get a message in Russian from ASCR just after it's starting.

ASCR must be started only once. It is recommended to place it to
AUTOEXEC.BAT  file,  if you are permanently working with Russian
letters.

ASCR cannot be unloaded from memory. The only way to remove ASCR
is  system  reboot.  However, new fonts may be turned off and on
with the help of ASCROFF and ASCRON programs, respectively.


                       A P P E N D I X
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                   Notes for advanced users.

1,2 or 3 Russian fonts became resident after program start.  The
number of fonts depends on display adapter in that way:

1-font case: EGA-compatible card not found.
2-font case: EGA-compatible card found  and  VGA-compatible  not
             found and current font height is not 16 scanlines.
3-font case: VGA-compatible card found or current font height is
             16 scanlines.

As  a  result,  driver  may have those parameters, depending the
case which take place:

                            1 font     2 fonts    3 fonts
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Font(s) height (scanlines)     8        8, 14     8,14,16
Resident part size            2K         6K         10K
Working videomodes            4-6        all        all
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The conclusion is that if your adapter  uses  font  of  16-lines
height  and  is  not  VGA-compatible,  start  ASCR  when current
display font is of 16 scanlines.

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Andrey Kogan
P.O.Box 439, Moscow 132060, USSR

E-mail: kogan@glas.apc.org

