Windows 95 CD-ROM Msdosdrv.txt File (1 of 2) (135484)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q135484

SUMMARY

This article contains a partial copy of the information in the Msdosdrv.txt file from the Windows 95 CD-ROM. This article is the first of two articles.

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         Microsoft Windows 95 README for MS-DOS Device Drivers
                               August 1995
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               (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1995


This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to
supplement the Microsoft Windows 95 documentation.

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How to Use This Document
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To view Msdosdrv.txt on screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad
window.

To print Msdosdrv.txt, open it in Notepad or another word processor,
then use the Print command on the File menu.

In syntax lines, except where noted, lowercase text signifies
replaceable parameters and uppercase text must be typed as it appears.

NOTE: The Config.txt file contains more Help for MS-DOS commands. Also
you can type the name of the command at the command prompt, followed
by a slash and question mark (/?). For example:

   CHKDSK /?

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CONTENTS

ANSI.SYS
DBLBUFF.SYS
DISPLAY.SYS
DRVSPACE.SYS, DBLSPACE.SYS
EGA.SYS
EMM386.EXE
HIMEM.SYS
RAMDRIVE.SYS
SETVER.EXE
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ANSI.SYS
=========

Note:  In this section, uppercase letters in syntax and ANSI escape
       sequences indicate text you must type exactly as it appears.

Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor
movement, and reassign keys. The ANSI.SYS device driver supports ANSI
terminal emulation of escape sequences to control your system's screen
and keyboard. An ANSI escape sequence is a sequence of ASCII
characters, the first two of which are the escape character (1Bh) and
the left-bracket character (5Bh). The character or characters
following the escape and left-bracket characters specify an
alphanumeric code that controls a keyboard or display function.
ANSI escape sequences distinguish between uppercase and lowercase
letters; for example,"A" and "a" have completely different meanings.

This device driver must be loaded by a DEVICE or DEVICEHIGH command in
your CONFIG.SYS file.


Syntax

    DEVICE=[drive:][path]ANSI.SYS [/X] [/K] [/R]

Parameter

[drive:][path]
   Specifies the location of the ANSI.SYS file.

Switches

/X
   Remaps extended keys independently on 101-key keyboards.

/K
   Causes ANSI.SYS to treat a 101-key keyboard like an 84-key
   keyboard. This is equivalent to the command SWITCHES=/K.
   If you usually use the SWITCHES=/K command, you will need
   to use the /K switch with ANSI.SYS.

/R
   Adjusts line scrolling to improve readability when ANSI.SYS
   is used with screen-reading programs (which make computers
   more accessible to people with disabilities).

Parameters used in ANSI escape sequences:

Pn
   Numeric parameter. Specifies a decimal number.

Ps
   Selective parameter. Specifies a decimal number that you use to
   select a function. You can specify more than one function by
   separating the parameters with semicolons (;).

PL
   Line parameter. Specifies a decimal number that represents one of
   the lines on your display or on another device.

Pc
   Column parameter. Specifies a decimal number that represents one
   of the columns on your screen or on another device.

ANSI escape sequences for cursor movement, graphics, and keyboard
settings:

In the following list of ANSI escape sequences, the abbreviation ESC
represents the ASCII escape character 27 (1Bh), which appears at the
beginning of each escape sequence.

ESC[PL;PcH
   Cursor Position: Moves the cursor to the specified position
   (coordinates). If you do not specify a position, the cursor moves
   to the home position--the upper-left corner of the screen (line 0,
   column 0). This escape sequence works the same way as the following
   Cursor Position escape sequence.

ESC[PL;Pcf
   Cursor Position: Works the same way as the preceding Cursor
   Position escape sequence.

ESC[PnA
   Cursor Up: Moves the cursor up by the specified number of lines
   without changing columns. If the cursor is already on the top line,
   ANSI.SYS ignores this sequence.

ESC[PnB
   Cursor Down: Moves the cursor down by the specified number of lines
   without changing columns. If the cursor is already on the bottom
   line, ANSI.SYS ignores this sequence.

ESC[PnC
   Cursor Forward: Moves the cursor forward by the specified number of
   columns without changing lines. If the cursor is already in the
   rightmost column, ANSI.SYS ignores this sequence.

ESC[PnD
   Cursor Backward: Moves the cursor back by the specified number of
   columns without changing lines. If the cursor is already in the
   leftmost column, ANSI.SYS ignores this sequence.

ESC[s
   Save Cursor Position: Saves the current cursor position. You can
   move the cursor to the saved cursor position by using the Restore
   Cursor Position sequence.

ESC[u
   Restore Cursor Position: Returns the cursor to the position stored
   by the Save Cursor Position sequence.

ESC[2J
   Erase Display: Clears the screen and moves the cursor to the home
   position (line 0, column 0).

ESC[K
   Erase Line: Clears all characters from the cursor position to the
   end of the line (including the character at the cursor position).

ESC[Ps;...;Psm
   Set Graphics Mode: Calls the graphics functions specified by the
   following values. These specified functions remain active until the
   next occurrence of this escape sequence. Graphics mode changes the
   colors and attributes of text (such as bold and underline)
   displayed on the screen.

   Text attributes
      0    All attributes off
      1    Bold on
      4    Underscore (on monochrome display adapter only)
      5    Blink on
      7    Reverse video on
      8    Concealed on

   Foreground colors
      30    Black
      31    Red
      32    Green
      33    Yellow
      34    Blue
      35    Magenta
      36    Cyan
      37    White

   Background colors
      40    Black
      41    Red
      42    Green
      43    Yellow
      44    Blue
      45    Magenta
      46    Cyan
      47    White

   Parameters 30 through 47 meet the ISO 6429 standard.

ESC[=psh
    Set Mode: Changes the screen width or type to the mode specified
    by one of the following values:

      0      40 x 148 x 25 monochrome (text)
      1      40 x 148 x 25 color (text)
      2      80 x 148 x 25 monochrome (text)
      3      80 x 148 x 25 color (text)
      4      320 x 148 x 200 4-color (graphics)
      5      320 x 148 x 200 monochrome (graphics)
      6      640 x 148 x 200 monochrome (graphics)
      7      Enables line wrapping
      13      320 x 148 x 200 color (graphics)
      14      640 x 148 x 200 color (16-color graphics)
      15      640 x 148 x 350 monochrome (2-color graphics)
      16      640 x 148 x 350 color (16-color graphics)
      17      640 x 148 x 480 monochrome (2-color graphics)
      18      640 x 148 x 480 color (16-color graphics)
      19      320 x 148 x 200 color (256-color graphics)

ESC[=Psl
   Reset Mode: Resets the mode by using the same values that Set Mode
   uses, except for 7, which disables line wrapping. The last
   character in this escape sequence is a lowercase L.

ESC[code;string;...p
   Set Keyboard Strings: Redefines a keyboard key to a specified
   string. The parameters for this escape sequence are defined as
   follows:

     Code is one or more of the values listed in the following
     table. These values represent keyboard keys and key combinations.
     When using these values in a command, you must type the
     semicolons (;) shown in this table in addition to the semicolons
     required by the escape sequence. The codes in parentheses are not
     available on some keyboards. ANSI.SYS will not interpret the
     codes in parentheses for those keyboards unless you specify the
     /X switch in the DEVICE command for ANSI.SYS.


     String is either the ASCII code for a single character or a
     string contained in quotation marks ("). For example, both 65 and
     "A" can be used to represent an uppercase A.

IMPORTANT:  Some of the values in the following table are not valid
for all computers. Check your computer's documentation for values that
are different.

Key                       Code      SHIFT+code  CTRL+code  ALT+code
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F1                        0;59      0;84        0;94       0;104

F2                        0;60      0;85        0;95       0;105

F3                        0;61      0;86        0;96       0;106

F4                        0;62      0;87        0;97       0;107

F5                        0;63      0;88        0;98       0;108

F6                        0;64      0;89        0;99       0;109

F7                        0;65      0;90        0;100      0;110

F8                        0;66      0;91        0;101      0;111

F9                        0;67      0;92        0;102      0;112

F10                       0;68      0;93        0;103      0;113

F11                       0;133     0;135       0;137      0;139

F12                       0;134     0;136       0;138      0;140

HOME (num keypad)         0;71      55          0;119      --

UP ARROW (num keypad)     0;72      56          (0;141)    --

PAGE UP (num keypad)      0;73      57          0;132      --

LEFT ARROW (num keypad)   0;75      52          0;115      --

RIGHT ARROW (num          0;77      54          0;116      --
keypad)

END (num keypad)          0;79      49          0;117      --

DOWN ARROW (num keypad)   0;80      50          (0;145)    --

PAGE DOWN (num keypad)    0;81      51          0;118      --

INSERT (num keypad)       0;82      48          (0;146)    --

DELETE  (num keypad)      0;83      46          (0;147)    --

HOME                      (224;71)  (224;71)    (224;119)  (224;151)

UP ARROW                  (224;72)  (224;72)    (224;141)  (224;152)

PAGE UP                   (224;73)  (224;73)    (224;132)  (224;153)

LEFT ARROW                (224;75)  (224;75)    (224;115)  (224;155)

RIGHT ARROW               (224;77)  (224;77)    (224;116)  (224;157)

END                       (224;79)  (224;79)    (224;117)  (224;159)

DOWN ARROW                (224;80)  (224;80)    (224;145)  (224;154)

PAGE DOWN                 (224;81)  (224;81)    (224;118)  (224;161)

INSERT                    (224;82)  (224;82)    (224;146)  (224;162)

DELETE                    (224;83)  (224;83)    (224;147)  (224;163)

PRINT SCREEN              --        --          0;114      --

PAUSE/BREAK               --        --          0;0        --

BACKSPACE                 8         8           127        (0)

ENTER                     13        --          10         (0

TAB                       9         0;15        (0;148)    (0;165)

NULL                      0;3       --          --         --

A                         97        65          1          0;30

B                         98        66          2          0;48

C                         99        66          3          0;46

D                         100       68          4          0;32

E                         101       69          5          0;18

F                         102       70          6          0;33

G                         103       71          7          0;34

H                         104       72          8          0;35

I                         105       73          9          0;23

J                         106       74          10         0;36

K                         107       75          11         0;37

L                         108       76          12         0;38

M                         109       77          13         0;50

N                         110       78          14         0;49

O                         111       79          15         0;24

P                         112       80          16         0;25

Q                         113       81          17         0;16

R                         114       82          18         0;19

S                         115       83          19         0;31

T                         116       84          20         0;20

U                         117       85          21         0;22

V                         118       86          22         0;47

W                         119       87          23         0;17

X                         120       88          24         0;45

Y                         121       89          25         0;21

Z                         122       90          26         0;44

1                         49        33          --         0;120

2                         50        64          0          0;121

3                         51        35          --         0;122

4                         52        36          --         0;123

5                         53        37          --         0;124

6                         54        94          30         0;125

7                         55        38          --         0;126

8                         56        42          --         0;126

9                         57        40          --         0;127

0                         48        41          --         0;129

-                         45        95          31         0;130

=                         61        43          ---        0;131

[                         91        123         27         0;26

]                         93        125         29         0;27

                          92        124         28         0;43

;                         59        58          --         0;39

'                         39        34          --         0;40

,                         44        60          --         0;51

.                         46        62          --         0;52

/                         47        63          --         0;53

`                         96        126         --         (0;41)

ENTER (keypad)            13        --          10         (0;166)

/ (keypad)                47        47          (0;142)    (0;74)

* (keypad)                42        (0;144)     (0;78)     --

- (keypad)                45        45          (0;149)    (0;164)

+ (keypad)                43        43          (0;150)    (0;55)

5 (keypad)                (0;76)    53          (0;143)    --
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/17/2000
Keywords:KB135484
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