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                                DOS MODE command                              

       MODE LPT#[:]=COM#
       MODE LPT#[:] [width][,[lpi][,P]]

       width  Page print width (80 or 132, default:80)
       lpi    Vertical spacing in lines per inch (6 or 8, default:6)
       P      Continuous retry on time-out errors

       MODE COM#[:]baud[,[parity][,[databits][,[stopbits][,P]]]]

       baud      Data baud rate  (110,150,300,600,1200,2400,4800,4800,
                 9600 or 19200 (DOS 3.3), default:1200)
       parity    Data parity  (N=none, E=even, O=Odd, default:E)
       databits  Number of data bits  (7 or 8, default:7)
       stopbits  Number of stop bits  (1 or 2, default:1 (2 for 110 baud))
       P         Continuous retry on time-out errors

       MODE vmode [,[shiftmode][,T]]

       vmode:
        40    Set display width to 40 characters (color only)
        80    Set display width to 80 characters (color only)
        BW40  Set CGA display to 40 columns black and white (color only)
        BW80  Set CGA display to 80 columns black and white (color only)
        CO40  Set CGA display to 40 columns color (color only)
        CO80  Set CGA display to 80 columns color (color only)
        MONO  Set display to MDA (monochrome only)

       shiftmode:
        R     Shift display one character to right (color only)
        L     Shift display one character to left (color only)

        T     Display test pattern (color only)

       MODE device CODEPAGE PREPARE = ((cpage)[d:][path]filespec)
       MODE device CODEPAGE SELECT = cpage
       MODE device CODEPAGE REFRESH
       MODE device CODEPAGE /STATUS

       device    Device for codepage  (CON, PRN, LPT#)
       cpage     Code page number, or a list in parenthesis. Must
                 be one of the following: 437, 850, 860, 863, 865
       /STATUS   Code page display status

       Codepage is applicable to DOS version 3.3 and higher


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