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MakeModes

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Developer(s)
  
Acorn Computers

Platform
  
RiscPC, Acorn clones

Operating system
  
RISC OS

Initial release
  
22 August 1994 (1994-08-22)

License
  
Proprietary commercial software

In computing, MakeModes is an application which is used to generate data which allows RISC OS computers to produce display output compatible with various computer monitors. It can generate and modify data which is used by the operating system to produce different graphics display resolutions.

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Development

MakeModes was released in 1994, for use with the RiscPC (initially running RISC OS 3.5). The documentation was revised for clarity by Frank Watkinson in 2003. The issuing of this revised documentation was supported by RISCOS Ltd.

Features

MakeModes assists in mode setting, via the editing and creation of monitor definition files (MDFs). It can be used to define screen modes suited to particular monitors.

References

MakeModes Wikipedia