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setmonitor()  —  Silicon Graphics

NAME

setmonitor − sets the monitor type

SPECIFICATION

C
setmonitor(type)
short type;

FORTRAN
subroutine setmon(type)
integer*4 type

Pascal
procedure setmonitor(type: longint);

DESCRIPTION

setmonitor sets the monitor to 30Hz interlaced, 50Hz non-interlaced, 60Hz non-interlaced, NTSC, or PAL depending on whether type is HZ30, HZ60, NTSC, or PAL, respectively.  Those constants are defined in the file get.h. 

TYPE Monitor Type
HZ30 30Hz interlaced
HZ50 50Hz non-interlaced
HZ60 60Hz non-interlaced
NTSC NTSC
PAL PAL

SEE ALSO

getmonitor IRIS Graphics Programming, Section 2.1, Initialization

NOTE

This routine is available only in immediate mode. 

Version 2.5  —  April 22, 1987

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