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psfs2mda(1)			    PSF Tools			     psfs2mda(1)

NAME
     psfs2mda - extract the font from a dump of the IBM PC MDA ROM

SYNOPSIS
     psfs2mda [--compaq] [--comment=text] INPUT14 INPUT8 [INPUT8_ALT] OUTPUTFILE

DESCRIPTION
     psfs2mda  generates an MDA character ROM image from two or three PSF-format
     screen fonts. The output file can be used to create a new character ROM for
     an original IBM CGA or MDA, or (with the --compaq option) a Compaq CGA.

     You must supply either two or three input files. The first file is used for
     the 14-pixel font, the second for the  8-pixel  font,  and  the  third,  if
     present,  for the alternative (thin) 8-pixel font. If the third file is not
     present, psfs2mda will attempt to use  characters	256-511  of  the  second
     file.   If the second file only has 256 characters, the alternative 8-pixel
     font will be the same as the main 8-pixel font.

     Note that the physical ROM chip used in an IBM MDA or CGA is a 9264, with a
     pinout which differs from the normal 27xx range.

OPTIONS
     --compaq
	    Output a ROM image suitable for  the  Compaq  Portable/Deskpro  CGA,
	    rather than the IBM MDA/CGA.

     --comment=message
	    When  outputting in Compaq format, it is possible to embed a message
	    (usually a copyright message) in unused bytes of the ROM.  This  op-
	    tion sets the message to include.

SEE ALSO
     psf2raw(1), mda2psf(1)

AUTHOR
     John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.

Version 1.0.8			  21 June, 2008 		     psfs2mda(1)

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