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re: How to get DOS App in 25 line mode
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 12:23 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(5923 messages posted)
It's not just XP to blame. XP isn't a DOS operating system so there are no guarantees
that ANY DOS app will work. Pure DOS apps provided their own video drivers generally,
and required direct access to the hardware. Since the DOS environment provided in
XP is virtual (and does not allow direct access), conflicts and incompatibilities
can not always be ironed out. MS wants DOS (old sixteen bit code) to go away so
don't expect much help on DOS issues. DOS support is in XP as a courtesy to maintain
some support for a limited number of older apps. If not for that, no DOS apps would
run on an NT system.. If you have tried the obvious compatibility options and it
still won't work, it probably won't unless you know how to rewrite computer code,
IME anyway... :-( This type of question comes up from time to time and I have yet
to see an answer that works for everyone, but if you find one, please post it! :-)
On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 8:58 am, Jesse Castleberry wrote:
>Windows XP has an extremely annoying problem when it comes to DOS appliations.
I
>usually have trouble getting them to display in Full Screen mode. Sometimes, when
>I finally get it there, it displays in 50 line mode, and I cannot get it to go to
>25 line mode. Yes, I've done the obvious things like setting the app to Full Screen,
>and making sure that the Cols is set to 80, and the Lines set to 25 on one of the
>tabs, but XP doesn't have a clue. Any idea how to make this happen?
>
>Thanks,
>Jesse
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