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re: How to get DOS App in 25 line mode
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 12:55 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jesse Castleberry
(3 messages posted)
I did find something that works, and it seems to have worked on two different machines
so far. As I understood it, if I modifed the Height setting in the Windows Size
group box under the Layout tab, logically, it should make the program go to 25 line
mode. It did not. I thought that the "Screen Buffer Size" dealt with a buffer only,
and nothing else. However, I found that if I set the Screen Buffer Size AND the
Window Size to 25 lines of height, it worked.
BTW, I do know how to translate DOS programs to Windows. We have spent the last
several years re-writing DOS applications into Windows. An expensive venture for
many of our customers. It's a necessary evil with regard to technological progress,
so I understand.
Thanks,
Jesse
On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 12:23 pm, C K wrote:
>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!
:-)
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