PB-DOS won't work in my Win XP ??

[James Horner]

I have a new Acer laptop which came with Win XP-Pro
installed. PB-DOS 3.2 will not run on this machine.
I can open PB.exe in a DOS window, open, write, edit and save
files. But, If i choose "RUN" or "COMPILE" the DOS window
goes blank and nothing happens. I have to force closure
of the DOS window.
Also, a compiled executable from a Win ME machine
where I previously had pb-dos, will not run on my
XP-Pro machine.
I'm baffled ! Any ideas???

[Davide Vecchi]

I don't have an answer, however i'd check the settings of the link to PB.EXE (right-click on PB.EXE, properties). Try to play especially with "Memory" tab.

About the executable from the Win ME machine, you should specify what it means that it will not run (error ? freeze ?); one possibility is that that program uses VIRTUAL arrays and on XP you didn't set it to get any EMS (see "Memory" tab above).

If you'll be able to post more detailed info you'll have more probabilities to get help.

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[Bruce Huber]

Does it have a 64-bit AMD processor?

Bruce Huber

[Mel Bishop]

Since you can, apparently, run PB in the first place,this may
not be valid but you might want to check to see if your 16-bit
subsystem is installed.


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[Michael Mayerhoffer]

this might be some use
http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=33194

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