Problem running PB35

[Brian Reynolds]

I am having difficulty running PB35.
I am using Windows XP and when I launch PB35, it appears okay on the screen but I can't actually do anything with it. It just seems to lock up.
I can't close it down unless I use CTRL ALT DEL and then right click on the minimised button and click on CLOSE.
It has been like this for a long time and, as I like to use it for doing a few calculations, I thought Id finally ask why?
Is there something I have done wrong with setting it up.
Brian.


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[This message has been edited by Brian Reynolds (edited September 22, 2006).]

[Arthur Gomide]

Originally posted by Brian Reynolds:
I am having difficulty running PB35.

Brian,

My PB32/35 work fine with XP Pro SP2 - even my old TB11!

Try the following steps:

- Scan for viruses;
- Delete .pif file;
- Run PBINST again;
or
- New installation from floppy!

Best regards,


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Arthur Gomide
Como diria nosso profeta da bola, Dadá Maravilha:
"Para toda Problemática existe uma Solucionática!"

[Michael Torrie]

Although PowerBASIC is rather well-behaved for a DOS program, sometimes the XP dos box (which emulats DOS) just doesn't cut it, especially when it comes to full-screen and graphics modes. So you may want to try out dosbox from http://dosbox.sf.net. It's a much more true emulation of DOS, emulating more of the physical machine, allowing even ill-behaved, low-level programs to run very well.

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[Brian Reynolds]

Thanks, Michael. I tried running PB35 with DOSBOX and it works well.
I just have to figure out how to launch it from my desktop.
Brian.


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[Michael Torrie]

I think you can pass dosbox a command-line argument to have it run an arbitrary program.

I have set my dosbox configuration file (on linux it's $HOME/.dosboxrc -- not sure where it is on XP) to have autoexec.bat automatically mount my various drives. C: points to my special dos folder that contains DOS programs. I have a batch file there that starts up PB. Then I just make a shortcut that runs doxbox as follows:

dosbox -c "c:\pb.bat"

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[This message has been edited by Michael Torrie (edited September 28, 2006).]