Toshiba notebook with XP no full screen

[Mike Doty]

Windows ME doesn't apply here.


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[David J Walker]

No Mike WINME, unfortunately for this discussion.
I am personally avoiding XP like the plague, having seen it in action a few times.
However it does fill the screen fully if you hit Alt-Enter in a DOS window, no jaggy fonts, etc.
The screen size incidentally is 1400 x 1050 pixels.

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[Mike Doty]

David,
Are you running XP on that machine?
Thanks

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[David J Walker]

Update on Dells. Just tested an Inspiron 8000, nice machine, DOS screen (80x25) displays beautifully!
Checking on the WWW, only known issue with this laptop is low volume level and poor signal-to noise ratio on the sound output.
I could live with that.

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[David J Walker]

Just been playing with an IBM Thinkpad that seemed to be able to cope with full-screen DOS, but only after I terminated XP (with extreme prejudice!) and installed 98SE.
I note that in the UK last week, Dell have put NT4 and 98SE back on the list of available operating systems incidentally, before that for some time they only listed 2K & XP. I wonder why.....
The last Dell I played with also was able to display DOS full-screen.
Sometimes the BIOS setup on laptops has a stretch option, incidentally.

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[Mike Doty]

Anyone recommend a laptop/notebook or adaptors/screens
that work? I want one and so do many of my clients.
This is a very bad problem.


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[OTTO WIPFEL]

Lance:
Yes I did ask Toshiba, what I quoted above was their reply.

As my son's DELL Laptop does the same, I rang DELL U.K. and asked them
the same question and got the same answer. "Ask Microsoft to support Full
Screen Displays when at the Command Prompt"

Mike:
The smaller Command Prompt Screen is all MS provides and nothing running
on it can change that.

On of the problems with buying "Remote" is that you can not see all of the
product, feel or test it. One of the reasons Online Sales never took of in
a big way.

CDs, Travel and Books, etc, perhaps, but even with the latter I would
prefer to go to a store like your Barnes & Noble and have a look what is
between the covers before parting with my cash


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[This message has been edited by OTTO WIPFEL (edited April 05, 2002).]

[David J Walker]

I have been attempting to get DOS and PBCC programs to run on a Packard Bell 2120 notebook under XP Home with little success.
It will sometimes work in a window, but Alt-Enter to full screen actually crashes the app.
I can get the programs to start full screen by running from a batch file containing the lines:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MODE CON COLS=80 LINES=25
CLS
this at least gets 25 lines on the screen, but the apps just crash after a few seconds.
I think the console manbager is broken, and will wait till some SPs have come out before messing with XP any more. Life's too short!

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[Mike Doty]

Otto,
Do you know if this applies to 32-bit console applications?

Before buying a machine it may be a good idea to
get to a command prompt and press Alt+Enter to
be sure the visible area is adequate.

Another thing to look out for is USB keyboards that are
unsupported by DOS. I'm going to start a list of
machines considered not DOS compatible.



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[Lance Edmonds]

In that case it is probably best to check with Toshiba Tech Support to confirm whether it is a display limitation or a setup issue...

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

[OTTO WIPFEL]

Got a new TOSH Satellite recently and have the same problem.

It's standard Screen resolution is 1024 x 768 pixels which makes displayed
text too small for my liking on it's 14" screen.

Reduce it to 800 X 600 to get a larger font size and the screen shrinks.
It can be "Stretched" but that makes everything displayed look ragged.

But no matter what the Screen Res. in Windows, the DOS prompt screen is
losing an inch top and bottom, MAX everything set. The same applies when
booting to the DOS Command prompt with F8 or CONFIG.SYS Menu options.

Sorry, says TOSHIBA, that's it bud



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[Mike Doty]

They only get about 1/2 the screen filled.
Sounds like the video card doesn't support
full screen DOS. Yes, I've worked on this
issue before, but this machine can't be fixed.

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[Lance Edmonds]

Mike, haven't you ask about this before?

Firstly, is full-screen mode not working, or is it that the program appears to occupy only part of the screen in full-screen mode?

For the latter, the program should explicitly set a standard size with the WIDTH 25,80 statement. From there, a simple ALT+ENTER should toggle between windowed and full-screen correctly.

Or is there something in particular about this "Toshiba" model that is not responding to the normal technique?

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Lance
PowerBASIC Support
mailto:[email protected][email protected]</A>

[Mike Doty]

Anyone know how to fill the screen on
a Toshiba notebook running XP?


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