Hey all,
I've been running Windows XP for about two weeks now and have noticed
several issues with DOS based programs. The main difficulty is extremely
instability when running DOS-based programs in full screen mode. This appears
to be a phasing out of DOS under the NT Kernal, unless the video card for this
computer is weird.
At any rate, selecting text with the mouse is problematic in PB for DOS when
run under Windows XP. Additionally, the program has a tendency to lock up at
weird moments, especially when long lines are edited or changed. Finally, I
have noticed the bizarre occurance of lines being repeated if the enter
key is pressed to insert a new line above the old one.
Am I just imagining things here, or is this Windows XP and Microsoft playing
tricks on us old DOS users? (oddly enough, QBASIC doesn't appear to have
these problems under Windows XP...Hmmmmmm!...)
Regards,
Paul Panks
[email protected]
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Few cats act their age, while
most just cough up furballs.
I've been running Windows XP for about two weeks now and have noticed
several issues with DOS based programs. The main difficulty is extremely
instability when running DOS-based programs in full screen mode. This appears
to be a phasing out of DOS under the NT Kernal, unless the video card for this
computer is weird.
At any rate, selecting text with the mouse is problematic in PB for DOS when
run under Windows XP. Additionally, the program has a tendency to lock up at
weird moments, especially when long lines are edited or changed. Finally, I
have noticed the bizarre occurance of lines being repeated if the enter
key is pressed to insert a new line above the old one.
Am I just imagining things here, or is this Windows XP and Microsoft playing
tricks on us old DOS users? (oddly enough, QBASIC doesn't appear to have
these problems under Windows XP...Hmmmmmm!...)
Regards,
Paul Panks
[email protected]
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Few cats act their age, while
most just cough up furballs.
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