Could stick-based DOS do Fullscreen mode.

[NoHtmlMailsPlease]

I've got an app which I used to run in dos-mode on my W98 notebook.

Now this Win7 net book gives <can't do DOS fullscreen> errors.

So could I install DOS on a stik, and boot from that [I already put
linux of a CF and boot/use that], and then hope that the hardware can
handle it.

The display hardware is ok for linux., except that I'd like to get a bigger
font
for a certain app that uses the frame-buffer.

== TIA

 

[Nil]

I've got an app which I used to run in dos-mode on my W98
notebook.

Now this Win7 net book gives <can't do DOS fullscreen> errors.

So could I install DOS on a stik, and boot from that [I already
put linux of a CF and boot/use that], and then hope that the
hardware can handle it.

Why don't you try it and let *us* know. You don't even mention what
notebook you have, so how would we know?

 

[Bill Bradshaw]

I've got an app which I used to run in dos-mode on my W98 notebook.

Now this Win7 net book gives <can't do DOS fullscreen> errors.

So could I install DOS on a stik, and boot from that [I already put
linux of a CF and boot/use that], and then hope that the hardware can
handle it.

Of course you can, yet I think it is easier to install a DOS emulator
like DOSBOX:

http://www.dosbox.com/

In this case you don't have to reboot your machine all the time. I run
a old dBASE IV application this way - full screen -.

The display hardware is ok for linux., except that I'd like to get a
bigger font
for a certain app that uses the frame-buffer.

== TIA

Good luck! ;-)

I second the use of dosbox. I still run one old DOS program that is
based on dBase files and Clipper indexes. In fact it is so old I have
to run it out of a fat partition of 500 megs because it can not handle
partitions larger than that do to some assembly language routines that
were used. The good old days.

 

[BillW50]

In Marti Van Lin typed:

I've got an app which I used to run in dos-mode on my W98 notebook.

Now this Win7 net book gives <can't do DOS fullscreen> errors.

So could I install DOS on a stik, and boot from that [I already put
linux of a CF and boot/use that], and then hope that the hardware can
handle it.

Of course you can, yet I think it is easier to install a DOS emulator
like DOSBOX:

http://www.dosbox.com/

In this case you don't have to reboot your machine all the time. I
run a old dBASE IV application this way - full screen -.

Wow! dBase 4 won't run under Windows 7? I should try WordStar 5 and 7
under Windows 7 sometime. As WordStar still works under Windows 2000/XP
except the Windows clipboard doesn't communicate with WordStar's
clipboard since Windows 2000. Although the Windows edit, copy and paste
still works within WordStar.

 

[BillW50]

In Marti Van Lin typed:

In Marti Van Lin typed:

Op 26-2-2012 10:03, NoHtmlMailsPlease wrote:

I've got an app which I used to run in dos-mode on my W98 notebook.

Now this Win7 net book gives<can't do DOS fullscreen> errors.

So could I install DOS on a stik, and boot from that [I already put
linux of a CF and boot/use that], and then hope that the hardware
can handle it.

Of course you can, yet I think it is easier to install a DOS
emulator like DOSBOX:

http://www.dosbox.com/

In this case you don't have to reboot your machine all the time. I
run a old dBASE IV application this way - full screen -.

Wow! dBase 4 won't run under Windows 7? I should try WordStar 5 and 7
under Windows 7 sometime. As WordStar still works under Windows
2000/XP except the Windows clipboard doesn't communicate with
WordStar's clipboard since Windows 2000. Although the Windows edit,
copy and paste still works within WordStar.

Actually it does work, yet in a tinny window. Using dosbox and setting
the full screen resolution forced to 640x480 in the dosbox config
file, it works a lot more comfortable.

OH! Doesn't ALT-Enter work? That is what I do under WordStar under XP
(well actually set the shortcut to use full screen actually, but you can
toggle with ALT-Enter). As running it in a window is pretty small. I
have DOSBOX on one of my computers. But I use it because it was easier
to setup for some silly DOS games that I rarely fire up anyway. I am not
sure, but maybe it was the game sounds or something that was easy to
setup under DOSBOX or something.

 

[pjp]

I've got an app which I used to run in dos-mode on my W98 notebook.

Now this Win7 net book gives <can't do DOS fullscreen> errors.

So could I install DOS on a stik, and boot from that [I already put
linux of a CF and boot/use that], and then hope that the hardware can
handle it.

The display hardware is ok for linux., except that I'd like to get a bigger
font
for a certain app that uses the frame-buffer.

== TIA

If you are asking can you create a thumbdrive with DOS on it that will
boot the machine. Almost certainly Yes. You'll have to forget accessing
the hard disk as it's likely formatted NTFS which DOS doesn't know about
but even that can be circumvented as I believe there's a device driver
one can get to do that.

Assuming machine does boot to thumbdrive, it's easy to add you program
to the thumbdrive and setup the autoexec.bat file to automatically run
the program. Only problem likely to run across is "timing" issues, e.g.
if program depends upon some "timing" that is now so much faster than
used to be the code may not properly handle larger numbers. Seem to
remember Borland had this problem once with an early compiler, e.g. code
would crash on faster pcs once they came out.

Same as what one would do years ago using floppies.

 

[Marti Van Lin]

I've got an app which I used to run in dos-mode on my W98 notebook.

Now this Win7 net book gives <can't do DOS fullscreen> errors.

So could I install DOS on a stik, and boot from that [I already put
linux of a CF and boot/use that], and then hope that the hardware can
handle it.

Of course you can, yet I think it is easier to install a DOS emulator
like DOSBOX:

http://www.dosbox.com/

In this case you don't have to reboot your machine all the time. I run a
old dBASE IV application this way - full screen -.

The display hardware is ok for linux., except that I'd like to get a
bigger font
for a certain app that uses the frame-buffer.

== TIA

Good luck! ;-)

 

[Marti Van Lin]

In Marti Van Lin typed:

I've got an app which I used to run in dos-mode on my W98 notebook.

Now this Win7 net book gives<can't do DOS fullscreen> errors.

So could I install DOS on a stik, and boot from that [I already put
linux of a CF and boot/use that], and then hope that the hardware can
handle it.

Of course you can, yet I think it is easier to install a DOS emulator
like DOSBOX:

http://www.dosbox.com/

In this case you don't have to reboot your machine all the time. I
run a old dBASE IV application this way - full screen -.

Wow! dBase 4 won't run under Windows 7? I should try WordStar 5 and 7
under Windows 7 sometime. As WordStar still works under Windows 2000/XP
except the Windows clipboard doesn't communicate with WordStar's
clipboard since Windows 2000. Although the Windows edit, copy and paste
still works within WordStar.

Actually it does work, yet in a tinny window. Using dosbox and setting
the full screen resolution forced to 640x480 in the dosbox config file,
it works a lot more comfortable.

[sigsnip]

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

In Marti Van Lin typed:

OH! Doesn't ALT-Enter work? That is what I do under WordStar under XP
(well actually set the shortcut to use full screen actually, but you can
toggle with ALT-Enter). As running it in a window is pretty small. I
have DOSBOX on one of my computers. But I use it because it was easier
to setup for some silly DOS games that I rarely fire up anyway. I am not
sure, but maybe it was the game sounds or something that was easy to
setup under DOSBOX or something.

Windows 7 doesn't support full screen DOS apps, so ALT+ENTER doesn't
work, and there is no longer a setting in the shortcut properties for
full screen mode.

I haven't tried it, but I imagine XP Mode would still allow full screen
DOS apps. Worth a try at least.

 

[Bill Bradshaw]

Windows 7 doesn't support full screen DOS apps, so ALT+ENTER doesn't
work, and there is no longer a setting in the shortcut properties for
full screen mode.

I haven't tried it, but I imagine XP Mode would still allow full
screen
DOS apps. Worth a try at least.

I am running Windows 7 Pro with XP Mode. If you run the DOS program
under DosBox you can get full screen. Also my experience is DOS
programs run much faster under DosBox than they do under XP Mode.