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I run XyDos using a new Hewlett Packard OmniBook XE
notebook with a new Hewlett Packard 15-inch LCD monitor (HP D5061A)
attached and an external keyboard. XyWrite boots up full-screen, BUT
very small letters, hard to read.
Purely by accident I discovered that toggling
between the monitor and the notebook screens (Cntrl-Alt-F12) produces
full-size, clear Xyletters on a full screen on the
monitor.
I am not a programmer and have no idea why this works as it
does, but I think the external keyboard is part of the
equation.
Irene Silverman
PS I agree with Frank H that XyWrite also runs fine in a
Win95/98 window.
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Subject: Fwd: XyDOS on large
screens
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 14:55:53 +0200
From: Alan Heubert
mailto:aheubert@xxxxxxxxaheubert@xxxxxxxx
I'm
about to buy a new notebook computer, and the major companies
only
sell them now with 14.1" screens (unless one wants a small hard
drive).
But DOS programs, including XyWrite, look very grainy in
full-screen
mode on a 15" screen, and, I assume, on 14" ones as well.
Can anyone
suggest to me which of the following solutions might work,
or suggest
another?
a) Run XyWrite in a window. This, at least,
isn't grainy. But the window
won't fill up the whole screen, which looks a
little odd. More
importantly, does anyone know whether XyWrite runs
reliably in a
Window?
b) Are there any programs out there that will
make DOS programs look
good in full-screen mode on a larger monitor?
A number of years ago
there used to be a "screen enhancer" called
Ultrafont, that came
installed on Toshiba portables, and which did
something similar. But
that program doesn't help here, and the
company that made it doesn't
seem to be around anymore.
c) Switch to
XyWin, or to NotaBene.
Thanks a lot for your
help.
Alan
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