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- Subject: Re: NTVDM.exe has encountered a problem part 2
- From: Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:58:20 -0400
Have you tried changing the power management settings, per
Flash's suggestion?
I'm already using TAME. In fact,
the NTVDM error message actually says the TAME module has crashed, but I
have tried with and without TAME and found no difference in behavior, so
I think that TAME is just the last NTVDM module to be shut down.
Jon Pareles
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:09:32 -0400
From: Harry Binswanger
Subject: Re: NTVDM.exe has encountered a problem part 2
Hmmm, the original motivation for TAMEDOS was not to have the
beautiful
screen, but to stop Xy from hogging and overusing the CPU. I wonder if
that
could be the solution. TAME is very easy to install, and it has a
free
trial.
Just thinkin'
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> Subject: xywrite Digest V3 #44
> To: "xywrite digest users"
> Date: Monday, April 4, 2011, 1:06 AM
> xywrite Digest Sun,
> 03 Apr 2011 Volume: 03 Issue: 044
>
> In This Issue:
> ½
New TAME looks
> promising
> XyWrite on
iPhone?!!
> Re: XyWrite on
> iPhone?!!
> Re: NTVDM.exe
has
> encountered a problem part 2
> ½
Re: NTVDM.exe has
> encountered a problem part 2
>
>
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>
> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:19:32 -0400
> From: Harry Binswanger
> Subject: New TAME looks promising
>
> Reading Jordan's post, I realized I hadn't checked
> TAMEDOS.COM in a long
> time. There's a February 2011 version that has some
> terrific features for
> us, if I am reading Chris' prose correctly. I'm doing some
> time-critical
> XPL programming right now, so I won't be able to test it
> myself for a few days.
>
> --Harry
> =================
>
> Tame Revision History
>
>
> Version 6.0
>
> Word Processor and Text Editor support
>
> The items listed here are available for all DOS
> applications, and are
> currently used mainly with text editing/word processing
> applications.
>
>
>
> ·½
Enjoy the benefits
> of on-screen text styles such as italics and
> bold, while working in a windowed environment. Tame
> can examine your color
> scheme and automatically display text in a more readable
> fashion. All text
> is displayed using the color of your normal text, and drawn
> with the style
> assigned to its original color.
>
> · ½
A menu item is
> provided to automate text style setup with
> supported applications, For other systems,
> simply edit a supplied
> template, and add styles as noted (e.g. make the word
> ?italics? have
> italics style).
>
> · Drag/drop has
been
> configured for several applications to effect
> paste or file open. Edit verses paste is sometimes
> determined based on the
> file type, and may be changed by the user,
>
> · Direct access
to
> the Windows clipboard is now
> provided. Applications that use Windows 9x clipboard
> functions can
> automatically have that ability on NT based
> systems. For other
> applications, Tame provides direct access to the clipboard
> using file
> redirection.
>
> · Smart paste
will
> automatically switch to the old keyboard paste
> when filling in data fieldsn such as search strings or file
> names.
>
> · Drag drop
will
> always paste just the path if dropped on a data field.
>
> · Dynamic row
and
> column change has been improved, and Tame that
> capability is now available with more applications.
>
> ·
>
> · ½
Keystroke response time and cpu
> overhead is greatly improved for most
> apps that require hardware keyboard compatibility
>
> ·½
Map any key to perform
> multi-step functions or enter common
> text. Support is not limited to standard keys - use
> the media keys
> provided ion new keyboards, function keys F13-F24, or any
> other key that
> windows applications can access.
>
> · Add items to the context or
> system menu. Items may send keystrokes,
> run commands, or specify Tame settings.
> Unicode and International Support
>
> · ½
Tame can switch to
> the codepage appropriate for each application
> when it is run. Codepage selection may be based only
> on the codepage
> assigned to the application, with no user setup whatsoever,
> and still allow
> exceptions by providing the codepage for those users.
>
> · Tame can
also
> automatically switch keyboard layout based on
> application, user, or other criteria.
>
> · ½
Tame breaks the
> codepage barrier, and can display text from
> multiple codepages on the same
> screen. Display based on the Unicode text
> without referencing a code page is also supported.
>
> · If you use
an
> longer need to choose between local codepage for data
> entry/display, and
> application codepage for correct linedraw characters and
> screen
> formatting.½
Dos codes that have different
> Unicode representation may be
> displayed using the appropriate codepage based on
> attributes such as color,
> or by a run of adjacent characters that form a linedraw
> shape with the
> application codepage.
>
> · ½
Enter and display
> unique symbols such as the Euro, even if it is
> not included in your keyboard layout or codepage.
>
> · Keyboard
> translation provided in Tame can replace KB16, freeing
> up more conventional memory.
> Other Additions
>
> · ½
Tile or stretch
> bitmap images as background for text. Eachimages
> may be displayed as a replacement existing colors or color
> combinations, or
> to replace text such as pattern characters that are
> commonly used.
>
> · Use any font
for
> screen display, including proportional
> fonts. ½
You may now adjust the display
> properties like aspect and scale,
> to improve readability with any size text.
>
>
> Add Features to your Favorite Application
>
> Tame can provide access to basic Windows functions with no
> changes to the
> application and very little
> configuration. Advanced capability is also
>
> available with a little effort, but that effort rarely
> requires changes to
> the application, because Tame works with functions already
> included in the
> application, perhaps for different purpose. Here are
> come easily
> attainable enhancements:
>
> · Show
different
> fonts in forms. Highlight the active form field,
> or differentiate data verses form text/lines.
>
> · Add items to
the
> system menu
>
> · Show a bitmap
in
> place of blank areas, or use it as a background
> in any screen or area of the screen.
>
> · ½
Process files that
> are dropped on the application window using
> windows drag/drop
>
> · ½
Capture
> keystrokes, screens, and file operations as you run the
> app, and save as HTML text that preserves colors and
> format.
> More Advanced Capability
>
> · Tame provides
a
> spooling function that will supply the app with a
> unique temp file name when the app opens a specific file
> name, like LPT1 or
> Outfile. Pre-configured post processing
> will commence when the file is
> closed.
>
> · Utilize
background
> execution of DOS or win32 commands spawned by
> the DOS app. The DOS app can wait for each command to
> complete, or can run
> in parallel if synchronization is not needed. If
> multiple commands are
> invoked, they may also be run as serialized or
> parallel. Standard
> error/output may be saved for reference or post
> processing.
>
> · Handle Windows
app
> events such as Open and Paste
>
> · Provide
final
> cleanup for events such as shutdown, logoff or suspend.
>
>
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:38:33 -0400
> From: Harry Binswanger
> Subject: XyWrite on iPhone?!!
>
> Now we're talkin'. DOSPad claims to be able to run DOSBox
> v. 0.74 on the
> iPhone. Requires "jailbreaking" your iPhone.
>
> Harry Binswanger
> hb@xxxxxxxx
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:12:09 +0100
> From: Bill Troop
> Subject: Re: XyWrite on iPhone?!!
>
> Now that _is_ a survival story.
>
> At 4/3/2011 01:38 PM, you wrote:
> >Now we're talkin'. DOSPad claims to be able to run
> DOSBox v. 0.74 on
> >the iPhone. Requires "jailbreaking" your iPhone.
> >
> >Harry Binswanger
> >hb@xxxxxxxx
> >
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 20:35:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jon P
> Subject: Re: NTVDM.exe has encountered a problem part 2
>
>
> Well, it turns out that eliminating Auto-Save (AOP 0,0)
> doesn't stop the NTVDM crashes on my Fujitsu U820
> minicomputer. I had been testing it with one crucial
> parameter left out: plugged in instead of on battery power.
> Back to battery, back to crashes.
>
> Which leads me to believe it is in the way Windows is
> managing battery power on that computer, and power
> management is an absolute mystery to me. Does anyone know
> about those workings? Just to make things more fun, it's
> WIndows XP Tablet (unlike all my other WIndows XP machines).
> That adds touchscreen controls, etc., but those were not a
> problem as long as I had the computer plugged in.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Jon Pareles
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:09:32 -0400
> From: Harry Binswanger
> Subject: Re: NTVDM.exe has encountered a problem part 2
>
> Hmmm, the original motivation for TAMEDOS was not to
have
> the beautiful
> screen, but to stop Xy from hogging and overusing the CPU.
> I wonder if that
> could be the solution. TAME is very easy to install, and it
> has a free
> trial.
> Just thinkin'
>
>
> Well, it turns out that eliminating Auto-Save (AOP 0,0)
> doesn't stop the
> NTVDM crashes on my Fujitsu U820 minicomputer. I had been
> testing it with
> onecrucial parameter left out: plugged in instead of on
> battery power. Back
> to battery, back to crashes.
>
> Which leads me to believe it is in the way Windows is
> managing battery power
> on that computer, and power management is an absolute
> mystery to me. Does
> anyone know about those workings? Just to make things more
> fun, it's WIndows
> XP Tablet (unlike all my other WIndows XP machines). That
> adds touchscreen
> controls, etc., but those were not a problem as long as I
> had the computer
> plugged in.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Jon Pareles
>
> Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of xywrite Digest V3 #44
> ****************************
>
>
Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx