Re: XP--screen length

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 If you get an answer to this question that is not posted here,
 would you please let us know, ...or let me know privately. I
 am experiencing a similar problem on Windows98, 2nd edition,
 as well as on XP, and like you I can't work in full screem be-
 cause of the ugliness of the font. Unfortunately, the font in
 a dosbox in Windows98 is not much better, moreover, one sees
 only about 80% of the full screen.

 How is it that this is not a problem in Windows95's dosbox? And
 the font in the Windows95 dosbox is pleasant to the eye.

 Please do not forget me is you find a solution.

 M.W. Poirier


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On Thu, 25 Dec 2003, Bill Troop wrote:

> I have read the recent thread about screen length, and don't find anything
> to help me with a problem I have had both with my old Dell 8100 laptop and
> my replacement 8500. Resolution is 1920x1200.
>
> Here's what I want:
>
> A Dos Window (I can't work full screen -- the fonts are too ugly, and
> though "focus" would be nice, I I'm in a very unfocussed phase, and as far
> as I remember, the DOS full screen font problem has already been solved).
>
> 40 lines
> Font Lucida Console 28 points
>
> Here's my problem:
>
> I can NEVER get the Dosbox to honor my 40 line setting. It always changes
> the _screen buffer_ size
> to 43 lines for some reason, no matter what I do.
>
> The result is that I get that nasty vertical scroll bar in the Dosbox
> window, and actually have to use it.
>
> That's a pain.
>
> Is there any way to avoid it? After experiencing the problem on two
> systems, I have concluded it's a bug in XP/Home/dosbox, but of course I
> could be wrong.
>
> I get the same problem whether I invoke XyWrite 4 from a shortcut or invoke
> a command window and then execute editor.
>
> It doesn't seem to have anything to do with XyWrite per se. For example, I
> just opened a command box that has all parameters set for 40 lines.
> However, the minute I invoke XyWrite 3, to see if I get the same problem, I
> do get the same problem, even though SL is the default 25. The vertical
> scroll bars appear and buffer and "properties" shows that "screen buffer
> height" is now 43; I can change it back to 40 all I want but the system
> refuses to honor it. The minute I quit XY3 or Xy4, the problem goes away,
> but of course I am no longer running a program and that isn't where I want
> to be.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this? I'm wondering if some change to the
> registry can be made?
>
>