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Re: WinXP screen buffer

Myron,
I too have tried to get OS X running on my PC using VMware Workstation. I
haven't been able to even begin to do it, so keep us informed on your progress.

I have been able to use Tame to get 43 lines, but Tame is so hard to
configure that I couldn't even tell you how to do it. Entering the Tame
forest is by my lights a last resort in solving this problem. Of course,
Tame is wonderful for *other* reasons.


Regards,
Harry
I bought a Dell Mini 10V with the hopes of turning it into a "Hackintosh"
--- i.e. run Mac OS X on it. So far I've been having too many problems
with that project, so I decided to use it with the WinXP installation that
comes standard until I have enough free time to get OS X running reliably
on it. (Others seem to have been successful...)

WinXP means, of course, running XyWrite IV. I've done this many times on
many machines, but this time I cannot get the size of the DOS window set
up correctly.

I want to run Xy 3.58 in a 43-line window. I use these values in the
Properties on the "Layout" menu:


Screen Buffer Size
Width 80
Height 43

Window Size
Width 80
Height 43Try as I might, I cannot get the buffer to change from 50, the
default, to 43. It does not change the currently displayed window, nor
does "saving" it result in permanent changes.

I have not had this problem before. I checked the archives, I didn't find
any report of the problem. Any thoughts?

I assume that the settings for the DOS window are saved in a file
somewhere. Does anyone know what file it is, and whether it can be edited
by hand?

(I'm not talking about the PIF file. Those settings are okay. The problem
is with the settings you can make once the DOS window has opened.)

I am *not* using Tame in this setup, although I own it and have used it
before. ...perhaps it would help, at least by by-passing whatever WinXP
functions cause my problem???


Thanks.
Myron


Harry Binswanger
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