Title: RE: windows xp and dos
Robert, I was in such a hurry to thank you that I forgot to ask...what does this default mean? And what strangeness requires that it first be set to 2, then immediately changed to 0? Very weird...but it works!
-Brian H.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Woods [mailto:rwoods@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 9:19 AM
To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: windows xp and dos
Hi,
I do not run Xp, but WIN2Kpro... both are built on the same
technology.
There was not problem in getting XYDos to run under WIN2K... it
was harder to make it run full screen (but simple, finally, by adding
two defaults to startup.int [default eg=2 BX and default eg=0]). I
don't find the display in anyway ugly. Although, at home I have a TFT
display, in which XYDos is ugly. (I got through to the ViewSonic folks
who explained that that is a function of the higher screen resolution
demanded by TFT and the way it is displayed ... [ie a hardware problem].)
You will have some problems with paths, etc. which can be fixed
by altering autoexec.nt specifically for XYDos. (I called it autoxy4.nt.)
There are two "dos" processors in WIN2K... one is cmd.exe and
the other is command.com. The latter is invoked by the former and has
some major restrictions on it. Go to Start>RUN and type in cmd. Voila!
a dos box.
Best,
Bob
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:03:25 -0400
"JFSKLAR" wrote:
> hi !
>
> I was referred to you by one the faculty... I wonder if you guys
> know how to make a DOS WINDOW WORK IN THE NEW WINDOWS XP?
>
> I thank you in advance for a few moments of your mind...
>
> - Joel