In 64-bit Windows versions you can only use console applications compiled in 32 or 64-bit, but not 16-bit or MS-DOS ones. For actual MS-DOS apps you need emulators like Dosbox or Aeon, but since at least I never got those emulators to present a text output instead of a graphical one, I try to use a machine with a 32-bit Windows when I need something in 16-bit. Other alternative is to use a virtual machine with a 32-bit operating system like Windows XP or any NT-based or, even better, Windows 9x whose MS-DOS is complete and not a subset like the CMD of Windows NT based versions, that is, all Windows versions for consummers after Windows ME.
2017-09-26 18:46 GMT-03:00 JM Casey <crystallo...@ca.inter.net>: > Hi everyone. > > > > Using Windows 10 64 bit, and JAWS 18. I have a really nice looking port of > the Eamon adventure series, originally designed for Apple II computers in > the 1980s, with some newer adventures built more recently. I remember using > an older version of this on my XP machine. It uses .bas files, as they are > closest to the Applesoft Basic language the games were originally written > in. On the XP machine I was able to get this to work, downloading Qbasic > (bet there's a name most of you haven't heard in a long time) and, I think, > running from the command line. > > > > They are now at version 5.0 of the Eamon Deluxe package, and there is even > a > "VI Mode", which is supposed to make the programme more workable for vision > impaired folks. They say this is for "all Windows versions" (as of 2014, > when the programme was last updated), and I found a note online about 64 > bit > OS users needing to run this in compatibility mode, which I have done. I > know the programme is working because my girlfriend can read the screen. > However, it opens this Dos Box environment, which I cannot seem to access > with JAWS at all. Does anyone have experience with Dos Box? Is it usable at > all? I tried every JAWS cursor, and all I can see is the title bar and > "system" menu with options to resize or close the window. I contacted the > developer, since he seems especially interested (or at least, he was in > 2014) in having this work for screen-reader users. Pretty sure though that > the issue is with the Dos Box environment, and not the Eamon > files/programme > itself. Any thoughts? Does anyone here actually play these? > > > > Cheers. > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
