Hey Fernando. Thanks for writing back. I did some research after writing that message, and, indeed, there is just no way to run Dos Box and use a Windows screen-reader. Apparently even the DOS ones have problems as the Dos Box environment is really not designed for such programmes as screen-readers. The real issue is using the qbasic programme that these games need -- I have tried all compatibility settings and it just will not run under any circumstance; as you say it is a 16-bit application. Even setting to Windows 95 compatibility does not work. I did find a 64-bit QB programme, but it's third-party and I don't know what results will be; plus the games have their own way of calling the basic interpreter which I would not be able to subvert easily, I think. Maybe it's worthwhile enough for me to learn how to create a virtual machine.
That said .. anyone got some really old copy of JAWS lying around? Haha -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fernando Gregoire Sent: September 27, 2017 11:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Dos Box environment? 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 <[email protected]>: > 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/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
