Tom Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello folks, > > I rely on an indispensable DOS application named Framework IV, > from the late great Ashton-Tate. I can run this application just > fine in character mode at a resolution of 132 x 43 in a window > under the OS/2 4.0 Workplace Shell. I guess IBM built support for > this video mode into the "embedded" DOS included with OS/2. > > However, the display under plain old MS-DOS 6.2 "wraps" at 80 > cols, jumbling things like a Cubist painting. Naturally, the same > happens with DOSEmu on Linux, whether in a console or in X. > Microsoft did *not* build in support for 132-col mode, it seems. > > I'm assuming that I need a better DOS--maybe IBM DOS, or Caldera > DOS?--to obtain support for this VGA character mode (which I > think is 33h) when using DOSEmu. My questions: > > a) any suggestions about which DOS to buy, if any? It's not a dos issue it's a bios issue, or at least should be. And it should be fully supported in dosemu. Though I seem to recall an oddity or two, mostly that in a telnet window we default to the terminal window size and not 80x25 as the initial mode. Can you please give me a good description of how you are trying to run this program, and how you are trying to set this video mode. Without details I can't give much help. > > b) even if I found a DOS that supports this mode, will the > 132-col mode also work under DOSEmu and X? > > Thanks much, > Tom Davey > > -- > Tom Davey, Director, Web Site > Linuxcare, Inc. > tel: 415.354.4335 fax: 415.701.9076 > [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.linuxcare.com > > Linuxcare. Support for the Revolution.
