to my tired eyes that very helpful, small and entirely appropriate screenshot posted by Don only seemed to reveal 77 or 78 columns. Also (although its not possible to tell what it /should/ look like, it appears that the end of each line is spilling over onto the beginning of the next one, causing everything to be shunted over a few characters,
It may therefore just be a case of adjusting putty's terminal parameters. On Wed, 19 May 2004 09:36:17 +1200 "Williams, Olwen - SAL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It will definitely expect 80x25. > > Incidentally there was an unlimited single-user runtime license available > for A/Rev. Westpac used it for the DOS version of Deskbank, so don't be too > sure about those licenses. I do hope this is single user, I'd be nervous > about networks. I had problems on networked versions in the past. > > > Olwen Williams > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Gould [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 4:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: DOS emulator > > > More of a learning exercise than anything for the network side of things... > > I don't think the windows98 copies are licenced on some of the machines they > have and the machines are getting on.... > > They've got problems with virus in their mail systems that they're worried > about... sound like a good excuse to get them using linux? > > The finance controller is keen as chips to have a look at it but the POS > system is the one that's critical to the whole site. > > > as far as your screenshot goes, i suspect the various terminal > > emulations are confusing the poor old dos program. it probably expects > > 80x24 or 80x25 screen > > 80x25 I think. > > I'm really not sure what to do about the emulation. > > I've got putty set up with UTF-8 which sorts out the lines in mc when used > on RH9 > > But where I change what to get the dosemu working I have no idea at all. > (and yes I did read everyones comments, most of which didn't understand). > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential > information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. > If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby > notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction > of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in > error please notify Safe Air Ltd immediately. Any views expressed > in this message are those of the individual sender and may not > necessarily reflect the views of Safe Air. > _____________________________________________________________________ > For more information on the Safe Air Group, visit us online > at http://www.safeair.co.nz/ > _____________________________________________________________________ -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
