David
I hate it but I would go
for #2 option . Clean install of XP. Look upon it from the bright side it is
better then installing a new motherboard!
In my life 3.11,95,98,98secE,ME
are dead products and should not be considered to be alive. (I have one ME
still in production)
But I confess my 2.11 R:Base
still runs better under 98.
So my simple advise is, go
for XP despite its drawbacks like NTVDM errors and stuff, it is still the most
stable OS-enviroment since DOS 6.22
The biggest problem with
upgrade to XP rather then clean install I have actually found with r:Base 2.11
not with 6.++ (DOS or Windows)
I might add it feels good
to give advise to an R:BASE Icon
If it helps I feel even
better, if it does not I promise I will not feel worse!
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�mne: [RBASE-L] - Re: R:BASE for
DOS 6.5++ on XP
TO all who had valuable suggestions
on the R:Base 6.5++ problems my client is having on a machine upgraded from XP.
Here's what we've learned so far.
1. In checking the
driver, my client found that XP was NOT using the default driver, so
it had found a driver for the card.
2. The driver is an SIS
driver. THe video card is actually part of the mother board. He
searched on their web site for this product and found NO drivers listed for XP
for this product.
3. The upgrade to XP was NOT
done by removing 98 but by installing XP over 98.
In addition, the client did some
searching on the web and found an exact description for the ghosting problem
he's having on a web site about running Word Perfect for DOS on XP's. There
WAS a fix for it BUT it involved using the WP menus themselves, not anything
under XP. So the problem is known, but we can't find so far any fix for
XP itself.
The machine in question really is
ONLY used to run R:Base. The client will be upgrading to 7.0 in the
spring. The machine that was successful, you'll remember, was a NEW
machine. They were planning to upgrade (not replace) more machines to XP
but are waiting to see if we can resolve this problem.
Suggestions? Our options
include:
1. Replace the motherboard
2. Redo the install by
removing windows 98 and installing XP
3. Go back to 98 until we
upgrade to 7.0 (and NOT upgrade the other machines until then)
I'd love to find a simpler option to
solve the issue - any ideas?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November
16, 2003 1:56 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] -
Re: R:BASE for DOS 6.5++ on XP
In win XP Pro: (May be
slightly different if Home Edition)
-Settings -> The monitor
used (or default) should be displayed on this screen.
Of default then the correct driver is not installed. If named driver is
installed then it may need updating, or problem may be with video
-Update
Driver (Update here if you have the driver
available)
************************************************************************************
An alternate path is to use the
traditional Win 98 view:
-Switch to Classic View
(Seen on the left sidebar)
-Display
(then, continue from the Display line above)
In a message dated 11/13/2003 8:40:09
AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bob and Bob
Thanks for your replies. Both of you are pointing them in the direction
of
checking the video card / drivers. Can you indicate the exact sequence of
mouse clicks / menu selections needed to check what the driver is - to see
if it's "using the default" or "not the correct drivers for the
video card
under DOS mode"? I'm helping them over the phone so I need to
be able to
do it on my XP while walking them through checking / changing it on my XP.
How do I find what the setup is? How do I tell if it's right / wrong? How
do I change and what do I change it to?
Thanks!
David Blocker
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
781-784-1919
Fax: 781-784-1860
Cell: 339-206-0261
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Speth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 8:23 PM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: R:BASE for DOS 6.5++ on XP
> That everything worked on a "clean" machine, the first thing I
would
suspect
> is that WINDOWS XP was installed over WINDOWS 98 leaving incompatible code
> and/or files. Recommend completely deleting WINDOWS 98 and then installing
> WINDOWS XP on old machines.
>
> Other than that I would suspect that WINDOWS XP does not have the correct
> drivers for the video card under DOS mode.
>
> Bob Speth
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David M. Blocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:17 PM
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - R:BASE for DOS 6.5++ on XP
>
>
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks
> >
> >
> >
> > A client of mine is upgrading their machines from Windows 98 to
WIndows
> XP.
> > In one case, they brought in a NEW machine with XP, installed R:Base
6.5++
> > DOS again, and it runs our application just fine.
> >
> >
> >
> > On the second, they took the SAME machine and changed it from 98 to
XP.
In
> > the process, they uninstalled 6.5++ and then installed it again.
> >
> >
> >
> > On this machine, at first they weren't getting a full screen. I
helped
> them
> > with that by setting up a new icon that runs a batch file that in
turn
> runs
> > RBase (paths are OK), and setting the properties on the Options Tab
to
> "full
> > screen".
> >
> >
> >
> > However, they are now getting a very strange "ghosting"
effect, as they
> > describe it to me. First the commands in the batch show on the screen
even
> > when in R:Base. Second, when they select an item in the menu
which
brings
> > up an editing screen, and then leave that screen to return to the
menu
> > (created with a CHOOSE command from a PULLDOWN block in an APX file),
the
> > record just edited remains on screen in the background even though
the
> form
> > has been closed. It isn't the form - it runs fine on the other
machine.
> >
> >
> >
> > We checked the system variables - TEMP, TMP, FILES, BUFFERS - the
latter
> two
> > were missing but we added them in. No effect..
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone seen anything like this before? Have any ideas what to do?
They
> have
> > more PC's to upgrade but they're on hold until we figure this on out!
> >
> >
> >
> > David Blocker
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 781-784-1919
> > Fax: 781-784-1860
> > Cell: 339-206-0261
>
>
