When you run Pixel you have to enter the video mode you want before it
starts.
It comes with a test program that tells you what video modes are
available.
I think mode 179 gives you a full screen. I need some software to do the
same
thing for dos. Unfortunately Pixel resets when you exit.
cheers
DS
On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:26:20 +0200 Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr>
writes:
> I am pretty sure that this all goes to a simple point: video
> resolution.
> Arachne is using graphic mode (640x480, IIRC), while the default DOS
>
> prompt is in text mode (80x25 of 8x14 blocks, that is 640×350
> pixels).
> The video adapter embedded in your laptop is probably designed to do
>
> nicely stretched video output for some resolutions, but not others.
>
> A possible idea could be to try to play with different video modes
> for
> the DOS prompt, for example does using 'mode co80,43' or 'mode
> co80,50'
> still produces such 'console in small window' effect? There are also
>
> various tools that allow to set the console prompt to a graphic
> video
> mode, so it should just be a matter to find one that looks
> acceptable.
> Note, that many applications will reset the video screen to the
> default
> 80x25 text mode after they quit, so you might need to re-reset the
> video
> mode every now and then (or use some kind of a TSR that forces a
> graphic
> mode all the time).
>
> Mateusz
>
>
>
>
> On 10/07/2014 02:27 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> > I have the Arachne source code. If I get a chance someday to read
> it;
> > perhaps I can figure out how they did it. Other than that I'll
> just have
> > to get use to mini screens.
> >
> >
> > cheers
> > DS
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 10:17:24 -0500 Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com>
> writes:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Dale E Sterner
> <sunbeam...@juno.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I run DOS by itself not under another OS. All the so called DOS
> >> drivers
> >>> that
> >>> I've tried require Windows to be present. Without Windows they
> >> don't
> >>> work.
> >>> I tried the mode command; the screen stays the same size and the
> >> letters
> >>> get
> >>> smaller. Some of my software will run full screen when they run.
> I
> >> think
> >>> they issue a VESA command to do this. Wordperfect, Arachne &
> Pixel
> >>> run full screen; everything else is mini screen.
> >>
> >> Dell Latitude computer? With what video card, Intel? Did you
> check
> >> Intel's site? Or only Dell? Did you email their tech support
> people?
> >> Did you search all their related downloads? Can you try asking on
> >> their forums (or similar third-party place with people of similar
> >> interests, specifically a place for similar hardware users)?
> >>
> >>
> >
>
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/software/iegd/intel-embed
> > ded-graphics-drivers-overview.html
> >>
> >> I wish I could tell you something more concrete. But don't get
> your
> >> hopes up. It's just almost impossible to get modern things like
> this
> >> working. The vendors just don't care (much, if at all) for DOS
> >> anymore. You'd probably have better luck dual-booting a minimal
> >> Linux
> >> distro with DOSEMU!
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 05 Oct 2014 22:14:38 +0200 Eric Auer
> <e.a...@jpberlin.de>
> >> writes:
> >>>>
> >>>>> control screen resolution. FREEDOS runs as a tiny screen in
> >>>>> the center - very annoying. I haven't found any dos sound
> >> driver
> >>>>
> >>>> Your screen may have a hotkey to zoom to full screen.
> >>
> >> Fn+F2?
> >>
> >>
> >
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