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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> On 8/5/05, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > I have MGA/TTL and VGA on this computer (matrox VGA) and an 84-key
> > keyboard.
> >
> > I have BL2 set up with Xvesa and an rxvt.  I ran xdosemu at 640 resolution
> > because it fills the screen better.  If I run it at 1024 and then maximize
> > the dosemu box, the text looks rather bad.  It might help to install the
> > proper dosemu vga fonts.  Dosemu won't work right with BL3, says David.
>
> Try it yourself if you don't believe me. And let us know if it does work.
>
> > WP51/DOS under plain dosemu on the VGA screen is a disaster.

I tried it again just now (having had the computer turned off for a few 
hours) and this time started with 640 resolution rather than 1024 followed 
by 640, in case is somehow messed things up to have maximized dosemu.

This time everything works right under xdosemu, including the green and 
blue foreground (which are now distinct) and the arrow keys.  So this is 
some very odd little bug.

But plain dosemu WP51 is still screwy.

> > It keeps leaving out letters at random.  I typed going three times:
> > goig going oig
> WP probably has some loop which uses up CPU and dosemu doesn't
> like.

If I leave a 1 sec gap before each letter I type, it works. Strange.
I still prefer WP42 to 51, much simpler and faster to use, but nobody I 
send files to can import 4.2 because MS decided against that.

> > So I installed WP42/DOS and this works very nicely under dosemu in VGA
> > mode.  I can't get it to load under xdosemu.  What am I doing wrong?
>
> What is the error? Does it do nothing and just drop you back to a prompt?
> Perhaps xdosemu imitates a graphics card which WP42 can't handle.

My fault, I was trying to run wp42 from linux, not dosemu.  I am having a 
bit of trouble keeping these levels straight ;=)

I will try occasionally using WP51 under xdosemu.

> David
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