• DOS fix

    From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to All on Thu May 7 19:50:20 2020
    Hi everyone,

    Here is the full fix. This is available at:

    https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/known-issues-commonly-reported/#doswin

    Here is the full fix verbatim:

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    This is a known condition on many newer systems. It is mentioned in the README in the list of known issues. Generally, this is due to an incompatibility in the BIOS of the system with the DOS VDM code in ArcaOS (inherited from IBM's OS/2 Warp 4).

    Arca Noae is continuing to work on addressing this (and other causes of
    failure of DOS sessions to start).

    Some possible workarounds:

    Modify the VSVGA.SYS line in CONFIG.SYS to include the following parameter:

    DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS /int10textgrfxsafe

    With the above change, it may be necessary to append the following to AUTOEXEC.BAT (located either in the root directory of the boot volume or
    where specified for the DOS session object):

    mode co80
    cls

    Another option, when full screen sessions work but windowed ones do not, is
    to open a full screen session first, and then press Alt-Home to switch it to
    a windowed session (this only works for DOS sessions, not OS/2 full screen
    and windowed sessions).
    ===

    So Rick, try adding that "mode" statement to AUTOEXEC.BAT.

    Later,
    Sean

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  • From Kevin Nunn@1:19/50.1 to Sean Dennis on Fri May 8 12:58:56 2020
    SEAN DENNIS wrote to ALL <=-

    Here is the full fix. This is available at:

    Sean beat me to it :P

    Kev

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Kevin Nunn on Sat May 9 00:11:08 2020
    Kevin Nunn wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    Sean beat me to it :P

    Unlike you, I am stuck at home, bored, nearly always in front of a computer whether I like it or not. :D

    Later,
    Sean

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