Mail Archives: djgpp/2007/09/08/04:32:16
"Ethan Rosenberg" <ethros AT earthlink DOT net> wrote in message
news:0JO0004R8N3P5IU0 AT mta4 DOT srv DOT hcvlny DOT cv DOT net...
> At 05:20 AM 9/7/2007, you wrote:
> Downloaded and installed in DOS. Only supports 16 bit DOS.
DOS is only 16-bits. So what is the problem?
> DOS 7.1
> is 32 bit DOS.
The question is why do you think DOS 7.1 is 32-bits?
DOS 7.1 which came with Windows 95B/95C/98/SE are all 16-bit DOS. I'm
currently running 7.1 myself. It's not 32-bits when booted into instead of
Windows. It's not 32-bits when run as a Windows console or "DOS-box". The
usual way to get 32-bit support is by some form of 32-bit extension such as
VCPI, DPMI, custom coding, etc. DPMI hosts include a Windows console or
"DOS-box", DJGPP DPMI application, OpenWatcom DPMI application, etc.
> The SNAP Graphics will support 32 bit DOS and the ATI
> Radeon VE 7000 card, which is what we have.
I see cards similar to yours, but not yours specifically:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/chiplist/snap_linux_chiplist.html
> The SNAP Graphics will support 32 bit DOS and the ATI
> Radeon VE 7000 card, which is what we have.
There are no complete 32-bit DOS-es that I'm aware of. Freedos-32 is close,
but incomplete.
> The SNAP Graphics will support 32 bit DOS and the ATI
> Radeon VE 7000 card, which is what we have.
I'm not familiar with SNAP Graphics. It's very possible that the SNAP
Graphics may have 32-bit graphic routines or 32-bit DPMI/VCPI support for
16-bit DOS.
> Once I open SNAP in DOS,
> then what? How will I know which driver to use? Even if it auto
> detects the video card, don't I need some lines in autoexec.bat and
config.sys?
>
I don't know. There are a few versions of SNAP. Since, you want DOS, I'm
assuming, since you didn't state so, that you've downloaded the SNAP
Graphics IES version? Well, I'll poke around into the versions and see what
I can find...
Rod Pemberton
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