From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 06:02:20 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com cc: "Paul J. Thompson" , dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] TASKMGR problems, memory management In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Sat, 1 Feb 1997 jdashiel AT eagle1 DOT eaglenet DOT com wrote: > I've heard from a laptop user who got opendos up and talking > who was doing fine until he ran setup and that crashed his system real > hard. One thing I've noticed with opendos when > I ran dosbook.exe under msdos, opendos doesn't respect screen sizes > specifically in terms of lines. I have a 25x80 screen, but > with opendos it was always 30x80. I don't know what > screen switching was done, but speech synthesizer users generally favor > running in mono or cga at most. The ega screens won't speak, and I have > my doubts about the "better" resolutions under speech. DOSBOOK switches to graphics mode (or so it seems), or else redefines the VGA font very cleverly. This can be prevented with a command line switch. I cant recall what it is though. I'm sure someone will mention it to you though. Good luck and have fun! Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca DJGPP: Current version 2.01