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Diabaig compiled for DOS (Announce)

posted by bencollver , 31.10.2025, 13:21

> > For some reason it was taken down from the Internet Archive.
> >
> > In the meanwhile, here is an alternative https: download link for
> Diabaig
> > 1.0.1 for DOS.
> >
> >
> https://gopher.tildeverse.org/tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos386/game/diabaig/
> Will it be possible to have the screen in 80x25 ASCII rather then 80x50. On
> my systems, the screen is set to 80x50, and the lower 25 lines are always
> blank / unused, and the upper 25 are scrunched. So, if possible, please
> release a version which uses the native 80x25 mode. Very much appreciated.


From diabaig.c:

#ifdef WINDOWS
        resize_term(NROWS+1,NCOLS+1);
#elif DOS
        resize_term(80, 43);
#endif

In Windows, this resizes the command prompt to 79x34. It does this because Diabaig is designed for that number of rows and columns.

In DOS, 79x34 mode is not possible. The nearest match is 80x43. This leaves the bottom 9 lines unused.

A possible workaround would be to use PDCurses with HXRT. I tried that and input is wonky enough to make the game unplayable. I have not yet tried the SDL back-end for PDCurses on HXRT.

Do you have any other suggestions?

Complete thread:

• Diabaig compiled for DOS - bencollver, 10.09.2025, 21:42 (Announce)
  • Diabaig compiled for DOS - Zyzzle, 10.09.2025, 23:58
  • Diabaig compiled for DOS - bencollver, 30.10.2025, 21:40
    • Diabaig compiled for DOS - bencollver, 30.10.2025, 21:48
      • Diabaig compiled for DOS - Zyzzle, 31.10.2025, 04:23
        • Diabaig compiled for DOS - bencollver, 31.10.2025, 13:21
          • Diabaig compiled for DOS - jadoxa, 31.10.2025, 15:31
            • Diabaig compiled for DOS - bencollver, 01.11.2025, 01:11
          • Diabaig compiled for DOS - Zyzzle, 01.11.2025, 09:31
            • Diabaig compiled for DOS - bencollver, 02.11.2025, 14:51