DOS ain't dead - VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least)

VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) (DOSX)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 22.07.2007, 00:50

Someone (Jose) posted here recently about having trouble getting VGAPaint 386 working on their old 486 w/ 16 MB of RAM in DR-DOS 5. Well, my 486 Sx/25 w/ 8 MB RAM running MS-DOS 6.22 runs it fine.

http://www.geocities.com/snoopimeanie/vp_486.bmp (captured via Snarf)

So, I can't see any major reason (besides OS) for it not to work. I suggested at the time (and still suggest) he try a FreeDOS bootdisk (see my homepage).

I've never really used VP386 before now, but it seems fairly nice and well done, honestly. :-)

Oh, and VGAPaint 386 is freely available for download with sources here.

N.B. rr, it doesn't even need DOS/4GW available for download because VPLZ (included) can make it use PMODE/W instead. (Or maybe it's good since DOS/4GW, despite bloat, can support swapping in low-mem situations unlike PMODE/W?? I dunno.)

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Complete thread:

VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - Rugxulo, 22.07.2007, 00:50 (DOSX)
- VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - rr, 22.07.2007, 21:27
  - VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - DOS386, 23.07.2007, 02:38
    - VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - rr, 23.07.2007, 09:21
  - VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - Rugxulo, 25.07.2007, 01:16
    - VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - jassenna, 27.08.2007, 01:27
      - VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - Rugxulo, 27.08.2007, 01:39
        VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - roberto, 27.08.2007, 13:40
        VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) - rr, 27.08.2007, 17:47
      - VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) BUG hunting - DOS386, 29.08.2007, 15:34
        VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) BUG hunting - rr, 29.08.2007, 21:42
        VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) BUG hunting - Rugxulo, 30.08.2007, 03:28
        VGAPaint 386 -- works on my old 486 (at least) BUG hunting - jassenna, 06.09.2007, 06:14