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

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 22.07.2007, 21:27

> Someone (Jose) posted here recently about having trouble getting VGAPaint

Let's hope, he finds a way back to this forum.

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

Why not use GIF or PNG?

> 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).

ACK. I never used DR-DOS 5, but IIRC only DR-DOS 6.x is fully compatible to MS-DOS 5.0. Maybe VP386 uses some undocumented call...

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

Except its source code.

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

This is not new. Jose grabbed VP386 from my pages.

> 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.)

I don't remember exactly, but I had a discussion with Eric Auer once. I try to remember soon.

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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