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DOS software in Vista and Win7 (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 06.01.2010, 18:25

> Even worse in some case also full screen text mode 80x25 may not
> work. This is really poor!

Full-screen console isn't supported at all, DOS or Windows, text or gfx. And that's in Vista or 7. You can make the window bigger, but it won't cover nearly the whole screen.

I did very briefly test my bro's Win7 laptop yesterday. PSR's Invaders (320x200x256 VGA) didn't work. paq8o8z (37 MB DPMI) didn't work. So it's no better and no worse than Vista. I suppose the registry hack still works, but I didn't try. (Why it's not fixed by default is beyond me. Either they are really dumb or really mean.)

Complete thread:

• DOS software in Vista and Win7 - Laaca, 02.01.2010, 20:06 (Announce)
  • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - Rugxulo, 03.01.2010, 01:17
  • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - RayeR, 03.01.2010, 02:35
    • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - marcov, 03.01.2010, 13:19
      • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - Rugxulo, 03.01.2010, 15:09
        • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - RayeR, 04.01.2010, 10:06
          • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - RayeR, 04.01.2010, 23:24
            • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - Rugxulo, 06.01.2010, 18:25
              • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - RayeR, 06.01.2010, 21:47
                • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - Rugxulo, 06.01.2010, 23:31
                  • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - RayeR, 07.01.2010, 23:30
      • DOS software in Vista and Win7 - Laaca, 04.01.2010, 18:37