Re: CMD/DOS problems

From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/17/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 07:05:51 +1000

It's downloading. Don't know what it has to do with racing. Not a mention of a horse on the whole site. (My first useful program rated horses and built a book against the bookies). That's racing analysis software.

Did you try running it in a window. I also don't have a floppy so hope I can install it. 

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And the band played ....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
"Sam Goddard" <bigdaddy_sammy@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OkZMOvEPEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> David
> 
> The program can be downloaded from the downloads page of www.astratech.co.uk
> 
> It is called AstraTech Racing Analysis Software v2.49
> 
> However, you need to copy it to a floppy before it can be installed. I have
> a feeling that a very simple solution could be reached by someone who knew
> what they were doing. However, I'm not that person and so I'd like to beg
> you to have a look incase you are ;)
> 
> Thanks for your help so far
> 
> Sam
> "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:On0CBhEPEHA.904@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> It's to do with the program and the video card and nothing to do with
> Windows. Can it run in a window (Press Alt + Space). If not does the program
> have Video writing options (as most commercial dos programs did). There were
> 4 ways a program could write to the screen, a custom video driver (for that
> program), Direct writing to IBM graphic standard (technically a video driver
> but so simple noone thinks of it as one), using MSDos to write the screen
> (slowest but compatable if Dos has a driver for it as it does at least for
> the normal modes), using the computers BIOS to write the screen (2nd slowest
> but the bios needs a driver built in, which it did for standard modes). This
> would normally be done by a command line option or through configuration
> files.
> 
> -- 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> And the band played ....
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
> "Sam Goddard" <bigdaddy_sammy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23FeMgEEPEHA.3596@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > The program opens up the app in fullscreen mode
> >
> >
> > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:eHYpW2DPEHA.808@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > There is no difference between XPs. Is thios full screen or not full
> screen.
> > In full screen mode XP gets out of the way and gives the dos program full
> > access to the video card. In a window it emulates a VGA card to the
> program.
> >
> > -- 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > And the band played ....
> > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
> > "Sam Goddard" <bigdaddy_sammy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%231wQSJCPEHA.4008@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I have three different computers, a laptop, a tablet & a desktop, all
> > > running Windows XP.
> > >
> > > I am trying to run a DOS progrma on them but the program will only run
> > > correctly on the desktop machine. On the mobile machines numbers &
> spaces
> > > are printed onto the screen as smudges, rendering any kind of numerical
> > > information useless.
> > >
> > > The computers all seem to be using the same version of the command
> prompt
> > > utility & I cannot work out what is different.
> > >
> > > Can anybody guess?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Sam
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
>

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