[Ham-Computers] Running a DOS program

[Loren Moline WA7SKT]

Dan,

I have the program running with dosbox but don't know how to get it to run full screen..

 
Loren   WA7SKT
 
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> From: danki6x at earthlink.net
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:35:31 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Running a DOS program
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> DosBox: http://www.dosbox.com/
> has worked for a person I helped get going using his very old QuickBasic on
> XP.  Worked fine.  Seems to emulate old DOS very well.  XP DOS window is not
> close enough to old DOS for many original programs.  Win 98 DOS was pretty
> close.
> 
> Dan, KI6X 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Loren Moline
> WA7SKT
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 3:37 PM
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] Running a DOS program
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to run a DOS program called Puff. My operating system is XP.
> 
> When I run the program the introduction scren comes on and gives me a choice
> of any key or esc
> 
> When I press any key or esc nothing happens. I am using a USB keyboard.
> 
> I thought it might be that I need to use a PS2 keyboard so I ran it on my
> other computer that has a PS2 keyboard and it accepted any key and went to
> the program but it will not respond to F keys.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to make it recognize all the keys
> on my keyboard?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  
> Loren   WA7SKT
>  
> Member: ARRL and Pacific Northwest VHF Society
> Member: Hearsat Satellite Monitoring Group ( www.hearsat.org )
> Location: CN86cx
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