DOS app with half screen display

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I have a DOS app I dearly love, and it ran well in Win
9x. There's never been a Windows version of the app
released, or I would have upgraded. In the meantime, I
upgraded to XP and it still runs under XP, but it's video
behavior is altered somehow, and the whole program is now
compressed into the top half of the screen, even though it
is running in full-screen mode. I have tried all of the
compatibility mode settings, and nothing has any effect.
I've also tried altering the video resolution, likewise
without effect. Is there any hope of getting it back to
its old self? I would be happy to hear any suggestions,
since I have tried everything I can think of. Thanks.
 
I'm stealing this reply from Jimmy S. as he has such a great way with words
....

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available.

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm :-)





I have a DOS app I dearly love, and it ran well in Win
9x. There's never been a Windows version of the app
released, or I would have upgraded. In the meantime, I
upgraded to XP and it still runs under XP, but it's video
behavior is altered somehow, and the whole program is now
compressed into the top half of the screen, even though it
is running in full-screen mode. I have tried all of the
compatibility mode settings, and nothing has any effect.
I've also tried altering the video resolution, likewise
without effect. Is there any hope of getting it back to
its old self? I would be happy to hear any suggestions,
since I have tried everything I can think of. Thanks.
 
sevenseeker said:
I have a DOS app I dearly love, and it ran well in Win
9x. There's never been a Windows version of the app
released, or I would have upgraded. In the meantime, I
upgraded to XP and it still runs under XP, but it's video
behavior is altered somehow, and the whole program is now
compressed into the top half of the screen, even though it
is running in full-screen mode. I have tried all of the
compatibility mode settings, and nothing has any effect.
I've also tried altering the video resolution, likewise
without effect. Is there any hope of getting it back to
its old self? I would be happy to hear any suggestions,
since I have tried everything I can think of. Thanks.
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If the application is character based you could try changing the font to
one that more closely fills the screen.
 
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