Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!midway!ncar!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!xylogics!world!goodearl From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert D Goodearl) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: EGA-res programs in V86 windows? Summary: humble pie ;-) Message-ID: <1990Jul5.100035.11639@world.std.com> Date: 5 Jul 90 10:00:35 GMT References: <605@cvbnetPrime.COM> <1990Jul3.173656.18045@world.std.com> <2989@gmdzi.UUCP> Sender: goodearl@world.std.com Organization: The World Lines: 17 In article <2989@gmdzi.UUCP> strobl@gmdzi.UUCP (Wolfgang Strobl) writes: >goodearl@world.std.com (Robert D Goodearl) writes: > >>In article <605@cvbnetPrime.COM> jshekhel@feds19.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel) writes: >>> "You cannot run this program... >> >>It is not possible to run a standard dos application which does graphics in >>a window, as far as I know. > >It IS possible to run standard dos applications which do graphics in >a window, if these applications use the CGA resolution. > I stand corrected. The situation where I recently got the message must have been EGA or VGA resolution. Thanks for the clarification. Bob Goodearl -- goodearl@world.std.com