Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!boulder!seri!wind55!marshall From: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: DOS windows in Enhanced mode?? Message-ID: Date: 7 Sep 90 18:21:47 GMT References: <9009052355.AA21062@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1990Sep6.211922.6571@world.std.com> Sender: news@seri.gov (news) Organization: Solar Energy Research Institute Lines: 14 goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl) writes: >To turn a full-screen dos application into a windowed one, press Alt-Return. >To start a DOS app as a window, you do need to specify that in a pif file. I am under the impression that this will work only for those applications that use DOS calls to write to screen. Any program that writes directly to screen memory will work only in full screen mode. This includes just about all commercial software. -- Marshall L. Buhl, Jr. EMAIL: marshall@seri.gov Senior Computer Missionary VOICE: (303)231-1014 Wind Research Branch 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401-3393 Solar Energy Research Institute Solar - safe energy for a healthy future