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From: Gualtier Malde on 30 May 2010 15:27
On 5/28/2010 01:19 AM, Grinder wrote:
> On 5/28/2010 1:29 AM, Gualtier Malde wrote:
>> On 5/25/2010 07 54, Grinder wrote:
>>> On 5/21/2010 4:18 PM, Gualtier Malde wrote:
>>>> I am using XP v 5.1 SP3 in an Acer Aspire 1 netbook. I am pleased to
>>>> find that, so far, the DOS programs I have are running in the
>>>> environment. The screen is small, though, so I use an external monitor.
>>>> The DOS programs show up on the netbook screen but not on the monitor.
>>>> This is regardless of where the screen-monitor toggle is set.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything that I can do to correct that? Thanks
>>>
>>> The resolution of a typical 10" netbook is a bit of an odd duck -- 1024
>>> x 600. I'm unsure if that is the reason, but I've noticed (with my Dell
>>> 10v) that feeding to an external monitor is temperamental. I've only
>>> tried projectors, but the results I get are often oddly sized or
>>> proportioned.
>>>
>>> Aside from DOS output, can you get a clean feed to an external monitor?
>>> Are you only having a problem with *maximized* DOS screens?
>> Good to see you, Grinder -
>> I don't think this is a resolution problem. I /have/ had a time trying
>> to work out the screen presentation and such, but this is simply that,
>> when I am working on the netbook with the external monitor and select
>> one of my DOS programs, the monitor stops (with a "no connection"
>> window) and my DOS program displays only on the netbook screen.
>>
>> I have this nagging feeling that there is something that could be done
>> like an old DOS command such as I no longer recall. If the whole thing
>> were in a DOS environment I would try bunches of stuff, but I am
>> intimidated into inaction by windows. ("Thus XP doth make cowards of us
>> all") - or me, at least.
>>
>> I will be glad for your insight.
>
> If the dos application is running in full screen, it's probably
> attempting to change the screen resolution. That might be freaking your
> external display out.
>
> Is the DOS application running full screen? Can you try and run it in a
> window?
Yes, that's the answer for the most important of my DOS applications. Another
(E-Z Cosmos) is mostly a toy and still resists, but I will keep trying.

Once again you have come up with the answer. Thank you for taking your time on
questions like these.

Chuck

From: Grinder on 30 May 2010 21:36
On 5/30/2010 2:27 PM, Gualtier Malde wrote:
> On 5/28/2010 01:19 AM, Grinder wrote:
>> On 5/28/2010 1:29 AM, Gualtier Malde wrote:
>>> On 5/25/2010 07 54, Grinder wrote:
>>>> On 5/21/2010 4:18 PM, Gualtier Malde wrote:
>>>>> I am using XP v 5.1 SP3 in an Acer Aspire 1 netbook. I am pleased to
>>>>> find that, so far, the DOS programs I have are running in the
>>>>> environment. The screen is small, though, so I use an external
>>>>> monitor.
>>>>> The DOS programs show up on the netbook screen but not on the monitor.
>>>>> This is regardless of where the screen-monitor toggle is set.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there anything that I can do to correct that? Thanks
>>>>
>>>> The resolution of a typical 10" netbook is a bit of an odd duck -- 1024
>>>> x 600. I'm unsure if that is the reason, but I've noticed (with my Dell
>>>> 10v) that feeding to an external monitor is temperamental. I've only
>>>> tried projectors, but the results I get are often oddly sized or
>>>> proportioned.
>>>>
>>>> Aside from DOS output, can you get a clean feed to an external monitor?
>>>> Are you only having a problem with *maximized* DOS screens?
>>> Good to see you, Grinder -
>>> I don't think this is a resolution problem. I /have/ had a time trying
>>> to work out the screen presentation and such, but this is simply that,
>>> when I am working on the netbook with the external monitor and select
>>> one of my DOS programs, the monitor stops (with a "no connection"
>>> window) and my DOS program displays only on the netbook screen.
>>>
>>> I have this nagging feeling that there is something that could be done
>>> like an old DOS command such as I no longer recall. If the whole thing
>>> were in a DOS environment I would try bunches of stuff, but I am
>>> intimidated into inaction by windows. ("Thus XP doth make cowards of us
>>> all") - or me, at least.
>>>
>>> I will be glad for your insight.
>>
>> If the dos application is running in full screen, it's probably
>> attempting to change the screen resolution. That might be freaking your
>> external display out.
>>
>> Is the DOS application running full screen? Can you try and run it in a
>> window?
> Yes, that's the answer for the most important of my DOS applications.
> Another (E-Z Cosmos) is mostly a toy and still resists, but I will keep
> trying.
>
> Once again you have come up with the answer. Thank you for taking your
> time on questions like these.

Good luck.
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