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echo: power_bas
to: BOB SEWELL
from: LOU SANDERS
date: 1995-10-19 09:03:00
subject: EGA in Desqview & OS/2

12 Oct 95 21:22, Bob Sewell wrote to Anyone:
 BS>     OS/2:  The sysop says that when configured for EGA mode, it runs
 BS>  fine if the window is in the foreground, but freezes if put in the
 BS>  background, and unfreezes when brought again to the foreground.
 BS>  When run in ANSI mode, it works fine in both fore- and background
 BS>  windows.
 BS>     Does anyone have any suggestions that I can either (a) use in my
 BS>  door to make it work under these conditions, or (b) pass along to
 BS>  these guys to configure their systems to handle PB-compiled
 BS>  programs running under these environments?  I don't have either
 BS>  OS/2 nor Desqview, so I can't test 'em at home and aren't familiar
 BS>  enough with 'em to come up with any suggestions on my own.
Bob:
    Have him/her go into the DOS settings and play with video settings. One
    he/she might look at is the "vido_switch_notification" Set on to notify
    the DOS program when the session switches to or from full screen. I think
    this may be the problem.
           ...Lou Sanders
--- GoldED/2 2.50.Beta6+
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