Jim Fitzsimmons wrote in a message to All:

 JF>  It has come to my attention that VGA Dos F/S sessions are
 JF> Halted if run in the background. This is stated in the
 JF> Redbooks *.INF about OS/2.0 This appears to be the case with
 JF> Warp "Red Spine" as well and was wondering if Any of the
 JF> Fixpacks for Warp have addressed this problem? Thanks for
 JF> any info on this.. 

It is a design decision, not a problem to be fixed.  DOS progams which
write directly to the hardware in any form cannot be allowed to run in
background.  OS/2 will allow such programs to run in foreground, but will
then preserve and restore the state of the VGA hardware when switching to
or from the task.

DOS programs which go through BIOS or the VESA video interface can be
allowed by OS/2 to run in background or in a window, provided that the
particular video hardware driver is compatible with such operation.
 
-- Mike


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