ACESTAB%HUTRUU0.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU (09/14/87)
Some month's ago i posted the same request in Info-Ibmpc. I recieved a
number of answers. Most of them were Turbo-pascal routines, directly
adressing the memory. Very usefull but.......what if you buy/get a
working turbo program with graphics in it, designed for the CGA????
The solution to this problem (and i think the best solution possible)
is a resident program called SIMCGA.COM. This program can be executed
from your AUTOEXEC.BAT. The next command should be: SETMONO or SETCGA.
This program let's you work normally on your hercules, but you have the
possibility to act as if you have a CGA in your machine. This is what I
understood from the description I got with the program. Unfortunately it
*didn't* work on my PC. Today i recieved a new copy (downloaded it from
CCUC@UMCVMB.BITNET) and i have to test it. The problem I had was that
the cursor was the only remaining thing on my screen. (I believe I
recieved the programs from Tom Jones @VLSI.ARPA <TJ@VLSI.ARPA>. I have
been trying to reach him a few times; i didn't succeed.
The programs SIMCGA.COM SETMONO.COM and SETCGA.COM are as far as I
know on SIMTEL20.ARPA. So everybody on ARPAnet can download them.
For BITNET users there is a possibility to get these file from CCUC@
UMCVMB
Greetings,
Bert Stals <ACESTAB@HUTRUU0.BITNET>
P.S. Love to see more of these discussions on INFO-PASCAL !!leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) (09/16/87)
In article <9273@brl-adm.ARPA> ACESTAB%HUTRUU0.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.EDU writes:
< The problem I had was that
<the cursor was the only remaining thing on my screen.
This appears to be a "common" problem with SIMCGA. If you type SETMONO
(which will _not_ echo) you'll be able to see what you are doing again.
For our (rather naive) users, I set up a batch file for the few CGA programs
they run:
SETCGA
program
SETMONO
The really weird thing is that on some machines the display _doesn't_
disappear.
--
Leonard Erickson ...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard
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You know... I'd rather be a hacker."