snsrjth@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jeffrey Harper) (08/02/89)
I have a CGA emulator for a Hercules Card called SIMCGA. The only problem is that I can't keep the program in resident memory when trying to start up a self-booting software that uses CGA graphics. The self-booting software requires the system to be reset causing any program in memory to be wiped out. Question: Is there a program available that will emulate CGA and perform a warm-start so the the software's bootstrap thinks that it is running on a CGA system and how I can obtain it? I would prefer PD or Shareware. Please respond via email to: snsrjth@nmt.edu - Thanks in advance. - Jeff - snsrjth@nmt.edu -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | snsrjth@nmt.edu | "A stitch in time takes up space." | | {...!snsrjth@nmt.edu} | - The Doctor, "Dragonfire" | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith) (08/03/89)
In article <3056@nmtsun.nmt.edu> snsrjth@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jeffrey Harper) writes: >I have a CGA emulator for a Hercules Card called SIMCGA. The only problem >is that I can't keep the program in resident memory when trying to >start up a self-booting software that uses CGA graphics. The self-booting >software requires the system to be reset causing any program in memory >to be wiped out. > >Question: Is there a program available that will emulate CGA and perform >a warm-start so the the software's bootstrap thinks that it is running >on a CGA system and how I can obtain it? I would prefer PD or Shareware. > ------------------------ I don't seem to be able to reach the author via email, so I will post this with hopes he sees it. I have used both simcga4.0 and simcga4.1. Both of these versions allow you to warmboot programs (such as games) which are not DOS disks and which must be booted in order to run. If my memory serves me right, you do: simcga -s and it will tell you to insert the program disk in drive A and press enter, or some similar message. You must not have the entire simcga package--it is distributed with several other programs and a moderately useful readme file which does document its various command-line switches. good luck Fred Smith ulowell!cg-atla!fredex ginosko!cg-atla!fredex