cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (03/10/87)
I recently tried to use CodeView's EGA 43-line with an IBM Monochrome Display and discovered a bug. It appears that CodeView is determining the display type and assuming that Monochrome Display == Monochrome Adapter. (See the program CIRCLE.C that is supplied with CodeView as a demo and you will see that CIRCLE.C makes this assumption also). The symptom is that the screen isn't cleared, but the cursor is put at the right position on the screen. Nothing that you type is echoed to the screen, and I suspect that it is being echoed to the Monochrome Adapter which is of course not there. I spoke to Microsoft Technical Support [sic] and I was told that they were aware of such a bug, and that the version of CodeView released with the latest Microsoft Fortran compiler solves this bug, but since I'm not a DIAL subscriber, she (Technical Support person) wasn't sure if she could send it to me. Clayton E. Cramer
cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (03/10/87)
> I recently tried to use CodeView's EGA 43-line with an IBM Monochrome > Display and discovered a bug. It appears that CodeView is determining > the display type and assuming that Monochrome Display == Monochrome > Adapter. (See the program CIRCLE.C that is supplied with CodeView as > a demo and you will see that CIRCLE.C makes this assumption also). The > symptom is that the screen isn't cleared, but the cursor is put at the > right position on the screen. Nothing that you type is echoed to the > screen, and I suspect that it is being echoed to the Monochrome Adapter > which is of course not there. > > I spoke to Microsoft Technical Support [sic] and I was told that they > were aware of such a bug, and that the version of CodeView released > with the latest Microsoft Fortran compiler solves this bug, but since > I'm not a DIAL subscriber, she (Technical Support person) wasn't sure > if she could send it to me. > > Clayton E. Cramer > Momentous event. Microsoft Technical Support actually called me back (first time this promise has ever been made and followed through on)! They will send me the latest version without charge! Clayton E. Cramer