A-N-Onymouse@cup.portal.com (John - DeBert) (10/17/88)
I now have a HP-150A that I use at home. I tried to run my Easywriter 2 on it, but it failed everytime. Is there a way of porting Easywriter to the HP-150, a MS-DOS machine? A-N-Onymouse@cup.portal.com
mbk@hpsemc.HP.COM (Miles Kehoe) (10/19/88)
/ hpsemc:comp.sys.hp / A-N-Onymouse@cup.portal.com (John - DeBert) / 6:40 pm Oct 16, 1988 / I now have a HP-150A that I use at home. I tried to run my Easywriter 2 on it, but it failed everytime. Is there a way of porting Easywriter to the HP-150, a MS-DOS machine? A-N-Onymouse@cup.portal.com ---------- John: Two things I'd suggest. One is to try the IBM PC emulator for the 150 which lets the 150 emulate most of the video interupt (INT 10) fundtions. If a program does not use direct memory access for display, it will work. Programs such as Wordstar 5.0 and Word Perfect work fine only under the emulator. Two, if you have sourece code I might be able to help some. I'd suggest you pursue the HP SIG on Compuserve, which is very active in identifying software that works, etc. If you want a copy of the emulator, drop me your address and I'll mail you one on 3.5 media. Miles Kehoe HP Technology Access Center Cupertino CA 408-725-3826
bturner@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Bill Turner) (10/19/88)
> I now have a HP-150A that I use at home. I tried to run my Easywriter 2 > on it, but it failed everytime. > Is there a way of porting Easywriter to the HP-150, a MS-DOS machine? The problem is that the HP150 is a true MS-DOS machine, but it isn't IBM compatible. It supports all the MSDOS INT 21h interface, but it does NOT support the IBM BIOS (INT 10?) calls. Since most programs for the PC use BIOS calls to improve performance, especially for display of text/graphics, they don't run unmodified on the 150. (I think I may have heard about a BIOS emulator for the 150? Is this just my wild imagination or is it real?) --Bill Turner