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   Message 3,082 of 3,371   
   Sean Dennis to All   
   DOS fix   
   07 May 20 19:50:20   
   
   MSGID: 1:18/200.0 5eb4accc   
   Hi everyone,   
      
   Here is the full fix.  This is available at:   
      
   https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/known-issues-commonly-reported/#doswin   
      
   Here is the full fix verbatim:   
      
   ===   
   This is a known condition on many newer systems. It is mentioned in the README   
   in the list of known issues. Generally, this is due to an incompatibility in   
   the BIOS of the system with the DOS VDM code in ArcaOS (inherited from IBM's   
   OS/2 Warp 4).   
      
   Arca Noae is continuing to work on addressing this (and other causes of   
   failure of DOS sessions to start).   
      
   Some possible workarounds:   
      
   Modify the VSVGA.SYS line in CONFIG.SYS to include the following parameter:   
      
   DEVICE=N:\OS2\MDOS\VSVGA.SYS /int10textgrfxsafe   
      
   With the above change, it may be necessary to append the following to   
   AUTOEXEC.BAT (located either in the root directory of the boot volume or   
   where specified for the DOS session object):   
      
   mode co80   
   cls   
      
   Another option, when full screen sessions work but windowed ones do not, is   
   to open a full screen session first, and then press Alt-Home to switch it to   
   a windowed session (this only works for DOS sessions, not OS/2 full screen   
   and windowed sessions).   
   ===   
      
   So Rick, try adding that "mode" statement to AUTOEXEC.BAT.   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
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