If you spend 30$ for fixing some app i hope you'll spend 3000$ to Qbix and Harekiet 😉

Anyways you could start off with nice screenshots (clean cvs builds if applicable)
and what screen modes the app uses/if it behaves different with univbe etc.

Hmm. I think you can save your quite possibly hard earned cash. We are here to help you (freely). Did you configured DOSBox? If so, how?

If your program uses VESA for SVGA modes and you have a newer nVIDIA card, YOU MAY BE OUT OF LUCK. Modern nVIDIA cards are known to have troubles using VESA modes beyond 640x480 resolution. I am still using some MS-DOS applications too that use VESA and I have no trouble with my ATi card, even reaching 1280x1024 resolution. But that could not be your case.

Please tell us more: hardware/software specifications. What did you try so far, etc...

I'm not sure but I have reasons to believe that the DOS version of Gann Trader has a maximum resolution of 640x480. There are similar programs that seem to do the same job as Gann Trader that work under Win3.x and maybe under Windows XP, such as Hot Trader and Trade Station

attachments in no logical order.

S3 gives best results enlarged window
all the others cards have the effect of ignoring the resolution change.

DOS box CVS just downloaded
Dosconf is attached. I dont think I messed around with it except svga

thanks

see you tomorrow

L

eL_PuSHeR wrote:

If your program uses VESA for SVGA modes and you have a newer nVIDIA card, YOU MAY BE OUT OF LUCK. Modern nVIDIA cards are known to have troubles using VESA modes beyond 640x480 resolution.

But that only applies if you try to run it directly from true MS-DOS or from the Windows NTVDM, right? If the application runs inside DOSBox I hope this will be a non-issue?

Hello

GANN trader works up to the max resolution in WIN98. Tried.

I do have ATI readeon sapphire the cheapest model...

DOS box CVS configuration id the defaulf except for svga

Really gotta go to bed now

thanks

L

You are right, possibly, but I am not sure.

Done!

Execute and configure program and replace univbe.drv with this one (a hacked version).

Forgot to mention this program is quite stupid. Program is ms-dos only but the installation comes as a Windows one. (For creating shortcuts).

Also, this program works fine for me without using DOSBox (using NTVDM).

Also, keep in mind that you won't be able to PRINT using the official DOSBox 0.65 build. You need some printer enabled CVS version for that. I think HAL-9000 did something like that.

PS - DOSBox maximum implemented VESA resolution is 1024x768.

Why does it need univbe at all??

I don't know. It probably uses VESA for accessing SVGA modes. It doesn't have support for native videocards. This is just a wild guess.

Well dosbox has VESA support per se. Maybe you could see what happens
if you remove univbe (or replace it with some useless .exe).

The main executable uses DOS4G and it seems it has univbe embedded into it. At least there is a "univbe.drv" string present. I will try to disable it to see what happens.

UPDATE:

Removed the univbe.drv string by hacking it using a brute force method (I am not a programmer). I simply replaced some characters in the string.

THE PROGRAM IS STILL WORKING WELL (1024x768 with DOSBox and 1280x1024 using NTVDM). GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT DOESN'T NEED UNIVESA ANYMORE. Stupid programmers.

Ouch. Two in the morning. I have got to get some serious sleep.

Good bye for now.

UPDATE 2:

Program also works fine when you DELETE the univbe.drv file. This is a even easier method. You don't need to modify anything. Again, stupid programmers.

ldd2871

As we are talking above, just DELETE UNIVBE.DRV after configuring the program. Then, run it as usual. It should work. You don't need any kind of external VESA anymore. DOSBox has built-in VESA bios extensions (up to 1024x768 resolution).

great troubleshooting El_PuSHeR !
Were you able to test it with a plain cvs/0.65 build as well (so not having that multiple chipset patch ?)

el Pusher

great! great! great job!

I have to say you surprised me.

Please send me your email address for paypal transaction.

Thanks again and kind regards

ciao!

Qbix:

I only tested it using official 0.65 build. I don't have any downloaded CVS version right now.

ldd2871:

Save your money as you may need it. Or maybe the DOSBox staff accepts donations. I don't know.

It's great to see how many people as Qbix, Harekiet, WD, Vasyl, HAL-9000 (and many others) are doing a great effort, hard selfless work for everyone. The world would be better with more people like these. What I am trying to explain is that those people are doing it for free, for the rest of us to enjoy. Truly remarkable.

Last word: I think your appreciation is reward enough. We all should experience the feeling of making others feel good too. I hope you keep visiting the forums.

Best regards.

😎

Ye olde game loading univbe problem. Man I hate that and totally forgot about it. Thx for the reminder eL_PuSHeR.

Link to the PayPal donation page for DOSBox:

http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=52551

I am not sure if the donation goes to Harekiet, Qbix, or to a SourceForge pool.

ps. to take screenshot of only the active window, use Alt + PrintScrn :)