Laptop versus desktop should be no difference at all. It should work either way, unless you're setting a specific screen resolution.
Laptop versus desktop should be no difference at all. It should work either way, unless you're setting a specific screen resolution.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
Elkvis - Probably those who had problems with the Prophet on laptops downloaded the older (and better) version of it and it sets screen resolution to obtain "Full Screen Mode" to provide graphics and mouse support which the newer version doesn't have.Originally Posted by Elkvis
There are 2 versions of Pro Football Prophet. The older version will only run on Windows XP or an earlier version of Windows on a desktop because it uses "Full Screen Mode" and Windows 7 has obsoleted "Full Screen Mode" (on purpose to obsolete software that they don't want to run on Windows).
I have both versions zipped and would like to know how to post the newer version on this forum so anybody can download it and it should run on any Windows desktop or laptop. If someone wants the older, better version they can email me at:
[email protected]
Will
You could skip full screen mode, and just use Win32-based GUI. There is a number of ways to do that, whether with raw calls to the Win32 DLLs, or by using some sort of GUI toolkit like GTK+ or Qt. You'll find that it provides the user with a much better and more consistent user experience, and doesn't prevent them from using their other applications while yours is running.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
Elkvis - Thanks. I already have a version where I did away with Full Screen Mode and tested it on a Windows 7 desktop. The problem is that the "window" that Pro Football Prophet gets is so small that the user can hardly read what's on the screen. If I want to expand the window that the Prophet gets I'll have to call DLLs or learn Windows GUI. I don't have the facilities to learn to do that right now and it's too close to the start of the NFL season to do very much. The Prophet is still DOS 16 bit so either method will probably be an extremely difficult conversion.
I'll bet that that conversion, either way, is virtually impossible since the Prophet has more than one ADAM file open at a time and the 32 bit version of ADAM supports only one ADAM file open at any given time. I guess if you want to use the Prophet You'll just have to get a magnifying glass. Of course, if you have a Windows XP or older Windows version desktop, you can email me and I can send you the old version that has "Full Screen Mode." As I say, the older version has mouse support and some graphics that the newer verion doesn't have.
In any case, what I need to know now is how do I post the newer version on this forum? Thanks for the suggestions.
Will
FYI: You can NOT normally run 16 bit apps under a 64 bit version of windows. So, some of the issues might be OS bit size related.
Edit: Running it inside of a DOS Box does NOT count as normal to me; you might wish to see if any of the DOS Box like apps can run ADAM well.
Edit2: Link to Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox
Tim S.
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"...a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are,in short, a perfect match.." Bill Bryson
I'm still willing to help you with getting ADAM to work on Win32. I assure you that it is possible to make it work with multiple files per process, even without access to the segment registers.
What can this strange device be?
When I touch it, it gives forth a sound
It's got wires that vibrate and give music
What can this thing be that I found?
Click "Reply to Thread". On the top row of icons click on the "paperclip" image, which opens a new window. Under "Upload Files from your Computer" click "Browse", which then opens up a file-browser window from which you select the Zip file on your computer. Once selected, click "Upload" then "Close this Window". Submit.
Tim - As I said, the newer version of the prophet runs ok on a Windows 7 desktop but it isn't nearly as good as the older version that will only run on a Windows XP or older version of Windows. As I have been told on this forum, I'm an old didnosaur programmer who wants to control the hardware and that include the Full Screen. The emphasis on "Protected Mode" for "security" is something I don't like at all. DOS Box runs on Windows XP except there are some mouse pointer bugs in it. Rather than fix the bugs, MicroSoft chose to do away Full Sreen Mode in Windows 7, probably because they have lost the expertise to fix the bugs.
Doesn't anyone on this forum know how I can post the .ZIP file that has the newer and not so nice version of Pro Football Prophet?
Will
When I click "Reply to Thread" it comes up with a "Quick Reply" window and I don't see a "paperclip" image?
Click on "Go Advanced" instead.
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
Here is Pro Football Prophet. To run select football.exe.
Wot - source code not included?! And whatever happened to ADAM, by the way? I thought you were going to upload the source for that too so that we could review it and offer up our expertise to possibly modernize/make-portable?
Can you tell me is it 16 or 32 bit exe files?Wot - source code not included?! And whatever happened to ADAM, by the way? I thought you were going to upload the source for that too so that we could review it and offer up our expertise to possibly modernize/make-portable?
Tim S.
"...a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are,in short, a perfect match.." Bill Bryson
I think that this conversation should be in the Tech board, as it is not related to the C language.
Fact - Beethoven wrote his first symphony in C
I dunno, but they sure don't appear to be 32-bit...
