Terminal Video Problem Solved (and sound too!)

[Mushroom <p.hayes1@ntlworld.com>]

>Stas Sergeev wrote:
>> Mushroom wrote:

>> Yes - the problem remains as it was. I'll try playing with some more
>> settings but it doesn't seem promising.

> OK, try the attached patch.
> This is a first pass of the POST-less
> video init, which will be used for
> the VESA driver in the future, if
> someone will finally enlarge an IO
> bitmap to 8K in the linux kernel.
> If that fixes your problem - we'll
> see. If not - you are out of luck.

That's fixed it!!!
The graphic card details no longer come up when dosemu starts and vga is 
perfect!
The console is left in video mode but easily readible and clears after going 
to x and back.


>> BTW the sound which was working 
>> well in 1.1.3.0 seems partly broken again in 1.1.3.7
>Fine :-/
>Now, when my new sound engine finally
>made it in (which was the one of the
>top requested features), there will
>surely be someone who will call it
>broken:)

Glad to be of service :)

>> but that's not something that really concerns me.
>That is important and concerns me.
>My sound engine is not perfect overall,
>but compared with an old crap, I
>don't want to have any drawbacks.
>Please open the bug report on dosemu
>SourceForge BTS and attach you program
>to that report so that I can reproduce
>and fix the problem.

After the efforts you have gone to sort me out I thought I'd better do some 
testing of my own. So I had my brother re-build an old 386, put a decent 
soundcard in and try it through my current sound system. Same result.

It is really weird that the old dosemu sound system sounds exactly like 
playing it through some desktop speakers with a nasty soundcard which is as 
I remember it!

I am very sorry for raising concerns it seems that original program did not 
allow for being played through decent equipment.

Many many thanks for your help and I hope that patch assists others in the 
same way.

Paul