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Article #23Re: HELP: DOSSHELL on ZenithTurboSport
From: JIMI HENDRIX
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 08:02
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 08:02
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In article <1992Jul25.063138.22991@cco.caltech.edu>, rpt@ovro.caltech.edu writes... >I recently have bought a used ZenithTurboSport 386. The machine works >fine (programs, games, graphics), EXCEPT for DOSSHELL. Initiating >DOSSHELL in the various text modes results in a blank screen, whereas >in graphics mode the screen is filled with mumbo-dumbo characters. >Occasionally I have been able to get out of the SHELL by typing ALT-f4 >hence I believe the invisible DOSSHELL is actually running correctly. > >A TurboSport comes with a 640x400 CGA (double scan) paper white >screen. I am using DOS 5.0. > >Anybody out there who knows what is going on? > >Remo Tilanus (rpt@ovro.caltech.edu) Owens Valley Radio Observatory I used to use a supersport 286 cga and had no trouble with dosshell. maybe your dos is installed incorrectly....try to reinstall it LEE HUDDLESTON, Texas A&M University, College St. TX "This views expressed are mine and are not necessarily those of Texas A&M University, its faculty, staff nor students"
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith,comp.sys.laptops Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!zeus.tamu.edu!hlh5721 From: hlh5721@zeus.tamu.edu (JIMI HENDRIX) Subject: Re: HELP: DOSSHELL on ZenithTurboSport Message-ID: <25JUL199203024519@zeus.tamu.edu> Summary: DOSSHELL invisible News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41 Sender: news@tamsun.tamu.edu (Read News) Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services References: <1992Jul25.063138.22991@cco.caltech.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 08:02:00 GMT Lines: 25