Re: Apple II Oasis on Vista 32

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Eric Rucker wrote:
> On Apr 2, 11:18 am, "Garberstreet Electronics" <willy4...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
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> > > Garberstreet Electronics wrote:
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> > > > > When I run Apple II Oasis on my Vista 32 laptop, the window that opens
> > > > > is just a few percent too small, resulting in scroll bars and even
> > > > > more loss of screen area.
> > > > Scroll bars and loss of screen area means that the window is actually
> > > > too large.
> > > I mean the size of the window (frame) opened is smaller than the size of
> > > the emulated screen it is displaying, therefore scroll bars.
> > Yah, I realized my error after I had retired for the night.  ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I've tried the obvious things, but A2 Oasis only resizes its emulated
> > > window in simple multiples of Apple pixels, so no matter what multiple
> > > I choose, the window is slightly too small to hold it completely.
> > > It almost looks like an "off by one" error in window size, perhaps
> > > because Vista changed the rules slightly...
> > > I think I remember fiddling with "compatibility" switches, but I
> > > don't recall finding anything that worked.
> > > If another Oasis user has solved the problem, I'd appreciate hearing
> > > how they did it.
> > > > > Does anyone know a simple fix, or should I contact its creator?
> > > > Is there a config file that may contain window location and size?
> > > Nothing obvious, since window sizes are just simple multiples of
> > > Apple screen sizes, with no other choices.
> > Never having used Apple II Oasis, I really can't help, but,
> > if it isn't modular, then you would have to change it at the
> > source code.
> >
> > Garberstreet Electronicshttp://www.garberstreet.com
>
> And, IIRC, Apple II Oasis is a Win16 program with Win32 hooks, and it
> was last updated in 2004.
>
> Good luck getting a Vista update, especially as it'll only run on
> Vista32, and not Vista64.
>
> However, what specific functionality of Apple II Oasis do you need?
> Between AppleWin, CiderPress, and ADTPro, you're most of the way there.

I've used it for a long time on several systems, and I'm used to
the "dance" to capture listings, etc.

Of course there are other possibilities, but the first thing to try
is making it continue to work as usual.

-michael

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