T23 DOS display weird symptoms

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nintenDRU · #1 Post by **nintenDRU** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:27 am

I use older laptops to run my CNC machines. I recently bought (2) T23's and ran into the strangest issue. The T23's have W2K svcpk4 installed and the software I run, runs in DOS mode. What happens is it looks like the spaces in between the words in the menus have very odd characters? Which makes most of the menus unreaable. I have lots of older Thinkpads running the same software that handle the graphics fine. I have also tried to just install DOS and I get the same problem. Does anyone have any idea or where I should start?

phool@round · #2 Post by **phool@round** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:21 pm

Welcome to the Forum!

Here is a link to install the Super Savage IXC16 video driver for W2K; http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... IGR-4Z8NTP
And here's one for W95/98 that should run under DOS; http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... IGR-4Z6SC7

Seems it doesn't understand how many characters. Have you tried "DOS Compatibility" for your CNC app?

I remember seeing the same problem your having on one of my systems but it was along time ago, not on a Thinkpad. I'm pretty sure it was a video driver issue....

nintenDRU · #3 Post by **nintenDRU** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:50 pm

Ok so I was able to load the W2k driver but how do I load the other one for DOS? And in w2k the graphics are better but not in my dos app.
Also, what is "DOS Compatibility" mode?
TIA

nintenDRU · #4 Post by **nintenDRU** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:39 pm

Paul Pennington · #5 Post by **Paul Pennington** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:48 am

You need to need to add this line to your config.sys file:

device=ansi.sys

Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia

T23 DOS display weird symptoms

T23 DOS display weird symptoms

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