Adventures in DOS mode

Andy Zaitsev (daugava@crl.com)
Thu, 11 Jul 1996 19:31:43 -0500

Today we installed text mode driver and real life began for
my Omnigo. Here are things we found out:

1) Keyboard in Omnigo DOS is not mapped exactly the same way
as signed. For example, pressing Shift-/ will give you question
mark, while pressing '?' yields '*'.

2) There is Ctrl key - it is cleverly disguised as Fn!

3) DOS programs run well, especially those that can live with
partial screen. For example:

LIST.COM - excellent, can view files and scroll lines that are longer
than 40 characters.

VC.COM (Volkov Commander, freeware clone of norton) - excellent!
Can work quite well without seeing the right panel. Alt key
makes accessible menus with most commands (which makes up for
absense of F6-F10 keys).
Viewer and editor and all the other good stuff works as it is supposed to.

Andrew