Re: Cannot get APL characters

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"Doug White" <gwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> White) wrote:
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>>>>I have installed APL*PLUS 11 on my Dell Dimension 4700, XP Pro. I
>>>> cannot get the APL characters to display. Using the TEXT keyboard,
>>>> for example, the Alt-[ key, which behaves correctly as left arrow,
>>>> actually displays as a spade.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone suggest how to get the correct display ?
>>
>>I just ran into exactly the same problem at work, where they "upgraded"
>>my computer to a Dell Optiplex GX620 with XP Pro. My previous Dell
>>with W2K worked fine, and my IBM laptop at home with XP is also fine.
>>All of a sudden, I can't get APL fonts to work. I haven't finished
>>experimenting, but I suspect a defect in the graphics card the machine
>>came with. If I go to Settings-Control Panel-Display, I get:
>>
>>Dell 2001FP (Digital) on 128MB ATI Radeon X600 SE
>>
>>I'd be very curious if the original poster or anyone else has this video
>>setup and can or cannot get APLFONT.COM to work. I've already talked to
>>the IT guys, and they are willing to extract the video card from the old
>>machine & swap it to see if that fixes things.
>
> I also have a new Dell "Dimension E310" at home that just bought for my
> two girls to use for homework (and hopefully learning APL). I just
> copied my APL files over from my XP laptop, and the APLFONT.COM doesn't
> seem to work on this machine either. The graphics is done by a chipset
> on the motherboard. Control Panel-Settings-Display reports it as:
> Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset
>
> I have a nasty feeling that either Dell has done something odd in their
> setup of their machines, or the newer video adapters are breaking the
> VESA rules and won't work.
>
> I would really like to get to the bottom of this. Sometime this week,
> the IT guys at work will swap in my old video card into my new machine.
> If that doesn't fix it, it means Dell has done something odd (possibly in
> the BIOS?) that disables downloading fonts. If it works, it suggests
> that there are at least two flavors of video adapters out there that
> don't work.
>
> Doug White

Thanks to Doug Houle, I now have apl glyphs witn STSC aplplus version 11. I
had no problem with this under win98SE- using the aplfont.
I set the properties of the "command prompt " to "maximised" and an stsc Apl
font 18x12. I also set up alp.exe with font as auto and to run in a window.
So far, I haven't set any other parameters such as extended memory.
I wrote a file apl.bat placed in the directory in which the dos box opens

cd\location of apl
apl.exe
exit

All is fine until I do some boxg graphics - after which the window reverts
to full screen 640x480 without the apl glyphs.

I will have to explore more but it is unlikely that it is your
adapter/monitor.
--

Don Kelly @shawcross.ca
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