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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to capture a DOS screen with Screenshot Captor

« on: April 27, 2009, 07:40 AM »

On a tip from a friend, I downloaded DOSBox 0.72 and solved the problem. VIRTUALBox will probably also work.

Thanks to all. Cecil

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to capture a DOS screen with Screenshot Captor

« on: April 22, 2009, 08:06 AM »

one thing that would almost certainly work would be to install a free virtual pc program

-mouser (April 21, 2009, 12:19 PM)

I tried that and got a message that the personal XP operating system is not supported. I ignored that warning and succeeded in getting Microsmith to run in a virtual ME window. While trying to do an Alt-Print Screen, I got a stack overflow error. Presumably, the screen capture goes on the stack and the stack is not big enough to hold it. I don't remember much about configuring ME-DOS but it appears to me that even if I could implement the ME screen capture, it would not go into the XP clipboard.

Later ... I read how to do what I want to do on another group and it works. Boot the computer to DOS. Install Screen Thief. Run the DOS program. Do a <Ctrl><Alt><t> keystroke to send the DOS screen image to a floppy. Clumsy but effective. Thanks to everyone who responded. Best Regards, Cecil

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to capture a DOS screen with Screenshot Captor

« on: April 21, 2009, 09:52 AM »

Have you thought of trying one of the DOS screen capture programs, like Screen Thief, ...

-rjbull (April 20, 2009, 07:25 AM)

Thanks for the pointer. While running DOS (before Windows) I once used a program called "Frieze" or something like that which read the DOS screen graphic and put it in a disc file. I don't know if such will run under XP.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to capture a DOS screen with Screenshot Captor

« on: April 21, 2009, 09:49 AM »

And alt-return on that DOS screen won't 'window' it so you can grab a capture?

-cranioscopical (April 18, 2009, 07:53 PM)

Nope, that's a difference between ME and XP. When an alt-return is entered, XP instantly minimizes the full-screen DOS image, i.e. no window.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to capture a DOS screen with Screenshot Captor

« on: April 18, 2009, 06:53 PM »

it works here, are you trying to capture a screen like this?

-lanux128 (April 17, 2009, 10:33 PM)

No, I am trying to capture a DOS program graphic that will not run in an XP window. It will only run in full-screen DOS graphic mode. The procedure worked under ME but not under XP. thanks, Cecil

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Screenshot Captor / How to capture a DOS screen with Screenshot Captor

« on: April 17, 2009, 01:43 PM »

A friend who uses Screenshot Captor told me it would capture DOS images when running under XP. I downloaded Screenshot Captor and tried it but did not capture the DOS image. How does one do a DOS screen capture? thanks, Cecil