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QB on Vista? - wildcard - 08-02-2007
I've not had a chance to see Vista for myself but does anyone know how it runs, or if it does at all? Excuse my ignorance on the subject but I am curious.
Re: QB on Vista? - DrV - 08-02-2007
In general, text-mode DOS programs than ran on XP will run on Vista, but there's no video mode support due to the video driver model change (AFAIK).
Re: QB on Vista? - Dr_Davenstein - 08-02-2007
I really can't say I know anything about it yet, but I'd be willing to bet it's dead in the water. The other night, a guy tried running game I made using OpenGL on Vista and his pc went haywire. My point is, if they're having that much trouble with OpenGL, QB must probably be totally borked. :-\
Re: QB on Vista? - wildcard - 08-02-2007
I suppose not too suprising for MS, I know they can't always keep compatability but I guess a little more support for old DOS programs would have been nice. I guess its only emulation now or conversion to FB or similar if you want to run old games/programs.
Re: QB on Vista? - Dav - 08-02-2007
Personally, I haven't tried Qbasic under Vista.
I've read conflicting reports about Qbasic+Vista. Some say Qbasic works, but very poorly, and only in SCREEN 0. Attempting other screen res will kill Qbasic. Also, using some commands (even in SCREEN 0) wont work. Others say Qbasic never runs for them at all (some said that under Win98x as I recall).
Yeah, more DOS compatability would have been nice. (even more compatability with older windows programs would be nice).
Re: QB on Vista? - wildcard - 08-02-2007
Although I've found XP pretty good overall, preferred in same places to Win98 I think Vista is a much bigger jump in general terms. Although XP isn't great, I've got some games that were written for DirectX than don't even run.
Re: QB on Vista? - Dr_Davenstein - 08-03-2007
(08-02-2007, 11:06 PM)wildcard link Wrote:Although I've found XP pretty good overall, preferred in same places to Win98 I think Vista is a much bigger jump in general terms. Although XP isn't great, I've got some games that were written for DirectX than don't even run.
That's what I'm talking about right there. That's the kind of thing that really frustrates me. I mean, it's their own proprietary library! I read a few articles about hardware vendors slacking on the driver end though, so maybe things will improve eventually. :-\
Re: QB on Vista? - wildcard - 08-03-2007
It doesn't make much sense to me, but I know games tend to be some of the most trying programs you run on PCs but still..
They need to be careful how the do these kinds of changes. My company, although not a good example, banned/didn't upgrade to IE7 as it would break out intranet and associated programs and its not that small a company. But as I said bad exampleÂ
Re: QB on Vista? - Eponasoft - 08-04-2007
I have read that a few OEM systems manufacturers have started refusing to sell new PCs with Vista installed, opting for XP instead, despite Microsoft's insistence on pushing Vista.
Re: QB on Vista? - BadMrBox - 08-04-2007
Vista is just a pain in the butt. I'm going to install xp on my comp if I only could find my disc again :-\