On Feb 26, 1:27 am, "bur" <bur7...@aol.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> WordStar 4 is an excellent DOS word processing program. I use it
> daily for editing programs and formatting data. It has a column mode
> that is still better than anything else I have seen and can deal with
> very long lines unlike most other word processors. It works well
> under XP (with a little tweaking) and I would like to know if anyone
> has tried it under Vista. I'm also curious if Qbasic and DOS Edit work
> under Vista without resorting toDOSbox. My main concern is for
> programs I use at work since, based on everything I've heard about
> Vista, XP will be the last Microsoft OS I run at home.[/color]

Vista doesn't support full-screen console unless you install XP (XDDM)
video drivers instead of Vista video drivers (WDDM).

The reason WDDM drivers do not support full-screen console is because
they do not allow int10 access required to do this.

The only way to get full-screen DOS programs working under Windows
Vista is to install the XP drivers (not recommended) or use an
emulation or virtualization program like DosBox/VirtualBox/VPC/Vmware/
etc.