Subj : Re: Year of Linux on the
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Aug 05 2025 11:50 am

  Re: Re: Year of Linux on the
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Tue Aug 05 2025 09:55 am

 PF> I love DOSBOX - I've recreated my DOS environment from the early '90s in
 PF> mine - THEDRAW, QEDIT, a QWK reader, XTree, Geoworks/Windows 3.1, and
 PF> Telix.

 PF> My only misgiving is that I can't go full screen on an 24:9 ultrawide
 PF> monitor. With font scaling, you could fill an 16:9 wide screen nicely.

I've done something similar.  I also liked using QEdit and TheDraw, and I installed some DOS games I used to like to play, as well as Windows 3.1.  I also set up a virtual modem on a COM port so I could use Telemate and Telix (for DOS) to dial BBSes if I wanted to.

I've run that in full screen, but I don't mind not being able to completely fill a widescreen monitor.  In fact, I'd sort of rather not, as it would stretch the image horizontally, which wouldn't look right.  My thinking is that different things have different aspect ratios, which won't all completely fill the screen, and that's okay.  If the image is only 4:3, it's basically the same as viewing it on a 4:3 monitor.

Nightfox
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