Re: [MiNT] PC Ditto

[George Nakos <ggn@hol.gr>]

Hello Peter,

Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 6:50:58 PM, you wrote:

> Last week I got hold of a copy of the old PC Ditto. I want to run
> a simple DOS program on the Milan.

> I was at work so I gave it a quick test with Aranym, it runs but complains
> that I have a USA keyboard and it is a European PC-Ditto; I actually have
> a GB keyboard. The Aranym set-up is Mint 1.16.3 and XaAES 0.998

As  I  can't  think  of an easy way to detect the keyboard in Atari, my guess is
that  it's  detecting  something from TOS. Maybe I should say *trying* to detect
something, because, as I remember, PC Ditto is a very old application.

> When I tried it on the Milan60 it crashes immediately and the Milan has
> to be reset. This is using 1.16.3 and XaAES.

Read my comments above, I would be VERY surprised if PC Ditto worked on anything
other than TOS.

> Why should it behave so differently ?

Only by chance I'd say

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Best regards,
 George                            mailto:ggn@hol.gr