I have an old (1988) Dos Cad program called Drafix 1Plus which I upgraded to Drafix Cad Ultra. It first ran on my IBM PS 2 computer with DOS. It then ran on my AST MS DOS PC. It continued to work on my Sony VAIO RX770 with XP just fine. However, it failed to work on my new Dell Inspiron 530 with Vista.
I am able to print my old drawing files by using a program called “DOSPRN” with intercepts printer bound files and converts them so they will print on new systems. (You can google DOSPRN to learn more about this program.)
The bad problem, though, is that I am not able to edit the old files or create new ones. When I try to run Drafix, I do not get the usual opening drawing screen but I get an error message saying that
“the system does not support full screen operation ... press cancel to exit or press ignore.”
If I press ignore several times, I get a blank black screen with a blinking cursor. But it will not accept data from either the keyboard or mouse.
Does anyone out there see a solution to this problem before I take the drastic action of learning a new cad program? Besides Drafix is like an old friend that I want to keep.:
FYI: The Dell has :-
Intel Core2 Duo processor 2.4Hz 800FSB W/DUAL CORE 2mb CACHE
20' Flat Panel Display W/ 15 Pin VGA connector
Integrated Intel graphics media accelerator 3100
Intel G33/G31 Express chipset Family (Display adapter)
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