acad_2k Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 here are my options Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 I tried option 6 which got me to the drawing editor but the text was garbled. I then tried 2, now I can't open autocad due to a display error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 My apologies, I had forgotten that stock AutoCAD R13 for DOS has relatively few drivers. Give me a moment here and I will send you a proper driver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 This is a legacy Vibrant Graphics driver for R13. Copy it to your DRV folder (which for you is probably C:\ACADR13\DRV). After doing this, a new option should appear in the video selections. The first time you choose it, the driver will complain about not having a config (CFG) file, but carry on and use the default setting which is 640x480 VGA. If the future you can go back into the config and choose a more specific setting within this driver (based on your graphics card) and run at very high resolutions. DL153100.RES 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Thanks! Will give it a try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) I didn't read your post carefully the first time. Will copy it. Thanks Edited December 21, 2019 by acad_2k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Copy it into your C:\ACADR13\DRV folder. Then go back into AutoCAD, type config and choose a new video display. You should see a new option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 The new option will look like #2 shown here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 okay, here are the options... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Well, these are certainly different than your previous screenshot. For now, I would select number eight (8) "IBM Video Graphics Array". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 For real, I wish I could teleport there for a few minutes and sort this out for you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 I can't thank you enough for walking me through this. Now I have to get the mouse driver installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Happy to help. If you have a Microsoft Mouse, you can find a DOS driver for it here: https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-mouse/9x If you have a different one, let me know and I will be glad to help you track down a driver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Mouse is working, thanks again for all of your help. This has been bugging me for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Hit me up if you want to get that R12 working! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 That's what I've been working on. I started with R13 earlier in the week but decided to get this old 486 running and I thought R12 would be more appropriate. It's been almost 20 years since I had this system running. Not sure what to do with it yet, but I'm glad it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroCAD Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Oh gosh, I just realized that you are running R12! I though we were working on R13 Good on you man, it is super fun to have a vintage CAD station. If you need some period drawing files, I have a substantial collection of Architectural/Engineering files. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acad_2k Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Thanks, I may take you up on the offer. The bulk of my drawings were done in AutoCAD 2000. I'm going to save a few in R12 format to see how they look in a DOS machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_O'neill Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 You guys have have brought back some memories with this discussion. My first turn and being a cad admin was during a transition from R12 dos to R12 windows. We were running NT in those days. If I recall, there were 14 floppies involved in the thing. I did a dual install on my machine so I could work out the bugs (many of which you guys mentioned here) and get some stuff done too. Those were the good old days. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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