Playing DOS games on my laptop and using an external monitor?
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whenever I try to play old dos games on my laptop it cuts out my external monitor. My built in monitor is crack and impossible to use. Does anyone know how to get the computer to sent the signal out to the external monitor when playing dos games?
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Answer:
Maybe the games access the display hardware directly so they don't recognise the hardware that switches the output. You could try running the games in DOSBox, which is a DOS emulator for Windows. Then the computer is technically still running Windows, which means it can use the external monitor, but the game thinks it is running on a basic DOS machine. Worth a try.
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Other answers
In DOS, most laptop functions are controlled by the BIOS.Try pressing Fn and the F1 .. F12 key that has an icon that looks like a monitor. Also Check if there's a "use external monitor" in the BIOS settings. Very old laptops included DOS "drivers" and utilities, like VESA support, power savings, etc.
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