Im having trouble in the DOS version of the Miracle software with garbled characters in some Miracle menu displays under Windows 9x, 2000 or XP. Can you help?
Numerous users have reported that they are having problems with DOS Miracle in recent versions of Windows, mostly with “scrambled” characters in certain parts of the program display. This is not due to “defective” diskettes or a problem with the operating system. We have recently learned, thanks to a note from a visitor to PEP, that the problem with “scrambled characters” is due to the fact that support for the 8×14 pixel font, used by the Miracle software, has been eliminated from many modern graphics cards. Thus, this is a hardware, rather than software issue. Fortunately there is a free fix available for this in the form of an installable DOS device driver that restores 8×14 font support. You can find out more about this, as well as download the fix, at FIX8X14 – 8×14 font fixer. Several visitors to PEP have reported that this fix worked well on their systems and its manufacturer reports that it has tested this fix on the Miracle software and shown it to work. We have tested it succ
Numerous users have reported that they are having problems with DOS Miracle in recent versions of Windows, mostly with “scrambled” characters in certain parts of the program display. This is not due to “defective” diskettes or a problem with the operating system. We have learned, thanks to a note from a visitor to PEP, that the problem with “scrambled characters” is due to the fact that support for the 8×14 pixel font, used by the Miracle software, has been eliminated from many modern graphics cards. Thus, this is a hardware, rather than software issue. Fortunately there is a free fix available for this in the form of an installable DOS device driver that restores 8×14 font support.
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