Well, you should just try it :-) These demos work perfectly under MS-DOS. I can't test it under EDR-DOS because I don't have it installed. In FreeDOS I get the message "Graphics driver wasn't loaded." or something like that and demo ends.
BTW: Somewhere on the FreeDOS site should be also be some incompatibility list. But not on eyes :-) There is also report about problems with Watcom debuger under FreeDOS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Auer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] Come visit EDR-DOS sites! > > Hi Ladislav, > > Please provide more details about the MGL problems. > What exactly do you do, what exactly goes wrong? > Will it work on generic hardware? Does it work okay > in EDR DOS or MS DOS 6 for example? > > > ftp://ftp.scitechsoft.com/devel/demos/dos > > > Japheth also reported problems with restoring interrupt vectors: > > http://www.drdosprojects.de/forum/drp_forum/posts/4124.html > > That is a very interesting suggestion. Japheth writes that DOS > should hook int 19 and remove its own handlers if int 19 is > triggered. Int 19 is what a "FDAPM HOTBOOT" would call, too. > > We can definitely tell FreeDOS to do as MS DOS 7 does (remove > interrupt handlers, STACKS, and move back EBDA) but I would > like to know how well this works in the big picture: Many TSRs > and drivers also modify interrupt vectors, so a hotboot (which > means "only reload kernel, do not go through BIOS reboot code") > is still quite likely to fail. As said, keep me updated on it. > > > FreeDOS also quite slow copies files (read "speed daemon" related > > posts on EDR-DOS lists) > > Kernel related or related to the COPY or XCOPY commands only? > Which side of the process is slow, reading or writing? > > > > you did not say which FAT32 tools are missing. > > Mainly good fast and nice scandisk > > You forgot that we have no scandisk at all. In my opinion, > scandisk is only eye-candy and the ability to undo changes. > > For the rest, it is very similar feature-set-wise to our > dosfsck: A fast filesystem check and (optionally interactive) > repairs for the filesystem. Dosfsck has a "simulate changes > before writing" mode, which could be modified into a > "create an undo file before writing" mode a la scandisk. > > I hope that fat32 support and speed of dosfsck are as good > as you expect. With a bit of a cache loaded, the speed is > really nice for my own taste already :-). > > Eric > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
