Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> I am using the CVS version, and yes, there are continuations as I am
> using the stock files in conf/.
>
> Modifying the files to not have backslashes makes it work. This just
> meant turning the plugin lines a single line. A patch is attached
> removing the continuation characters.
I'll recode the line continuation. Just didn't get to it, for the
previous round of CVS updates.
> So, this makes the cooperative and preemptive demos run! Even FreeDOS
> is running great! Awesome! In terms of speed, it has much to be
> desired, but even in its current state Plex86 is pretty amazing. :)
> Congratulations.
It should be much faster in the not-too-distant future.
> I really hope that in the future I will be able to use plex86 without a
> yucky propriatary VGA bios. Is there any work underway to create a free
> one? When you need non-free software to run a piece of free software
> it takes away from the goal of the software being free. At the moment,
> Debian is not including plex86 for this reason.
It's solid, does the job, is licensed for use with plex86, and is
one less thing for us to worry about. VGA BIOS calls have a bunch
of non or poorly documented quirks. Anyways, we can use another
VGA BIOS if one is written. I'm not writing it. Mostly we need
a video BIOS to get us through the booting stage, until a driver
is loaded by the OS to drive either the VGA emulation of a guest
specific interface. So it's kind of a moot point.
But hey, go nuts and write one.
-Kevin
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