Re: [Freedos-devel] Starting FreeDOS 1.3

The plan is to have a new kernel release that supports gcc-i16 along with Open Watcom and others; (using OW for the FreeDOS 1.3 main distribution, [speculating] possibly with DOSEMU updating their FreeDOS archive to include a gcc compiled version if it proves ready). See https://github.com/FDOS/ke

Re: [Freedos-devel] Starting FreeDOS 1.3

I'd love to see these included in FreeDOS 1.3. I have had this on the Contribute page for a while now: *Create a DOS package of the GNU C Compiler (GCC) that is capable of > creating 16-bit DOS applications (no extender)* That's TK Chia's gcc-ia16 port. O

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

> On Jul 16, 2018, at 3:35 PM, David McMackins wrote: > > I was replying to Jerome who is the original author of the Pascal one. > > I get that VGA is widely available. I'm writing a library, so I want to > support as much as possible. My intended targets (in the order of planned > implement

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

I converted some of it to assembly for FDOSTUI: http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/fdostui/v1/view/head:/src/dos16/video.asm The EGA test is: detect_ega: ; get EGA info ; returns: ; bh video state ; 00h color mode in effect ; 01h mono mode in effect ; bl installed memory

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

I was replying to Jerome who is the original author of the Pascal one. I get that VGA is widely available. I'm writing a library, so I want to support as much as possible. My intended targets (in the order of planned implementation) are VGA, VESA, CGA, and EGA. I want to have contained tests f

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

Hi David, > The EGA check does not come back positive on my VGA machine. > Is this expected? We suggested several: Do you mean the Pascal one suggested by Mark, the PC Mag one suggested by Mateusz, or the ones suggested by me? If all of them, then I would say NO, this is not expected. If SOME o

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

> On Jul 16, 2018, at 2:08 PM, David McMackins wrote: > > The EGA check does not come back positive on my VGA machine. Is this expected? It’s been a really long time. Possibly. Also, possibly a bug or lack of support for test by card. VGA has been around for a really, really long time. Bac

Re: [Freedos-devel] Starting FreeDOS 1.3

Are there any thought as to how TK Chia's gcc-i16 port [0] and Bart Oldeman's patches [1][2] might fit into 1.3+ plans? [0] https://github.com/tkchia/gcc-ia16 [1] https://github.com/PerditionC/fdkernel/pull/25 [2] https://github.com/PerditionC/fdkernel/pull/26 On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 8:51 AM Je

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

The EGA check does not come back positive on my VGA machine. Is this expected? Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fs

[Freedos-devel] Invitation to an Itch-IO Jam

This is just for fun. An invitation to a jam: "I'm using a lot of Assembly Language" in the link https://https://itch.io/jam/50-assembly-language. Today, there are only four participants joined. It is sufficient for me, but I want more. Basic idea: 50% assembly language, 50% free. This is a link

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

:-) > On Jul 16, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Mark Olesen wrote: > > https://github.com/shidel/DustyTP7/blob/master/INFO/INFO.PAS > Wow, that’s some ancient Pascal code. Pretty sure it pre-dates FreeDOS and the Internet. LOL It’s been so long. If I recall correctly, it was made with information in “

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

This looks very useful. I'll do some tests in C later and report back. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

https://github.com/shidel/DustyTP7/blob/master/INFO/INFO.PAS On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Mark Olesen wrote: > https::/gitub.com/shidel/DustyTP7/blob/master/INFO/INFO.PAS > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 4:51 AM, David McMackins > wrote: > >> I'm doing some graphics programming, and I want to su

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

https::/gitub.com/shidel/DustyTP7/blob/master/INFO/INFO.PAS On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 4:51 AM, David McMackins wrote: > I'm doing some graphics programming, and I want to support many > different graphics modes, but I need a way of checking to see if they > are available. Currently I'm working on

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

Hi David, > I'm doing some graphics programming, and I want to support many > different graphics modes, but I need a way of checking to see if they > are available. Currently I'm working on VGA. How do I check if it's > available without just trying to enter graphics mode? I suggest limiting yo

Re: [Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 05:51:09 -0500, David McMackins wrote: > I'm doing some graphics programming, and I want to support many > different graphics modes, but I need a way of checking to see if they > are available. Currently I'm working on VGA. How do I check if it's > available without just trying

[Freedos-devel] Check if VGA is available

I'm doing some graphics programming, and I want to support many different graphics modes, but I need a way of checking to see if they are available. Currently I'm working on VGA. How do I check if it's available without just trying to enter graphics mode? Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supp