Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-09-01 Thread Aitor SantamarĂ­a
Hello Bart, I added the hook... very sorry about this delay... Aitor 2009/6/5 Bart Oldeman : > Hi Eric, > > 2009/6/5 Eric Auer : > >> Bart seems to work on this a lot, but unfortunately there is >> nothing about the progress on the mailing list. > > well, at the time of setting up SVN I asked J

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-06 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jeremy, > The Windows specific patches are minor but add a small amount of code > hence the extra work to enable (Windows is the only application for Can you give an example of the changes in code size in RAM / on disk? > them). The kernel worked with windows 3.11 in enhanced mode except for

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-06 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Bart, > well, at the time of setting up SVN I asked Jim if he could > set up sourceforge so the patches to go to the existing > freedos-cvs mailing list (where CVS commits were sent) I do not know how many people read that list, but my suggestion was more to talk about the code rather than re

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Bernd, Tom, Bart, others, > ... >> WfW support will probably never come; WfW was tighly coupled to the >> kernel (at least according to Schulman et. al., WfW is MUCH more then >> just a flavour of Windows 3.11) > > What is Schulman et al? I wo

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread Bart Oldeman
Hi Eric, 2009/6/5 Eric Auer : > Bart seems to work on this a lot, but unfortunately there is > nothing about the progress on the mailing list. well, at the time of setting up SVN I asked Jim if he could set up sourceforge so the patches to go to the existing freedos-cvs mailing list (where CVS c

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Bernd, Tom, Bart, others, > * external Country.sys support (including MODE, DISPLAY, NLSFUNC etc) Definitely useful. I hope it can be combined with compiled-in 2038 style basic support: Things like date/time/number format. While only external country.sys adds sort/uppercase/lowercase override

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread Bernd Blaauw
dos386 schreef: >> FreeDOS runs Windows 3 in standard mode easily, but >> > > ... isn't this a problem for Free Software purists ? ;-) > More a practical issue.. Windows 3.xx and all the software written for it is useless without availability of the Enhanced Mode.

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread Tom Ehlert
> * Windows 3.1x support seriously: is ANYBODY using Windows 3.x ? IMHO Windows 3.x is 100% obsolete, so why would anybody want windows 3.x support ? >>> & WfW support in stable, these might be handy. > Windows for Workgroups , which is a flavor of Microsoft Windows 3.11 WfW support will probabl

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread dos386
Hi > Can you forward details about that dmidecode / bttr forum thing? Trivial to find: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=3394 > country sys support is very useful for SOME languages OK ... I don't use them, so I am unable to detect how broken it is ;-) > FreeDOS runs Windows

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Eric Auer schreef: > Hi dos386! > > Can you forward details about that dmidecode / bttr forum thing? > http://www.bttr-software.de/ http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum.php software: http://www.bttr-software.de/misc/dmide29b.zip (I guess) Nowadays a hardware diagnostics tool at boottime seem

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread Bernd Blaauw
dos386 schreef: >> PS: I would like to quote IBID_AG >> 2. Congratulations on a great kernel/OS >> 4. I would rather see more of the features from 2037 in stable >> > > List ??? > * external Country.sys support (including MODE, DISPLAY, NLSFUNC etc) * That FNODES stuff (Bart seems to be wor

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-05 Thread Eric Auer
Hi dos386! Can you forward details about that dmidecode / bttr forum thing? >> PS: I would like to quote IBID_AG >> 4. I would rather see more of the features from 2037 in stable Ask IBID... country sys support is very useful for SOME languages, but which other features of 2037 are really hot?

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-06-04 Thread dos386
> PS: I would like to quote IBID_AG > 2. Congratulations on a great kernel/OS > 4. I would rather see more of the features from 2037 in stable List ??? > & WfW support in stable, these might be handy. WtF is WfW ??? > And SHSUCDX with UDF support does seem higher priority. > UDF-CDEX would be s

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-05-31 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Bernd, Pat, Jeremy, >> Pat, Jeremy: Please FIRST update history txt BEFORE we make >> a sourceforge file release of kernel 2038. Thank you :-). I just uploaded updated history.txt / readme.txt / contrib.txt as subversion revision SVN r1412 for Pat :-). NOTE: Please ONLY updated those 3 when m

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-05-31 Thread Pat Villani
Folks, I am not as up to date on the changes as you may be. I'm looking for a volunteer (or volunteers) to update history.txt for 2038 and 2039. When I get the updated files, I'll follow through and get them on the web sites. Pat On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > *** SNIP

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-05-31 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Eric Auer schreef: > Pat, Jeremy: Please FIRST update history txt BEFORE we make > a sourceforge file release of kernel 2038. Thank you :-). > As ideal as this seems, I'm glad there's a 2038 now. Feel free to make a history.txt for 2039, as you seem to mention there's some patches already again

[Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038 discussion stuck? history.txt changes

2009-05-31 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, as there was no reaction to the mail of dos386 ten days ago, I would like to repeat it as new thread: > Tested and didn't find anything eclatantly evil so far :-) > > - It works mostly, see shot: > http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4611/ker2038.png This screenshot shows a 46208 byte kern

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038

2009-05-21 Thread dos386
Tested and didn't find anything eclatantly evil so far :-) - It works mostly, see shot: http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4611/ker2038.png - "my" GetDiskFreeSpaceEx bug seems fixed - "history.txt" neglects any development, oops Eric already pointed it, also, the filename should be "HISTORY.T

[Freedos-kernel] Kernel 2038 and plans

2009-05-18 Thread ibid_ag
Hello all, 1. I have checked out the latest build (kernel 2038-32). It works fine with GEM/XM. (So did the 2nd RC.) 2. Congratulations on a great kernel/OS 3. PLEASE stop the flame wars--the last few digests have looked rather (?!) 4. I would rather see more of the features from 2037 in stable tha

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038

2009-05-18 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jeremy, > Kernel 2038 tagged and available at http://www.fdos.org/kernel/latest/ > Someone with access, please upload to ibiblio and release on SF. Please update history.txt - it represents the state of 13 months ago... While you are at it, could you update my email to mceric at users.sourcef

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038

2009-05-17 Thread dos386
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[Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038

2009-05-17 Thread dos386
> Kernel 2038 tagged and available at http://www.fdos.org/kernel/latest/ Thanks :-) Even my GetDiskFreeSpaceEx-BUG is fixed ? I'll test :-) > Someone with access, please upload to ibiblio and release on SF. Indeed ... now it says latest kernel is from 2006 !!! > Depending on any reported issues

[Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038

2009-05-17 Thread Kenneth J. Davis
Kernel 2038 tagged and available at http://www.fdos.org/kernel/latest/ Someone with access, please upload to ibiblio and release on SF. Please test and report any new issues to the mailing list. Depending on any reported issues, 2039 scheduled to be released in about a month. Comments about new

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel 2038

2009-05-17 Thread Pat Villani
I'll take care of it tomorrow. Pat On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Kenneth J. Davis wrote: > Kernel 2038 tagged and available at http://www.fdos.org/kernel/latest/ > Someone with access, please upload to ibiblio and release on SF. > > > Please test and report any new issues to the mailing lis