Re: [Freedos-user] Command Line Parsing

2014-05-16 Thread Frantisek Hanzlik
Jack Jackson wrote: I've noticed a difference in command line parsing between FreeDOS and PC-DOS. Both FreeDOS and PC-DOS put the command line, starting with the character after the executable, in a buffer at offset 0x80 in the PSP. The behavior difference I see with FreeDOS is if the

Re: [Freedos-user] Keyboard issue

2014-05-16 Thread Mateusz Viste
About (de)compressors: have you checked with UPX (it's quite heavily used nowadays) and LZEXE (this one was kind of popular in old days...) ? Maybe could you check with a hex editor for some compressor signature? As for patching the borland runtime 200 error, TPPATCH always worked fine for

Re: [Freedos-user] Keyboard issue

2014-05-16 Thread Bret Johnson
FWIW, the one that works for me is called PROT200. I only have a couple of programs that need it (and they aren't Editors). Another possibility might be to use my SLOWDOWN program, which will let you change the effective CPU speed on the fly with keyboard hot-keys. The Runtime Error 200 fix

Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

2014-05-16 Thread dmccunney
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:31 AM, TJ Edmister damag...@hyakushiki.net wrote: On Thu, 15 May 2014 11:30:22 -0400, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote: Oh by the way if you want to install XP on FAT32, it will

Re: [Freedos-user] Keyboard issue

2014-05-16 Thread Dale E Sterner
I believe the exe is self extracting zip file. Its safer to open with winzip in case of a bug. Just run the exe in a directory and it should expand itself. DS On Fri, 16 May 2014 10:06:21 -0300 Marcos Favero Florence de Barros fav...@mpcnet.com.br writes: Hi, This is just an update on the

Re: [Freedos-user] hpa

2014-05-16 Thread mcelhanon
Have you read this information about HPA (host protected area) on Wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_protected_area It might provide some help with removing it. However, I suspect that the problem is as you have assumed that it can't be done with an usb-to-ide adapter because of the

Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

2014-05-16 Thread TJ Edmister
On Fri, 16 May 2014 11:29:09 -0400, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:31 AM, TJ Edmister damag...@hyakushiki.net wrote: On Thu, 15 May 2014 11:30:22 -0400, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Dale E Sterner

[Freedos-user] Annual Inform

2014-05-16 Thread Rafael Angel Campos Vargas
Annual Inform: To FreeDOS project: Sorry, I don’t speak English. Thanks a lot for your Operative System, programs and resources. I’m totally convinced your project is very useful for humanity. To preserve old source is sufficient for me, but in this letter I’m thinking in the future.

[Freedos-user] FreeDos on 86Duino

2014-05-16 Thread Dinosaur
Hi All Long time user of FreeDos on CFC in Industrial environment. Long time user of FreeBasic in the same environment. Retired and experimenting with a new device. Have recently purchased an 86Duino in the form of EduCake. Basically an x86 with breadboard on top. Fairly new product using a