Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 distribution...

2009-11-01 Thread japhethx gmail
>> I see no reason why there couldn't be a 1.1 release followed by a 1.2 >> release up to a 1.9 release. > > There is one very good reason: we don't have up-to-date packages... > To release a v1.1, we'd need to have a complete liste of all latest FreeDOS > packages. > See http://www.ibiblio.org/p

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE Question.

2010-03-02 Thread japhethx gmail
> In my previous UIDE comments the word "P-R-E-S-E-N-T" > was truncated by whatever forum software is in use to > the word "S-E-N-T"!! No problem here. There are 3 occurances of "sent" in your first post, and all threee have a nice "pre" prefix. --

Re: [Freedos-user] Any chance to use 1280x1024 on Win 3.11 in Virtualbox?

2010-04-08 Thread japhethx gmail
> Yes, VirtualBox graphic card indeed is VESA compliant. The whole problem is > about Windows 3.11 not supporting VESA :) > If there was somewhere a Win 3.11 graphic driver designed to work with VESA > cards, that would definitely solve my issue... Unfortunately, so far, I > haven't found any, a

Re: [Freedos-user] Little Sister

2010-09-08 Thread japhethx gmail
> I don't really use DOS any more, so I'm afraid I am unlikely to use > your tool; I am just trying to clarify what you are being asked for, > as you seem not to be getting it. He's getting it pretty good IMO. Additionally, there is this info: > Reading the file LANSTAT.TXT, which is included i

Re: [Freedos-user] 387 emulator

2010-11-25 Thread japhethx gmail
> actually I have absolutely no idea where I should even start to > search for a computer without x87 ;) This isn't a problem, because the CR0 register always has the EM bit which allows to emulate a cpu without fpu. :)) I wrote a FPU emulator for the 386 cpu a few years ago. I didn't notice any

Re: [Freedos-user] jemm not allowing upper memory

2011-02-23 Thread japhethx gmail
> I can’t get jemmex.exe to supply any upper memory. It seems to think that it > is supplying it. Yes. And if is "thinking" that it does then it does, because it has full control over the paging tables. > UMB supplied at a01f-b7ff, free. The UMBs are there, but DOS has ignored them. You should

Re: [Freedos-user] Problem with UIDE

2011-05-17 Thread japhethx gmail
> 1). NOEMS is rarely used, and a lot of things don't handle it well. ... > ... I wouldn't do this. Just load a XMS > driver only (and not via "NOEMS"). NOEMS is ok and safe, the switch which causes problems with some programs is FRAME=NONE. > 2). Actually, I've noticed JEMM386 will hang if you

Re: [Freedos-user] Basic networking abilities

2011-06-01 Thread japhethx gmail
> [snip] I think > everybody has learned the last years that GPL software can be used > without any second thoughts and distributed freely.[snip] No. > I am also a real fan of the Free Software idea. Otherwise I wouldn't > use FreeDOS (which is released under the GPL as well). Some developers > m

Re: [Freedos-user] Using vim 7.3 (vim73_46d32) crashes JEMMEX 5.74b

2011-06-05 Thread japhethx gmail
> Just a note to let you know that repeated use of VIM 7.3.46 (DOS32 > binary) will crash JEMMEX 5.74b if it is used. M$'s HIMEM and EMM386 > works perfectly with it. I tried and I have no problems with VIM - that is, I DO have problems, but they are not related to crashes, but to the funny user

Re: [Freedos-user] Will Freedos support more modern hardware?

2011-08-22 Thread japhethx gmail
>> What stopped the plans? > > Only Japheth knows ... I guess you're refering to this: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=4486 Nothing stopped the plans, but it's delayed a bit ... and I happened to implement 2. before 1. Are yu going to complain about this? JWlink is now in

Re: [Freedos-user] {Spam?} [OT] Problems in the ReactOS community...

2011-09-07 Thread japhethx gmail
> What have I ever said > in the ReactOS community that calls for threatening me with prosecution? > If nothing merits this, there is proof then that the ReactOS community > is troubled and possibly that this trouble is as serious as I suggest. Judge not, that ye be not judged. IOW: don't spam t