"bruce.bowman tds.net" wrote:
>
>Palletized 640x480x256 colors requires VBE 3.0.
No. The VBE 3.0 standard doesn't define any new modes at all. The 640x480x256
mode (0x101h) was defined from the very beginning, in VBE 1.0. Of course actual
support depends on hardware. If you need 640x480x256
Yeah, I still have the source. I get an itch to work on it every few years.
DosBox ain't gonna happen. If I decide to go the emulator route it will be
VM.
Bruce
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Rugxulo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:01 PM, bruce.bowman tds.net
> wrote:
> >
> > I
I got turboc on my server at FTP://digitalatoll.com/PUB/ELITE/WAREZ/
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, Rugxulo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:01 PM, bruce.bowman tds.net
> > wrote:
> >
> > I think it was written in Turbo C++ 3.0. It's been awhile. I've
> uninstalled
> > it because I tho
Hi,
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:01 PM, bruce.bowman tds.net
wrote:
>
> I think it was written in Turbo C++ 3.0. It's been awhile. I've uninstalled
> it because I thought I had a backup around here. If not, I'm sure I can find
> images of the install disks on the web somewhere. I probably have it on
It's true that a lot of developers just quit supporting their products.
I once figured out how much I was making for all the time I was spending on
Dirt Cheap Software. It came to about 15 cents per hour. But I wasn't doing
it for the money -- it was more of a hobby than a business.
I still have
The possible reason you didn't make any money off our shareware biz is that
people back then were
Not sure if they would receive the full version for the money sent, scams
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, bruce.bowman tds.net wrote:
> Just a few replies...
>
> I think it was written in Turbo C++ 3
Just a few replies...
I think it was written in Turbo C++ 3.0. It's been awhile. I've uninstalled
it because I thought I had a backup around here. If not, I'm sure I can
find images of the install disks on the web somewhere. I probably have it
on floppies (ha ha).
Back in the early 90s I had a sh
Hi,
Just a few answers:
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:51 PM, bruce.bowman tds.net
wrote:
(part one)
> My program is a fairly simple role-playing game. It was originally written
> in Turbo C for DOS, and reads/writes to disk using DOS (not BIOS) calls.
(BTW, which Turbo C version? Some here stil
Okay, I have the CD working now, just need to fine-tune it.
Is anyone aware of an FDOS utility that can probe for available drives,
preferably writable ones? On my machine it finds my FAT32 partition (D: in
XP) and assigns it to the C: drive. Can I count on that behavior to
continue on other machi
Op 26-11-2012 20:47, bruce.bowman tds.net schreef:
> All the bootable CDs that I've seen have contained a floppy disk image.
> This is what actually boots. During the boot process the embedded
> AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS reload the drive and assigns it a DOS drive
> letter. Only after that's done
Well, I've been working on this awhile and have learned a lot. And most of
what I've learned is what others have been trying to tell me.
All the bootable CDs that I've seen have contained a floppy disk image.
This is what actually boots. During the boot process the embedded
AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG
Hi Bruce.
Your project sounds interesting.
If for any reason the image you found does not serve, take a look at the
ultimate boot cd.
www.ultimatebootcd.com
I cannot say if any of the tools will do more than what you have found, but
they might.
Karen
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, bruce.bowman tds.net wr
I'll try to answer some of the questions here.
My program is a fairly simple role-playing game. It was originally written
in Turbo C for DOS, and reads/writes to disk using DOS (not BIOS) calls. It
runs in 256 palletized colors on a 640x480 console. While running, it
frequently reads image files o
also at www.floppydisk.com
they have usb floppy drives that are plug-and-play
compatible with windows. i have 2 and they're great
under windows 7 64-bit.
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From: bruce.bowman tds.net
winxpfix.zip and videoprt.zip have both been tried and neither of them
work. They might provide VESA 1.2 or 2.0 capability but not 3.0.
Between my wife and I, we own six computers. None of them have a floppy
drive.
www.tigerdirect.com loo
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2012-11-25 01:24 (GMT-0500) bruce.bowman tds.net composed:
>
>> Between my wife and I, we own six computers. None of them have a floppy
>> drive.
>
> No drive doesn't necessarily mean neither floppy controller nor place to put
> a flop
Hi,
Just for clarity, since I am not exactly sure what you meant,
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:28 PM, bruce.bowman tds.net
wrote:
>
> I have an old DOS program that I wrote and still want to run, but it uses
> VESA 3.0 SVGA graphics, which are not [fully] supported by later versions of
> Windoze.
Op 25-11-2012 4:28, bruce.bowman tds.net schreef:
> The bootable CD images that I've been seeing for FreeDOS and DOS 7.1 are
> all /installation/ disks that first fake a floppy drive and then load a
> bootable floppy disk image that cannot be edited. I don't want to
> actually install DOS and over
On 2012-11-25 01:24 (GMT-0500) bruce.bowman tds.net composed:
> Between my wife and I, we own six computers. None of them have a floppy
> drive.
No drive doesn't necessarily mean neither floppy controller nor place to put
a floppy drive. A new floppy drive is easily found on the internet for und
Amazon.com has USB powered floppy drives for 13$
Maybe put together a freedos boot floppy with said program on it
And run it from there
On Saturday, November 24, 2012, bruce.bowman tds.net wrote:
> winxpfix.zip and videoprt.zip have both been tried and neither of them
> work. They might provide V
winxpfix.zip and videoprt.zip have both been tried and neither of them
work. They might provide VESA 1.2 or 2.0 capability but not 3.0.
Between my wife and I, we own six computers. None of them have a floppy
drive.
Thanks,
Bruce
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:47 AM, TJ Edmister wrote:
> Hi, have a
Hi, have a couple ideas for you below...
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:28:39 -0500, bruce.bowman tds.net
wrote:
> This may be a FAQ.
>
> I have an old DOS program that I wrote and still want to run, but it uses
> VESA 3.0 SVGA graphics, which are not [fully] supported by later versions
> of Windoze.*
Michael -- Thanks much for your reply. Perhaps my reply to Ralf answers
many of your questions.
The program itself is not particularly large and would probably run in
300-400k of RAM. But when running it sequentially loads a lot of PCX images
off disk. The program could be run from a ramdrive to o
On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 20:47 -0800, Ralf A. Quint wrote:
> At 07:28 PM 11/24/2012, bruce.bowman tds.net wrote:
> >This may be a FAQ.
> >
> >I have an old DOS program that I wrote and still want to run, but it
> >uses VESA 3.0 SVGA graphics, which are not [fully] supported by
> >later versions of W
Thanks for your reply, Ralf.
I have a FAT32 partition (D drive). At home, it might be simpler to just
install FreeDOS as the OS on that partition and set up a dual-boot system
(XP on C:, FreeDOS on D:). In fact I'm considering doing just that, and
frankly wouldn't mind recommendations on how to br
At 07:28 PM 11/24/2012, bruce.bowman tds.net wrote:
>This may be a FAQ.
>
>I have an old DOS program that I wrote and still want to run, but it
>uses VESA 3.0 SVGA graphics, which are not [fully] supported by
>later versions of Windoze.* To make matters worse, the program
>writes to disk during
This may be a FAQ.
I have an old DOS program that I wrote and still want to run, but it uses
VESA 3.0 SVGA graphics, which are not [fully] supported by later versions
of Windoze.* To make matters worse, the program writes to disk during
operation, and no modern computer has FAT16 partitions anymor
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