Re: [Freedos-devel] DeSmet C compiler available under GPL

2006-07-31 Thread Blair Campbell
> before I started writing on FreeDOS. I think this compiler might even be > better than the one I am currently using (turbo C++ 1.01). Well, I did some testing and its C library is severly limited and non-standard, and the code it produces seems much larger than Turbo C[++] (4kb for a simple voi

Re: [Freedos-devel] ANNOUNCE: DISPLAY 0.13

2006-07-31 Thread Aitor SantamarĂ­a
Thanks for the feedback, John, I'll see into this the soonest. Aitor 2006/7/31, John Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > : (5) EGA/VGA specific: support for DR-FONTS > : (thanks to John Elliott, who submitted the changes) > > This is broken :-( > > - You've missed a line in the bit that skips over fo

Re: [Freedos-devel] ANNOUNCE: DISPLAY 0.13

2006-07-31 Thread John Elliott
: (5) EGA/VGA specific: support for DR-FONTS : (thanks to John Elliott, who submitted the changes) This is broken :-( - You've missed a line in the bit that skips over fonts of unknown size. EGAR.ASM lines 316-321 should read: mov ah,al xor al,al add ax,6

Re: [Freedos-devel] DeSmet C compiler available under GPL

2006-07-31 Thread Alain M.
Imre Leber escreveu: > > The problem may then be that openwatcom is not GPL licensed. And it is still > controlled by a big company that would most likely not want to listen to > issues from the FreeDOS project. In my understanding, OW has a *better* licence than GPL, it is free for comerci

Re: [Freedos-devel] DeSmet C compiler available under GPL

2006-07-31 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 10:06 AM 7/31/2006, Blair Campbell wrote: > > Maybe we should keep this around. > >I would definitely be interested in its compatibility with the Borland >family of compilers, as this could be improved in OpenWatcom. BTW, >OpenWatcom is also a commercial-quality 16-bit compiler :-). I did use

Re: [Freedos-devel] The kitten bug

2006-07-31 Thread Alain M.
Could you explinn/show teh bug and/or it't consequences? thanks, Alain Imre Leber escreveu: > I was just using deltree and it gave me all fancy characters on the screen. > > I think that it is due to a bug in kitten that has existed as long as kitten > exists. > > For version 1, we should eit

Re: [Freedos-devel] DeSmet C compiler available under GPL

2006-07-31 Thread Imre Leber
Yes, I agree that openwatcom is better. And that we had all the compiler discussions anybody can stand years ago. But still it would have been nice to have this kind of compiler when I was searching for one before I started writing on FreeDOS. I think this compiler might even be better than the

Re: [Freedos-devel] DeSmet C compiler available under GPL

2006-07-31 Thread Blair Campbell
> Does openwatcom support overlays? Yes. > Maybe we should keep this around. I would definitely be interested in its compatibility with the Borland family of compilers, as this could be improved in OpenWatcom. BTW, OpenWatcom is also a commercial-quality 16-bit compiler :-). -- Fall is my fav

Re: [Freedos-devel] New version 2.21 EMM386 release, inc. Qemu/FDAPM fixes, maybe

2006-07-31 Thread Andreas Bollhalder
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello list I tested EMM386 2.21 with FDAPM under QEMU and it works fine for me too. Thousand thank to Micheal for his work. Andreas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozd

Re: [Freedos-devel] DeSmet C compiler available under GPL

2006-07-31 Thread Imre Leber
Good compiler, it even supports overlays. Does openwatcom support overlays? Maybe we should keep this around. Imre >-Original Message- >From: Wesley Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 10:28 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Freedos-devel]

Re: [Freedos-devel] New version 2.21 EMM386 release, inc. Qemu/FDAPM fixes, maybe

2006-07-31 Thread Florian Xaver
I am happy with the first test - HIMEM+EMM386 also works with FDAPM for me. Thank you! Bye Flo On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:00:52 +0200, Michael Devore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386/ are the files > emmx221.zip, EMM386 version 2.21 memory m

Re: [Freedos-devel] DeSmet C compiler available under GPL

2006-07-31 Thread Imre Leber
Cool, the only commercial quality C compiler suite for 16 bit DOS under GNU GPL. Said that by now, we already have better, watcom C. Otherwise it may have some importance. Still we should mirror it. Imre >-Original Message- >From: Wesley Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday,

Re: [Freedos-devel] Testings on the FreeDOS 1.0 second version available

2006-07-31 Thread Aitor SantamarĂ­a
Hi Eric, 2006/7/31, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Aitor, > > > (3) Once I create the partition with FDISK under WMWARE, I get the > > "usual" message: Partition signature != 55AA > > and PC locks. I have to FORMAT and SYS manually to avoid this. > > It took a while to find that string, but

Re: [Freedos-devel] Testings on the FreeDOS 1.0 second version available

2006-07-31 Thread Eric Auer
>> to let the FORMAT / SYS step happen. I do not know whether >> that one happens automatically, though. > Only if it gets permission first. Well it still would be better NOT to use the "seriously" option of FORMAT: Without that option, FORMAT can ask for permission itself. Less chance of misund

Re: [Freedos-devel] New version 2.21 EMM386 release, inc. Qemu/FDAPM fixes, maybe

2006-07-31 Thread Japheth
Imre Leber wrote: > http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/index_e.html > Hi, EditDisk is good, but I would prefer commandline tools ("mtools"?) which also work in plain DOS. Do you know if there are such tools available and in a somewhat "mature" state. I once found some, but they w

[Freedos-devel] DeSmet C compiler available under GPL

2006-07-31 Thread Wesley Parish
I found it at: http://www.desmet-c.com/ "The Compiler has been placed under the GNU GPL, and the library has been placed under the GNU LGPL." I'm wondering if anyone in the FreeDOS project is considering adopting it for (really) small distributions? Thanks Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beade

Re: [Freedos-devel] New version 2.21 EMM386 release, inc. Qemu/FDAPM fixes, maybe

2006-07-31 Thread Imre Leber
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA013937/editdisk/index_e.html is a tool to read/write images for qemu (use vmware format on hd images) >-Original Message- >From: Imre Leber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 10:06 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: R

Re: [Freedos-devel] New version 2.21 EMM386 release, inc. Qemu/FDAPM fixes, maybe

2006-07-31 Thread Imre Leber
>If someone knows an easy way to get Qemu and FreeDOS IMG files working >under XP without having to burn/rip ISO's a bunch, flip floppies, or other >major fooling around, let me know and I'll try it out here. I am >incredibly lazy and need streamlined setups for testing, i.e. updating the >IM

[Freedos-devel] New version 2.21 EMM386 release, inc. Qemu/FDAPM fixes, maybe

2006-07-31 Thread Michael Devore
Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386/ are the files emmx221.zip, EMM386 version 2.21 memory manager, mostly executable files; and emms221.zip, source code files. This release of EMM386 has a few fixes and changes, mostly directed to Qemu and FDAPM users, although those modi