On Wed, 3 Aug 2022 16:38:44 +0200 Liam Proven <[email protected]> wrote: > Well yes. But FDIMPLES doesn't run the installer scripts anyway. > OpenGEM comes configured for VGA and expects to be installed in C:\ > whereas it is actually in C:\OPENGEM -- so it fails to start > correctly. The scripts also have provision for a lot of other stuff: > updates, app installation etc. > > I think all that can go. It's 2022. The folder has to be right, we can > assume VGA as everything else Gem supports needs a 30-35 year old > computer
That definitely should be the default. Perhaps some comments in the batch file with the file names of some of the other drivers just in case someone wants to run it on older hardware. If they do, they're probably knowledgeable enough to edit the batch file. It would also be nice if the GEM folder location was configurable by editing the batch file. I don't like it when the root folder in DOS is a dumping ground for software. > I need to find a fix for the path somehow, and remove all > the prompts about quitting and restarting and so on. I don't know what language GEM is written in. I'm guessing C. If it's C, it should be easy to modify it, if need be. The only challenge is setting up the build environment. > Yes, it was, that's right. But kit like Amstrad 1000-series is what I > mean: that machine came out 36 years ago. The late-1980s Amstrad 2000 > series were VGA as were all later models. > > VGA came out in 1987, 35 years ago, and since then, basically all new > computers had at least VGA. My 1512 still works. I am not sure GEM > 2 will run on it and I don't think the source code for the drivers for the special Amstrad CGA 16 color mode were ever released. Not sure how useful GEM would be without that on such a machine. And not sure that GEM 2 programs (such as paint and locomotive basic) work on GEM > 2. Furthermore, I think GEM 2 as shipped on the Amstrad does not run in MS-DOS. It needs DOS Plus. So probably no point in trying to run a newer GEM on such hardware. It makes sense to have VGA as default and keep things simple like they are in DR-DOS. > > Same for ViewMax that came bundled with DR-DOS. > > Yep. I have a test install of that on DR-DOS 7.01-08 here. ViewMax can > use the TaskMax multitasking that is built into DR-DOS. FreeDOS has > nothing like that yet, AFAIK, and also AFAIK TaskMax won't work on any > other OS. > > I suppose I could use ViewMax instead of full GEM, though, if it's > just a launcher. ViewMax is GPL. There's also Desqview/X but I couldn't get it to work with FreeDOS. Works fine in PC-DOS however. -- GPG: C90CAB7122AC1231
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