[Freedos-devel] splash screen

2017-11-21 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
Hello, Currently I'm experimenting with graphics modes and I thought, it would be a good idea if your installer starts with a splash screen. Have a look at this: https://akfoerster.de/dl/tmp/fdsplash.com With an MDA or Hercules adapter it just exits with error level 1, so you can show some

Re: [Freedos-devel] Compiling with gcc

2017-11-21 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi, > Additionally to Ralf's answer this book might be handy for the future: > http://www.borncity.de/Library/DOSProgHB.PDF (in German only) > It's not "the best", but fairly okay. This info is also in http://cd.textfiles.com/cream06/program/dosref34.zip -> CHAPTER.006 -> look for "DOS PROGRAM

Re: [Freedos-devel] Intel Planning To End Legacy BIOS Support By 2020

2017-11-21 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Andreas K. Foerster wrote: > Am Sonntag, dem 19. Nov 2017 schrieb Rugxulo: > >> Intel Planning To End Legacy BIOS Support By 2020 > > HORRORS THE SKY IS FALLING!!! THE END OF THE WORLD IS NEAR > > No, as long as there are pc

[Freedos-devel] getenv for bcc (was: Compiling with gcc)

2017-11-21 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
Hello, for the record, my implementation of getenv for Bruce's C-Compiler (bcc) is there: https://akfoerster.de/gitweb/?p=row4.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/bccenv.c;hb=HEAD Suggestions for improvements are welcome. -- AKFoerster