Re: [Freedos-user] confirmation and compiler

Hi again, On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 11/8/2017 10:26 AM, Jim Hall wrote: > >> Not sure why DeSmet wasn't well received long ago, but I think this is >> a Good Thing to see. I'd love to see DeSmet included in the next FreeDOS. It's very minimal,

Re: [Freedos-user] confirmation and compiler

Hi, On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:46 AM, Random Liegh via Freedos-user wrote: > > I'm surprised [Desmet] isn't included; given it's license, size and it's > ability > (taking your word for this as I haven't tried it) to generate 16 bit code > (which puts it over

Re: [Freedos-user] confirmation and compiler

Hi, On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:28 AM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 11/7/2017 10:24 PM, Random Liegh via Freedos-user wrote: >> >> I'd like to ask if anyone has used the Desmet C compiler > > And yes, I would like to see this included in FreeDOS, as it is the only > C compiler that

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

> On Nov 8, 2017, at 2:40 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > > Hi Jerome, > >> Maybe the installer should just assume FULL install + sources > > Not really. Almost nobody installs all sources at the same time > and I would not even want the option in the installer: Instead, > I

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos installation disk space requirements - was: Some driver updates

Hi Jerome, > Maybe the installer should just assume FULL install + sources Not really. Almost nobody installs all sources at the same time and I would not even want the option in the installer: Instead, I prefer to have the option to install + PACKAGES with sources. Then I can unzip only those

Re: [Freedos-user] confirmation and compiler

On 11/8/2017 10:26 AM, Jim Hall wrote: > Not sure why DeSmet wasn't well received long ago, but I think this is > a Good Thing to see. I'd love to see DeSmet included in the next FreeDOS. Well, a lot of people here, in particular Arkady (who hasn't been around for quite some time, who didn't seem

Re: [Freedos-user] confirmation and compiler

Not sure why DeSmet wasn't well received long ago, but I think this is a Good Thing to see. I'd love to see DeSmet included in the next FreeDOS. Since it's GNU GPL, and produces 16bit binaries with the different memory models, then this would be a great fit! I haven't used this compiler before,

Re: [Freedos-user] confirmation and compiler

On 11/7/2017 11:54 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > On Tue, 07 Nov 2017 23:28:08 -0800, Ralf Quint wrote: >> And yes, I would like to see this included in FreeDOS, as it is the only >> C compiler that both produces 16 bit code and can even run on a >> minimalistic FreeDOS system with only 256KB of RAM

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

On Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:58:30 -0500, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> Shouldn't take much. > > Correct, but if your going to calculate stuff, should be accurate. Also, whoever would take on doing this semi-pointless task, should remember to take cluster size into account, since disk space occupied by an