Re: [Freedos-user] NASM update (and disk repairs)

> On Dec 9, 2017, at 12:05 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > > An assembler might be useful if I can learn how to use it. > Downloaded both. What does "upx" mean? UPX is an executable file compressor. https://upx.github.io/ > > cheers > DS > > > > On Sat, 9 Dec 2017

Re: [Freedos-user] NASM update (and disk repairs)

Hello, Also, NASM has very good multi-platform support. It has binaries for Mac, Linux, DOS and some others. You can even cross compile easily. For example, create a dos COM executable on a Mac. http://www.nasm.us/ Unfortunately, no arm support. For that you would probably want GAS. (GNU

Re: [Freedos-user] NASM update (and disk repairs)

An assembler might be useful if I can learn how to use it. Downloaded both. What does "upx" mean? cheers DS On Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:40:30 -0600 Rugxulo writes: > Hi, > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Dale E Sterner > wrote: > > > > OK What is NASM

Re: [Freedos-user] NASM update (and disk repairs)

Hi, On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > > OK What is NASM and what can be used for? NASM = Netwide Assembler, e.g. "mov ax,5150", "salc", "rep movsb", etc. BTW, I already announced it for FreeDOS News, too, so it's on the front page. It didn't really

Re: [Freedos-user] NASM update (and disk repairs)

OK What is NASM and what can be used for? cheers DS On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 18:18:23 +0100 Eric Auer writes: > > Hi :-) > > Forwarding a post from Rugxulo on BTTR about NASM, plus, > in unrelated news: If CHKDSK reports a pile of CHK files > (you would have to check all

Re: [Freedos-user] NASM update (and disk repairs)

Thanks Eric, going to keep that in mind ;) On 8 December 2017 18:18:23 CET, Eric Auer wrote: Hi :-) Forwarding a post from Rugxulo on BTTR about NASM, plus, in unrelated news: If CHKDSK reports a pile of CHK files (you would have to check all contents and rename them to

[Freedos-user] NASM update (and disk repairs)

Hi :-) Forwarding a post from Rugxulo on BTTR about NASM, plus, in unrelated news: If CHKDSK reports a pile of CHK files (you would have to check all contents and rename them to their old name) then one or more directory listings might be lost. On FAT32, even the root dir can be affected. It