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Rob Henningsgard wrote to the my email address on Thy, 23 Sep 2004: >From: Rob Henningsgard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Turbo Pascal 7 on Free DOS >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:07:01 -0500 >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) > >Hello, > >I thought I'd better email this to you both, as some well-intentioned >but incorrect information wound up in the Free DOS faq. I hope >one (or both) of you can help me also find the right answer to the >original question. > >Here's what I added to the FAQ today: > >The "bug" in TP7 was in compiled execs which used the CRT unit. The delay >calibration code at start-up committed a DIV 0 on cpus faster than 200 MHz. > This can be fixed with a little change to the runtime library, the source >for which was sold by Borland. I wrote the original assembly fix, but I >could not release the recompiled TPL.TPU/TPP files because of the >copyright. Then Dennis Passmore came up with a patcher exec which would >modify your TPL files to fix the problem (by modifying the binary files to >become the same as my recompiled ones). You can should be able to find >BP7PATCH.EXE by googling its name, or maybe +Passmore +Henningsgard. > >As for TP7 on Free DOS, I just tried it today myself for the first time. >Reading the faqs, I'm getting the impression that going into protected mode >with RTM.EXE and that DPMI16BI.OVL overlay simply won't work on Free DOS. >Can anybody who knows more than I (mostly everyone) please comment on this? > > >Rob Henningsgard > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ >LapTwo Technologies, LLC voice +1-763-633-9434, >ext 15 >16820 Highway 10, Suite 130 >http://www.laptwo.com >Elk River, MN 55330-6105 >http://www.warmspots.net >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ Please help! The faq in question is the (incoming)>#303. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
