Op 8-8-2011 22:31, Rugxulo schreef: > No, I don't think it's been fixed since even SourceForge's Files area > still only has 0.82pl3 !!!! Besides, who's the maintainer these days? > (Bart? Doubt it, he's always busy.) I haven't heard from Blair in a > long while.
I don't think there's any point in trying to add/fix things till a 8086-compatible Watcom-based binary can be built with clear building instructions. Getting NASM (which version?!) and Openwatcom ready enough on a default extended FreeDOS distro to allow rebuilding kernel and FreeCOM would be very pleasant for experimenting/testing/patching purposes Bart and Jeremy were busy getting that working, and some others managed to create a binary as well, though I think that was a 386+ one. Offtopic: I'm liking 4DOS's loading options, deciding on the spot whether to not swap, or swap to disk or extended memory. I'm wondering a few things though: * has anyone managed to get SHELLHIGH working for whichever shell/program? Might be that FreeCOM is simply too large. * does http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/specials/cmd.zip work as primary command processor, being able to load FreeCOM as secondary shell? The idea if the primary CMD would be a: SHELL=C:\CMD.COM C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:1024 /F /MSG /D C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT (note: no /P as that disables EXIT) CMD: @echo off goto loop :loop run/load arg1 arg2 arg3 (etc) rem if secondary shell exited: goto loop Use case: * Clean boot * Get real scared at conventional memory by MEM /C * Load an XMS driver (JEMMEX or XMGR) * exit secondary shell and have it auto-loaded again, instead swapping to XMS * gain around 100KB low memory. I'm not sure what 4DOS does in this scenario, besides auto-swapping to disk instead of a CALL /S or KSSF /S or whatever it was. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
