Eric Auer wrote: > - the APMDOS function (the only function where FDAPM stays > in RAM as a resident tool) now avoids using the APM BIOS > "CPU idle" function if the VESA VBE BIOS "OEM name" string > starts with "Boch". Background: Bochs BIOS implements the > function but the Bochs 2.3 engine crashes if you use it. > Thanks to Rugxulo for the VBE suggestion - a simple check > and reasonably safe as "Bochs detector". As FDAPM will use > non-BIOS "CPU idle" instead, APMDOS now works in Bochs.
Eric, sorry for the delay! For running vanilla FreeDOS 1.0, e.g., `fdbasecd.iso' on Win32 I made special Bochs 2.3 replacement binaries available at <http://www.bttr-software.de/misc/bx23fdos.zip>. Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
