Hello,
On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 11:27, <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > On Mon, 25 May 2020 at 13:26, Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > >> >> Why keyb need a 286, it’s a keyboard mapper? >> > > It does not: KEYB /9 should work on 8088 class machines. > > > Wow, this is an old thread (over 3 years)! > Well I am a little behind on mail ;) > KEYB requiring a 286 or better is based solely on: > > $ grep 286 * > KEYBMSG.DE:STR2_7 = 'KEYB braucht (immer noch) einen AT/286 oder besser'; > KEYBMSG.NLS:STR2_7 = 'Keyb (still) requires an AT/286 or better'; > > Being an English language and keyboard user, I neither use nor possess > knowledge on using various NLS support programs like KEYB. So if there is > support for hardware older than a 286 or options that provide > compatibility, I would not know they exist. > > Watching it, I would say it requires a test, but my answer was based on two facts: (1) The G- compiler directive (2) The fact that originally, it was based on int15h (as mkeyb), but I wrote the /9 code, to precisely emulate the call of int9h => int 15h. Sadly, my XT 8088 ceased to work time ago :( Aitor
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