Re: [Freedos-user] gminer.exe game needs an emulation friendly wait_vsync()

[Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user]

Seems sound work in QEMU if display=sdl but not if display=gtk:
https://gitlab.com/freedos1/gold-mine-run/-/issues/2#note_1590502684



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Re: [Freedos-user] languages

[Aitor Santamaría via Freedos-user]

Ok, thanks for the testing.

Aitor


On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 at 23:36, Joao Silva via Freedos-user <
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I used KEYB PO,850,KEYBOARD.SYS and worked like a charm.
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 8:43 PM Aitor Santamaría via Freedos-user <
> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> To do this, you need KEYB itself:
>>
>> ibiblio.org FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package -- keyb (FreeDOS Base)
>> 
>>
>> and KEYBOARD.SYS and the alikes:
>>
>> ibiblio.org FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package -- KEYB layouts (FreeDOS Base)
>> 
>>
>> To find out which and the commandline, this page may help:
>>
>> KPDOS v3.0 - Keyboard Layout Pack for DOS codepages (bootablecd.de)
>> 
>>
>> if you want to use KEYB for PO and KEYBOARD.SYS
>>
>> KEYB PO,850,KEYBOARD.SYS
>>
>> should do it.
>>
>> Aitor
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 at 23:19, Joao Silva via Freedos-user <
>> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello.
>>> I don't have FD-KEYB installed and i can't find fdimples.
>>> Where can i install it?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 7:34 PM Aitor Santamaría via Freedos-user <
>>> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>>>
 Hello Joao,

 I think in the thread the bug was mentioned to happen in mKEYB, could
 you please try FD-KEYB to see if the bug is there and needs to be corrected
 too?

 Thanks,
 Aitor


 On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 at 07:26, Joao Silva via Freedos-user <
 freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> i' m from Portugal and i'm aware of the portuguese layout for 43 years.
> When i press that key produces a A with a ring on top.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 10:35 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user <
> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>> Joao wrote:
>> > > It's been a while since i use freedos on asus eeepc with
>> portuguese from
>> > > portugal and if i recall i can't write the * with shift and *+"
>> key and
>> > > since there is no numeric keypad.
>> >
>>
>>
>> Tom wrote:
>> [..]
>> > >  "i can't write the * with shift and *+" key"
>> > c) about the worst bug complaint ever. you don't deserve a better
>> keyboard driver ;(
>>
>>
>> It's not a bad bug complaint. According to Wikipedia (see link) the
>> asterisk (*) is on the plus (+) key in the Shifted position. It's next
>> to the "P" key. So "Shift and +" should produce "*" on a
>> Portuguese/Portugal keyboard.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_QWERTY_keyboard_language_variants#Portugal
>>
>>
>> *Also, telling someone "you don't deserve a better keyboard driver" is
>> not cool. :-( We're all in this together to create a welcoming
>> environment. Let's treat everyone with respect.
>>
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Re: [Freedos-user] languages

[Aitor Santamaría via Freedos-user]

Hi,

To do this, you need KEYB itself:

ibiblio.org FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package -- keyb (FreeDOS Base)


and KEYBOARD.SYS and the alikes:

ibiblio.org FreeDOS 1.2 Updates Package -- KEYB layouts (FreeDOS Base)


To find out which and the commandline, this page may help:

KPDOS v3.0 - Keyboard Layout Pack for DOS codepages (bootablecd.de)


if you want to use KEYB for PO and KEYBOARD.SYS

KEYB PO,850,KEYBOARD.SYS

should do it.

Aitor




On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 at 23:19, Joao Silva via Freedos-user <
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Hello.
> I don't have FD-KEYB installed and i can't find fdimples.
> Where can i install it?
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 7:34 PM Aitor Santamaría via Freedos-user <
> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello Joao,
>>
>> I think in the thread the bug was mentioned to happen in mKEYB, could you
>> please try FD-KEYB to see if the bug is there and needs to be corrected too?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aitor
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 at 07:26, Joao Silva via Freedos-user <
>> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> i' m from Portugal and i'm aware of the portuguese layout for 43 years.
>>> When i press that key produces a A with a ring on top.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 10:35 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user <
>>> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>>>
 Joao wrote:
 > > It's been a while since i use freedos on asus eeepc with portuguese
 from
 > > portugal and if i recall i can't write the * with shift and *+" key
 and
 > > since there is no numeric keypad.
 >


 Tom wrote:
 [..]
 > >  "i can't write the * with shift and *+" key"
 > c) about the worst bug complaint ever. you don't deserve a better
 keyboard driver ;(


 It's not a bad bug complaint. According to Wikipedia (see link) the
 asterisk (*) is on the plus (+) key in the Shifted position. It's next
 to the "P" key. So "Shift and +" should produce "*" on a
 Portuguese/Portugal keyboard.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_QWERTY_keyboard_language_variants#Portugal


 *Also, telling someone "you don't deserve a better keyboard driver" is
 not cool. :-( We're all in this together to create a welcoming
 environment. Let's treat everyone with respect.


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Re: [Freedos-user] Installing on an iMac 2011 (with good reason)

[Michał Dec via Freedos-user]

Hello,

>the machine running hot

Maybe try running FDAPM to reduce CPU usage once you're in the shell? I 
remember installing FreeDOS on a Toshiba A660 with an i7 onboard, but I 
don't recall that kind of issue.


>is this normal behavior for installing FD to an SSD?

No. FreeDOS can be installed on flash memory no problem. I'm using it on 
a CF card and it's doing good.


>general errors with FAT

From my experience if you choose FAT32 filesystem for the job, you need 
to make sure it exists on a disk with a MBR partition table, and the 
designated partition must have a type equal to 0x0C. FreeDOS installer 
usually makes sure that these conditions are met before installation 
although I would not trust it to align the first partition to start at 
the 1st MiB for best mileage. That's why I leave the partitioning and 
formatting to fdisk and mkfs.vfat on Linux. GPT partition table will 
also work, as long as you make a hybrid MBR table and provide a BIOS 
boot partition.


If all of this is not an issue, maybe the drive itself is in bad 
condition? Have you checked SMART metrics?


Best regards,

Michał

W dniu 4.10.2023 o 20:57, ashembers via Freedos-user pisze:

Hello,

I have been trying to install 1.3 on an iMac 2011, which seems dumb on 
the face of it, but I noticed that it has Intel-based sound that looks 
to be SBEM compatible, so I figured that it would actually be a good 
use of aging hardware. There were 2 problems doing this: I saw that 
the cooling fans were running high & the unit was indeed hot - 
regardless of whether I was trying to install or just running FD off 
disc. Also, when I installed, it seemed slow but I read that sometimes 
it can take a while so I left it run all night. It ran into errors 
like these:


Run chkdsk: Bad FAT index: #x
Run chkdsk: Bad FAT value: #x
Run chkdsk: Bad FAT index: #x
Run chkdsk: Bad FAT value: #x
Fatal error: error code #101, unspecified error with "gzip.exe"

I attempted formatting the drive first (running FD as a Live CD) with 
a full format, but that made no difference.


My questions are: is the iMac architecture that lame in this context, 
or is this normal behavior for installing FD to an SSD? I had not 
tried installing to a platter drive yet.


Thanks for your thoughts,
Dan


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[Freedos-user] Installing on an iMac 2011 (with good reason)

[ashembers via Freedos-user]

Hello,

I have been trying to install 1.3 on an iMac 2011, which seems dumb on the
face of it, but I noticed that it has Intel-based sound that looks to be
SBEM compatible, so I figured that it would actually be a good use of aging
hardware. There were 2 problems doing this: I saw that the cooling fans
were running high & the unit was indeed hot - regardless of whether I was
trying to install or just running FD off disc. Also, when I installed, it
seemed slow but I read that sometimes it can take a while so I left it run
all night. It ran into errors like these:

Run chkdsk: Bad FAT index: #x
Run chkdsk: Bad FAT value: #x
Run chkdsk: Bad FAT index: #x
Run chkdsk: Bad FAT value: #x
Fatal error: error code #101, unspecified error with "gzip.exe"

I attempted formatting the drive first (running FD as a Live CD) with a
full format, but that made no difference.

My questions are: is the iMac architecture that lame in this context, or is
this normal behavior for installing FD to an SSD? I had not tried
installing to a platter drive yet.

Thanks for your thoughts,
Dan
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Re: [Freedos-user] gminer.exe game needs an emulation friendly wait_vsync()

[Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user]

Finally, after trying many things that did not work, I just added a 
"delay(14);" to wait_vsync function.
You should be able to get the exe from:
https://gitlab.com/freedos1/gold-mine-run



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