untgz and double zipping (was Re: Re: [fd-dev] Enquiry: Update packs)

2002-12-03 Thread Steffen Kaiser
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, tom ehlert wrote: But this is tricky to unpack No. Depends :) and needs more temp space. Yes. Not necessarily. I recommend using TGZ in that case. not available for DOS. It is, see: ftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis It's called untar, but it really is untgz. ((Er,

RE: untgz and double zipping (was Re: Re: [fd-dev] Enquiry: Update packs)

2002-12-03 Thread Andreas Berger
Steffen Kaiser Does somebody know about the memory consumption of the decompression process and if two of them can exists in parallel simultaneously? Then and if you know that you unpack a double-zipped archive in advance, it should be easy to implement it. -- Where is the volunteer? ;-) If

Re: [fd-dev] [hands on!] COUNTRY= and load_unf

2002-12-03 Thread freecom
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Bart Oldeman wrote: - the new country info only affects secondary shells, not the freecom that you run load_unf.exe from Arrgh, did you filed this bug? Bye, -- Steffen Kaiser The current maintainer of [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [fd-dev] Enquiry: Update packs

2002-12-03 Thread Aitor Santamaria Merino
Eric Auer wrote: Hi Aitor, you did not get the point... when you zip 100 files that are the same, the zip will be 100 times some size. However, when you use an UNCOMPRESSED zip, then the file will basically contain 100 times the same data structure. TAR is in principle the same as an

Re: [fd-dev] DISPLAY CON?=

2002-12-03 Thread Aitor Santamaria Merino
tom ehlert wrote: One could at least think of having multiple console drivers residing concurrently in a system, say CO80: and BW80: connected to different video systems and screens, and CON dynamically assigned one can *always* think of something, that would break something else. but with

[fd-dev] resubscribe

2002-12-03 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
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Re: [fd-dev] Enquiry: Update packs

2002-12-03 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
X-Comment-To: Aitor Santamaria Merino Hi! 3-äÅË-2002 16:55 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aitor Santamaria Merino) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ASM Well, the good point is that the code could be disposed after loading KEYB. Of course. ASM I haven't used these libraries, but I just wonder if one can

Re: [fd-dev] DISPLAY CON?=

2002-12-03 Thread Matthias Paul
On 2002-12-03, Tom Ehlert wrote: I have a dual monitor configuration the second IS HGC I USE the hercules card - nearly every day I NEVER EVER got even the idea to install a DOS driver for that. I'm VERY happy to have a HGC card (and minitor) Fine, I'm too. All my systems are dual screen

re: Re: [fd-dev] Modifying character's shape

2002-12-03 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, I repeat: The error scenario is too improbable! - You are NOT supposed to place a text mode program into graphics mode anyway. Many write into the screen buffer directly and you will not see any text unless you give them a REAL text mode. - I hardly know any program that reads the screen

Re: [fd-dev] DISPLAY CON?=

2002-12-03 Thread Aitor Santamaria Merino
Matthias Paul wrote: DEVICE=DISPLAY.SYS co80:=(ega,437,(6,3)) DEVICE=DISPLAY.SYS bw80:=(mono,(437,161),0) Interesting... understood. Well, this means that if a user makes a mistake like: DISPLAY CONN=(EGA,437,(6,3)) then it won't prevent DISPLAY from loading, but it won't work ;-) The : I

[fd-dev] OT: DRDOS 7.03

2002-12-03 Thread Mark Olesen
OT: FYI: I noticed DRDOS.COM has 7.03 image available for download (license)? -- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^ This email was sent to:

Re: [fd-dev] DISPLAY CON?=

2002-12-03 Thread tom ehlert
IMO, I prefer working 2003 for 98% all cases over might work in 2010 - eventually (if I'm not too busy) Hm, being at 98% in 2003 is completely illusoric, IMHO. you are right. but then I prefer 80% in 2003, and hope for 95% in 2010 IMHO the fine arts of engineering is to find the right

re: Re: [fd-dev] DISPLAY CON?=

2002-12-03 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, I believe BW80 and BW40 are EGA/mono and CGA/mono modes, while MONO is used for HGC and MDA. Indeed, HGC has a fixed font as far as I can tell, but if you have MSHERC or similar loaded, you have modes 8/similar which are graphical but have the BIOS draw character stuff done by the driver.

Re: [fd-dev] OT: DRDOS 7.03

2002-12-03 Thread Bart Oldeman
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Mark Olesen wrote: OT: FYI: I noticed DRDOS.COM has 7.03 image available for download (license)? Nothing new here (non-commercial or 90 days evaluation use only) BIG FAT AD See what Doctor DOS can't let you see ... Use FreeDOS and you get FAT32, LBA, source code and