Re: [Freedos-devel] watcom, was Re: Booting and FDAPM

2023-03-19 Thread Bernd Boeckmann via Freedos-devel
Hi Jerome, > At present, the RBE is not setup to include 2 branches from the same GitLab > project. > > It would require a separate GitLab project (with a different name, like > watcomv2). I think having two different watcom C packages could cause user > confusion on which one to install. It

Re: [Freedos-devel] watcom, was Re: Booting and FDAPM

2023-03-18 Thread Michael Brutman
+1 - Open Watcom 1.9 is stable and safe. I think those factors make it the default for inclusion in a distribution. Something actively under development and in between releases sounds like a bad idea. On Sat, Mar 18, 2023 at 5:42 AM wrote: > Hi Bernd, > > > On Mar 17, 2023, at 2:12 PM, Bernd

[Freedos-devel] watcom, was Re: Booting and FDAPM

2023-03-18 Thread jerome
Hi Bernd, > On Mar 17, 2023, at 2:12 PM, Bernd Boeckmann via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > IDLEHALT=1 works for my machines and reduces the CPU load under VirtualBox to > nearly zero at the command prompt. > >> Am 17.03.2023 um 15:25 schrieb jer...@shidel.net: >> >> On a side note… Why run the