Re: [Freedos-user] CPIED 1.3a

2013-08-02 Thread Balthasar Szczepa�ski
Hi, I noticed that the cpx2cpi program accepts an optional [q] parameter, unfortunately there is no documentation that would tell what this parameter is useful for. From the code I guess that 'q' is for 'Quiet', but it would be nice to have it explicated somewhere. spx2cpi's parameters are

Re: [Freedos-user] Zmiy - a snake-like game for 8086 (like Nibbles)

2013-08-02 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi Eric/Rugxulo, Thanks for your input! I did read a long time ago the power.txt that Mike wrote, but had forgotten it since. After looking again, I saw the note about INT28h. After a few tests, I see that it's actually the best way, since it works on DOSBox, DOSemu, and VirtualBox making

Re: [Freedos-user] Zmiy - a snake-like game for 8086 (like Nibbles)

2013-08-02 Thread Bret Johnson
I still haven't figured out any simple way of performing time polling with sub-55ms precision, so I will probably leave it as is (that's not a very big deal anyway). There actually is a way to do this, but you have to combine BIOS data with I/O data directly from the PIT. A little

[Freedos-user] looking for a utility

2013-08-02 Thread John R. Sowden
I am looking for a program that will run in config.sys before anything except possibly memory managers (before drivers). I want to display a line of text of my choice and then pause the execution at that point until I hit enter. Hopefully, if will disappear from memory after use. My

Re: [Freedos-user] looking for a utility

2013-08-02 Thread Matej Horvat
ECHO? Your text here or just DEVICE?=Your USB driver here since you're going to press Enter anyway. -- Get your SQL database under version control now! Version control is standard for application code, but databases

Re: [Freedos-user] looking for a utility

2013-08-02 Thread Bernd Blaauw
John R. Sowden schreef op 2-8-2013 22:28: I am looking for a program that will run in config.sys before anything except possibly memory managers (before drivers). I want to display a line of text of my choice and then pause the execution at that point until I hit enter. Hopefully, if will

[Freedos-user] CPIED 1.3b

2013-08-02 Thread Balthasar Szczepa�ski
Next version of my CPI editor. It allows to edit the shape of the characters, remove or create fonts, remove or create codepages,.. It has a gui and can be controlled with the keyboard or mouse (if there is a mouse installed). It can read *.cpi or *.cpx files and write *.cpi files. changes in

Re: [Freedos-user] looking for a utility

2013-08-02 Thread John Sowden
Worked like a charm! Another DOS/Internet success! John On 08/02/2013 02:44 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote: John R. Sowden schreef op 2-8-2013 22:28: I am looking for a program that will run in config.sys before anything except possibly memory managers (before drivers). I want to display a line