Re: [Freedos-user] Invalid opcode - where do I even begin?

> I've run some software on Pentium 3 Tualatin S on FreeDOS and it's > getting an invalid opcode error. > > If anyone's wondering, the offending software is Contra and Quake 1.08 > (software renderer). If you're getting the error with multiple unrelated programs, have you tried running

Re: [Freedos-user] DMA management?

Hi, No, the truth about what I'm using is much more spooky. The mainboard is an Abit VP6. That kind of board has the VIA VT82C686B souhtbridge. To even use the Yamaha card, I needed a modified version of their DOS driver which activates the SoundBlaster Pro integrated circuit over either

Re: [Freedos-user] DMA management?

Hi Michal, Many BIOS setups have a section where you can manually assign resources to PCI slots, so I'd check there first and see if you can tell it to assign what you want to the slot your sound card is in. Make sure you disable the option that a plug-and-play OS is installed in order for these

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.3RC3 Installation woes (was Re: FDISK 1.3.3)

> On Mar 4, 2021, at 3:47 PM, Ralf Quint > wrote: > > [..] > I don't see how this would prevent the transfer of boot record, kernel, > command.com and a basic config.sys,bat (and a > basic FREEDOS\BIN folder). If someone at this point chose

Re: [Freedos-user] Invalid opcode - where do I even begin?

Hi, No, Contra is that side-scroller shooting game for Nintendo Entertainment System. It had a DOS port. Best regards, Michał W dniu 04.03.2021 o 23:37, Louis Santillan pisze: I think those are binary instructions.  Not actual addresses.  You could try disassembling here [0] but a quick

Re: [Freedos-user] Invalid opcode - where do I even begin?

I think those are binary instructions. Not actual addresses. You could try disassembling here [0] but a quick cut & paste gave an instruction sequence that is non-obvious to me. If Contra is a debugger/mod, then that makes a little more sense. The full message might also help clear things up.

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.3RC3 Installation woes (was Re: FDISK 1.3.3)

On 3/4/2021 12:36 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote: On Mar 4, 2021, at 2:56 PM, Ralf Quint > wrote: [..] Yes, I can fix this problem myself, that is not the issue. It is that this all seems to trip potential new users right at the start. From what I recall (and I could

[Freedos-user] DMA management?

Hello, Is there any way to manage DMA channel assignments? My setup relies on Yamaha YMF724F for sound, due to there being no ISA slots to get a proper sound card. Unfortunately, there's no way to have the card work with DMA 1 or 3. It's stuck on DMA 0 and this is wrong in so many ways...

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.3RC3 Installation woes (was Re: FDISK 1.3.3)

> On Mar 4, 2021, at 2:56 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > > [..] > Yes, I can fix this problem myself, that is not the issue. It is that this > all seems to trip potential new users right at the start. From what I recall (and I could be wrong), the vast majority of “new” users are not running on

[Freedos-user] Invalid opcode - where do I even begin?

Hello, I've run some software on Pentium 3 Tualatin S on FreeDOS and it's getting an invalid opcode error. The error precisely says "Invalid opcode at ..." where ... is a bunch of 16 bit variables. Saying "at" is really misleading and doesn't make any sense, since such a high address like

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.3RC3 Installation woes (was Re: FDISK 1.3.3)

On 3/4/2021 11:20 AM, tom ehlert wrote: ERROR: Unable to initialize CD-ROM drive after trying to load UDVD2 (3-05-2015). of course it would be cool to read the error message form UDVD2 itself, otherwise "ERROR:bla" is not very helpful ;<<< Well, I doubt that there is anything else useful in

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.3RC3 Installation woes (was Re: FDISK 1.3.3)

> ERROR: Unable to initialize CD-ROM drive > after trying to load UDVD2 (3-05-2015). of course it would be cool to read the error message form UDVD2 itself, otherwise "ERROR:bla" is not very helpful ;<<< > This is on a Dell Latitude, so not just some obscure 3rd party Chinese > knock-off...

Re: [Freedos-user] FDISK 1.3.3

On 3/4/2021 5:21 AM, Eric Auer wrote: Hi Jerome, just wondering, does your ISO use the newest UDVD2 driver from http://mercurycoding.com/downloads.html#DOS ? Note that the readme in those downloads might need some double- checking, but as far as I remember, the binaries are fresh. All the

Re: [Freedos-user] num lock

Eric Auer wrote: Did you try to google for "freedos numlock"? ... duckduckgo does not find that page. Better get a barge pole, because DuckDuckNoGo won't find jack **t... To join that little off-topic: Is there ANY search engine remaining which RESPECTS my search keywords? This is at

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.3RC3 Installation woes (was Re: FDISK 1.3.3)

Sorry for a late reply, but I am off and on busy with RL stuff right now, so I have only a few minutes here and there... When actually trying to use the LiveCD feature, the boot process craps out with ERROR: Unable to initialize CD-ROM drive after trying to load UDVD2 (3-05-2015). This is

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS and audio CDs

Hello everyone, I have this peculiar setup: Lite-On LTR-52327S Yamaha YMF724F They're connected together with a CD cable. I've found that software that normally plays a CDDA soundtrack when it finds a CD with such tracks, just doesn't do it. The software I have: GTA1 Redneck Rampage

Re: [Freedos-user] FDISK 1.3.3

Hi Eric, > On Mar 4, 2021, at 8:50 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > > >> I just wish we had some OSS CD/DVD driver alternatives. > > But our drivers already are OSS? > > Eric I should have been more clear. I know that the drivers we have are OSS. But, I’d like to see some additional driver choices

Re: [Freedos-user] Command line

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 10:05 AM Jose Senna wrote: > > Did anyone else look at this ? > https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00263-0 > Command line is still (much) alive. > > Interesting article, thanks for sharing. This article is geared for Unix (Linux or Mac) but the concepts apply

Re: [Freedos-user] Command line

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 11:05 AM Jose Senna wrote: > > Did anyone else look at this ? > https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00263-0 > Command line is still (much) alive. Those who think it isn't need to get out more. I had a Unix system at home before I got an XT clone running MSDOS.

Re: [Freedos-user] Command line

> Did anyone else look at this ? > https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00263-0 > Command line is still (much) alive. "Five reasons why researchers should learn to love the command line The text interface is intimidating, but can save researchers from mundane computing tasks. Just be

[Freedos-user] Command line

Did anyone else look at this ? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00263-0 Command line is still (much) alive. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] FDISK 1.3.3

> I just wish we had some OSS CD/DVD driver alternatives. But our drivers already are OSS? Eric ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] FDISK 1.3.3

> On Mar 4, 2021, at 8:24 AM, Eric Auer wrote: > >  > Hi Jerome, > > just wondering, does your ISO use the newest UDVD2 driver > from http://mercurycoding.com/downloads.html#DOS ? Note > that the readme in those downloads might need some double- > checking, but as far as I remember, the

Re: [Freedos-user] FDISK 1.3.3

Hi Jerome, just wondering, does your ISO use the newest UDVD2 driver from http://mercurycoding.com/downloads.html#DOS ? Note that the readme in those downloads might need some double- checking, but as far as I remember, the binaries are fresh. Note that when you BOOT FROM VIRTUAL FLOPPY, you

Re: [Freedos-user] FDISK 1.3.3

Hi Ralf, I’m sorry to hear you are having problems installing 1.3-RC3. Comparing 1.2-FINAL to 1.3-RC3, very little has changed with the CD boot process or installer. Most of the changes between those versions are the packages that get installed and the addition of a Live environment on the