Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-05-03 Thread Kristaps Kaupe
Quite a while ago, when we had the same discussion, I showed you some documentation (PC DOS stuff afair?) which explicitly states that you can use int 21.01 ... int 21.0c at almost any time. That includes that you can use them from within SYS files and from within device init. Ah. Here it

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-05-02 Thread Michael Devore
At 07:52 PM 4/29/2005 +0200, Eric Auer wrote: More problems ahead. I tested several programs with EMM386 2.0, setting X=TEST VDS. Many failed. Most of them did work, however, when I added EMM=20480 to the settings, to disable the EMS / XMS / VCPI memory pool sharing. Some programs still failed

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-05-02 Thread Fox
Hi, I tried the EMM386 v2.0, and there is a weird behave: When I boot the PC, my apps works ok (I tested with JAZZ JackRabbit, LAME, MPXPLAY and FastTracker 2). But when I quit the app and want to launch another one from the list, the second app is freezing or crashing with some Hex on-screen.

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-05-02 Thread Michael Devore
At 10:22 PM 5/2/2005 +0200, Fox wrote: Hi, I tried the EMM386 v2.0, and there is a weird behave: When I boot the PC, my apps works ok (I tested with JAZZ JackRabbit, LAME, MPXPLAY and FastTracker 2). But when I quit the app and want to launch another one from the list, the second app is freezing

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-05-02 Thread Aitor Santamaría Merino
Michael Devore escribió: At 07:52 PM 4/29/2005 +0200, Eric Auer wrote: More problems ahead. I tested several programs with EMM386 2.0, setting X=TEST VDS. Many failed. Most of them did work, however, when I added EMM=20480 to the settings, to disable the EMS / XMS / VCPI memory pool sharing. Some

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-05-02 Thread Michael Devore
At 01:59 AM 5/2/2005 +0200, Aitor Santamaría Merino wrote: Michael Devore escribió: It should clear up your DOS extender problems, anyway. Except for DOS/32A having a hard limitation of 256M VCPI. That bit of stupidity on its part will take user intervention to circumvent. Hi Michael, I like

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-04-30 Thread Michael Devore
At 07:52 PM 4/29/2005 +0200, Eric Auer wrote: CTSTOAST 1996 demo (when started with DOS32a) hangs at once if pool sharing is on. AuGoS Go player (same DOS extender). For AuGoS, things are even worse: Alright, I'm going to scream now. Augos.exe fails for me with a runtime error EVEN IF I don't

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-04-30 Thread Michael Devore
At 07:52 PM 4/29/2005 +0200, Eric Auer wrote: GCUBE intro crashes on second call with EMM386 2.0: DOS tells that the MCB at d0cf:0 has been zeroed out. Does not happen with EMM386 1.15... Very trippy, that GCUBE, looks like a hi-rez television version of an 60's acid trip. Well, it's a smoking

[Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-04-29 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Michael, good news :-). Version 2.0 of EMM386 supports sharing of extended memory between EMS, XMS, and VCPI from a common pool... Be aware that some 1500 lines of assembly language code were added in this version of EMM386, with another few hundred lines replaced or deleted. The

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-04-29 Thread Michael Devore
At 12:56 PM 4/29/2005 +0200, you wrote: Yes, BUT: You still forgot to compile with FORSYS defined, so prf.c still outputs to BIOS instead of to (redirectable) DOS. I didn't forget and I did look at the code. The #define explicitly indicated for SYS files, use it the way it is set up. One of the

[Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-04-29 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Michael, some test results and stuff... Generally bad news, sorry. Yes, BUT: You still forgot to compile with FORSYS defined, so prf.c still outputs to BIOS instead of to (redirectable) DOS. Quite a while ago, when we had the same discussion, I showed you some documentation (PC DOS stuff

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-04-29 Thread Michael Devore
At 07:52 PM 4/29/2005 +0200, Eric Auer wrote: Quite a while ago, when we had the same discussion, I showed you some documentation (PC DOS stuff afair?) which explicitly states that you can use int 21.01 ... int 21.0c at almost any time. That includes that you can use them from within SYS files and

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-04-29 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 29--2005 19:52 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: EA initialization code of the driver. Arkady also clarified that FORSYS EA means for the SYS.COM tool. ...as opposite for kernel itself - thus, prf.c may be used in kernel and in external programs

Re: [Freedos-user] Re: EMM386 2.0 Released

2005-04-29 Thread Michael Devore
At 07:52 PM 4/29/2005 +0200, Eric Auer wrote: Same for Jazz Jackrabbit (RTM/DPMI16BI) game and the Jazz Jackrabbit DOS link goes to a Win32 version of the game. So much for that guy. GCUBE is one of those tarball atrocities. No thanks, unless you have an already compiled and readily