Re: [Freedos-user] announce: fdapm update: bochs fix, acpi dump

2007-06-27 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Robert, > > - the APMDOS function [...] Background: Bochs BIOS implements the > > function but the Bochs 2.3 engine crashes if you use it [...] > > Thanks to Rugxulo for the VBE suggestion - a simple check > > and reasonably safe as "Bochs detector". As FDAPM will use > > non-BIOS "CPU

Re: [Freedos-user] announce: fdapm update: bochs fix, acpi dump

2007-06-27 Thread Robert Riebisch
Eric Auer wrote: > - the APMDOS function (the only function where FDAPM stays > in RAM as a resident tool) now avoids using the APM BIOS > "CPU idle" function if the VESA VBE BIOS "OEM name" string > starts with "Boch". Background: Bochs BIOS implements the > function but the Bochs 2.3 eng

[Freedos-user] announce: fdapm update: bochs fix, acpi dump

2007-06-26 Thread Eric Auer
Hi everybody, on www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/ you can now find a new file fdapm-2007jun27.zip with an new version of FDAPM. In short, in one line: > www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/fdapm-2007jun27.zip Changes are: - VGAON / VGAOFF (DPMS screen control) now use VESA VBE