[Freedos-user] fdapm and dpakbd aware programs

Hi Eric, > > Do you mean, authors making their programs FDAPM aware? > No I mean making FDAPM aware of the programs... Exactly > the same way as your "DPAKBD" is aware of your programs, > without having to change your programs, as I understood. That would be great! And, Yes, you underst

Re: [Freedos-user] fdapm and dpakbd aware programs (no subject)

Hi Marcos, >> another chance would obviously be making fdapm aware :-) > > Do you mean, authors making their programs FDAPM aware? No I mean making FDAPM aware of the programs... Exactly the same way as your "DPAKBD" is aware of your programs, without having to change your programs, as I unders

[Freedos-user] (no subject)

Hi Eric, > another chance would obviously be making fdapm aware :-) Do you mean, authors making their programs FDAPM aware? Of course this would be ideal. > Do you know what makes fdapm unaware of the programs that > you mention, while dpakbd (?) is aware of their idleness? Sorry, as I'm just

Re: [Freedos-user] Catch-all Repository for legacy DOS software

Hi Alex, an obvious question: What is wrong about the already existing pages which collect legacy DOS software? It may the that they are not MANAGED by FreeDOS people, but it is not like the typical FreeDOS user would be bored :-) And you could of course donate your private collections - dependin

Re: [Freedos-user] A tool for CPU-load measurement

Hi Z! I like the idea from TJ Edmister with the background change as easy to implement and easy to eyeball visual feedback of load, but let me tell you an anecdote: Once I upgraded from a 386 to a 6x86 CPU, but had no new VGA card yet. I played with an old Mandelbrot set program and was surprised

[Freedos-user] FDAPM-awareness ... again

Hi, For about a year I have been using only programs which either are natively FDAPM-aware, or can become so with help of a TSR. I just don't *like* CPUs running at 100% capacity when all we need is 2% or less, especially in notebooks with their tiny, hard-to-reach cooling fans. The TSR I curren

Re: [Freedos-user] Catch-all Repository for legacy DOS software

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[Freedos-user] VFat patent could be invalidated, thanks to Motorola and Torvalds

more details here http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/VFat-patent-could-be-invalidated-thanks-to-Motorola-and-Torvalds-1486484.html Tom -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Her

[Freedos-user] New 23-Mar-2012 UIDE/UIDE2 -- Minor SIze Reduction.

Johnson Lam has posted a new DRIVERS.ZIP file, now dated 23-Mar-2012, on his website at: The UIDE and UIDE2 drivers now use only 912 bytes of upper- or DOS memory with their /H switch!To do this, UIDE now runs 30 BIOS units (was 34) same as UIDE2, an