Re: [Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.48 works on PC and XT machines.
Hi Tom, > On Apr 4, 2022, at 12:56 PM, tom ehlert wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > >>> On Apr 3, 2022, at 11:50 AM, tom ehlert wrote: >>> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> mKEYB used to need AT class machines or better to work. >>> >>> Davide Bresolin taught mKEYB to run on PC's and XT's. > > I forgot to add: > > WITHOUT increasing the resident footprint for AT+ class machines. > >>> now he has a 700 byte keyboard driver, saving 2.3 KB wrt XKEYB >>> and 5 KB wrt. MS KEYB. >>> >>> announcement >>> https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/the-quest-for-a-small-keyboard-driver.1238141/ >>> download https://github.com/davidebreso/mkeyb/releases/tag/v0.48 >>> >>> Tom > >> Since this version is not on your page, I have some questions… > >> Does it mean you are passing development off to Davide and I need >> change the package LSM to show it is maintained by him? Including >> the primary download site be changed to his GitHub repo along with >> maintained at URL? > >> Or, does it simple mean you plan on continuing development and I >> should just add such things to the LSM? > >> Or, does it mean you plan on incorporating his changes and the metadata is >> fine as it is now? > > reasonable questions. > > in the moment I'm not in reach of a DOS environment, so I am not able > to test his drivers. looking at his source changes, I am fairly > confident this should work (and of course he tested this himself). > > as soon as I have tested this in my environment (not long), I plan to > incorporate his changes, and the metadata is fine as it is now. Sounds good. I’ll keep an eye out for your official update. Thanks. :-) Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.48 works on PC and XT machines.
Hi Jerome, >> On Apr 3, 2022, at 11:50 AM, tom ehlert wrote: >> >> Hi everybody, >> >> mKEYB used to need AT class machines or better to work. >> >> Davide Bresolin taught mKEYB to run on PC's and XT's. I forgot to add: WITHOUT increasing the resident footprint for AT+ class machines. >> now he has a 700 byte keyboard driver, saving 2.3 KB wrt XKEYB >> and 5 KB wrt. MS KEYB. >> >> announcement >> https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/the-quest-for-a-small-keyboard-driver.1238141/ >> download https://github.com/davidebreso/mkeyb/releases/tag/v0.48 >> >> Tom > Since this version is not on your page, I have some questions… > Does it mean you are passing development off to Davide and I need > change the package LSM to show it is maintained by him? Including > the primary download site be changed to his GitHub repo along with maintained > at URL? > Or, does it simple mean you plan on continuing development and I > should just add such things to the LSM? > Or, does it mean you plan on incorporating his changes and the metadata is > fine as it is now? reasonable questions. in the moment I'm not in reach of a DOS environment, so I am not able to test his drivers. looking at his source changes, I am fairly confident this should work (and of course he tested this himself). as soon as I have tested this in my environment (not long), I plan to incorporate his changes, and the metadata is fine as it is now. Tom ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.48 works on PC and XT machines.
Hi Tom, > On Apr 3, 2022, at 11:50 AM, tom ehlert wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > mKEYB used to need AT class machines or better to work. > > Davide Bresolin taught mKEYB to run on PC's and XT's. > now he has a 700 byte keyboard driver, saving 2.3 KB wrt XKEYB > and 5 KB wrt. MS KEYB. > > announcement > https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/the-quest-for-a-small-keyboard-driver.1238141/ > download https://github.com/davidebreso/mkeyb/releases/tag/v0.48 > > Tom Since this version is not on your page, I have some questions… Does it mean you are passing development off to Davide and I need change the package LSM to show it is maintained by him? Including the primary download site be changed to his GitHub repo along with maintained at URL? Or, does it simple mean you plan on continuing development and I should just add such things to the LSM? Or, does it mean you plan on incorporating his changes and the metadata is fine as it is now? Thanks Jerome ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.48 works on PC and XT machines.
On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 11:08 AM tom ehlert wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > mKEYB used to need AT class machines or better to work. > > Davide Bresolin taught mKEYB to run on PC's and XT's. > now he has a 700 byte keyboard driver, saving 2.3 KB wrt XKEYB > and 5 KB wrt. MS KEYB. > > announcement > https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/the-quest-for-a-small-keyboard-driver.1238141/ > download https://github.com/davidebreso/mkeyb/releases/tag/v0.48 > That's great! I've mirrored this to our FreeDOS Files Archive at Ibiblio. I also posted a news item about it so others will see it on the website. Jim ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
