Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-19 Thread Gerry Hickman
Hi Michael, This version of EMM386 has a number of compatibility changes Cool. While on the topics of VDS, the VDS option is now on by default. Too many environments require this to leave it as optional, plus a default on condition matches Microsoft EMM386. There exist SCSI setups which

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-19 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Gerry Hickman schreef: A better option would be to get to the bottom of why SCSI and VDS do not like each other. SCSI is a drive interface - I don't see how it can be affected by VDS unless there's something bigger going on. It may he SCSI is merely showing up the problem, as opposed to BEING

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-19 Thread Michael Devore
At 11:21 PM 9/19/2005 +0100, you wrote: A better option would be to get to the bottom of why SCSI and VDS do not like each other. SCSI is a drive interface - I don't see how it can be affected by VDS unless there's something bigger going on. It may he SCSI is merely showing up the problem, as

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update Bug Report

2005-09-19 Thread Daniel Quintiliani
Michael Devore wrote: Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386 are the files emmx205.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly executable package, and emms205.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly source package. This version of EMM386 has a number of compatibility changes to enhance operability with a

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update Bug Report

2005-09-19 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Daniel Quintiliani schreef: This update breaks MEM. While it finally allows OpenGEM to work at the same time as my plug-n-play SoundBlaster AWE64, upon running the latest stable version of MEM, I get MEM: UMB Corruption. -Dan MEM (1.6) itself is broken, get 1.7beta or 1.8alpha both

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on PC XT

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
Blair Campbell wrote: As you can see from my previous mailing list post, I do indeed have a pre-386 system with a CDROM. The above snip leads me to belive that the cdextensions file (though it runs on my XT) hasn't been debugged for that platform, and may not even be properly compiled (e.g. 386

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on PC XT

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
Nick Bright wrote: Blair Campbell wrote: As you can see from my previous mailing list post, I do indeed have a pre-386 system with a CDROM. The above snip leads me to belive that the cdextensions file (though it runs on my XT) hasn't been debugged for that platform, and may not even be

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-19 Thread Brolin
Michael Devore wrote: Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386 are the files emmx205.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly executable package, and emms205.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly source package. Firstly, I have not tested this new release. That said, what is the status with regards to

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-19 Thread Michael Devore
At 05:05 PM 9/19/2005 -0700, Brolin wrote: Firstly, I have not tested this new release. That said, what is the status with regards to having FastTracker II working on FreeDOS? My FreeDOS installation consists mainly of what was distributed with the Beta9 SR1 CD, so some of the components may

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on PC XT

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
Nick Bright wrote: Blair Campbell wrote: There is an 8086 version of SHSUCDX available, so you musn't use SHSUCDX to load the extentions, but you must instead use SHSUCD86 or something like this. I'm not sure if there are any drivers available for pre-386 systems, however. I'll try

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on PC XT

2005-09-19 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Nick Bright schreef: -=-=-=-=-=-=- SNIP -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nice to actually see that people read documentation :) At the time I wrote those texts, there were no *known and working* (IDE/SCSI) cdromdrivers for config.sys, and also the 8086-compatible version of SHSUCDX wasn't released yet. As you

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on PC XT

2005-09-19 Thread Blair Campbell
This would seem to indicate that this version of shsucdex is compatible with this system, no? That would. However, there is a file called shcdx86.com. This is the file I meant. --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on PC XT

2005-09-19 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Nick Bright schreef: Compile-time options: 8086, CD root form not used, High Sierra supported, Joliet supported, image on CD supported. Run-time options: tilde generation is off, read only attribute is on This would seem to indicate that this version of shsucdex is compatible with this

[Freedos-user] [XT] edit.exe seems to hang

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
I'm not sure if it'll be helpful or not, but as I'm working on my XT, I'll post things I come across that seem to not work on this platform. In this case, running edit.exe simply hangs. The drive accesses for a moment, the cursor sits blinking, and nothing happens until I push the reset

Re: [Freedos-user] [XT] edit.exe seems to hang

2005-09-19 Thread Blair Campbell
In this case, running edit.exe simply hangs. The drive accesses for a moment, the cursor sits blinking, and nothing happens until I push the reset button. Try this version of edit: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/edit07d.zip

Re: [Freedos-user] [XT] edit.exe seems to hang

2005-09-19 Thread Gregory Pietsch
Nick Bright wrote: I'm not sure if it'll be helpful or not, but as I'm working on my XT, I'll post things I come across that seem to not work on this platform. In this case, running edit.exe simply hangs. The drive accesses for a moment, the cursor sits blinking, and nothing happens until I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on PC XT

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
Bernd Blaauw wrote: Nick Bright schreef: -=-=-=-=-=-=- SNIP -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nice to actually see that people read documentation :) At the time I wrote those texts, there were no *known and working* (IDE/SCSI) cdromdrivers for config.sys, and also the 8086-compatible version of SHSUCDX

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on PC XT

2005-09-19 Thread Blair Campbell
by I'm not sure if there are any drivers available for pre-386 systems though. Do you mean the cdrom .sys driver file? If so, yes there are. I have one installed. Yes, that is what I meant. --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your

[Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-19 Thread Michael Devore
Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386 are the files emmx205.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly executable package, and emms205.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly source package. This version of EMM386 has a number of compatibility changes to enhance operability with a variety of DOS

[Freedos-user] [XT] CD Rom Support

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
Thanks for getting me straightened out on which version of FreeDOS I was using, Bernd. The updated versions of all the software seem to be working much better, including edit :) After stripping out enough to get a 720K disk, I was able to successfully boot the ODIN floppy with the DCAM950 and

Re: [Freedos-user] [XT] CD Rom Support

2005-09-19 Thread Blair Campbell
Thanks for getting me straightened out on which version of FreeDOS I was using, Bernd. The updated versions of all the software seem to be working much better, including edit :) Hopefully soon I will be producing a floppy version of my distro, which includes the latest software that is

Re: [Freedos-user] [XT] edit.exe seems to hang

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
Blair Campbell wrote: In this case, running edit.exe simply hangs. The drive accesses for a moment, the cursor sits blinking, and nothing happens until I push the reset button. Try this version of edit: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/edit07d.zip This

Re: [Freedos-user] [XT] CD Rom Support

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
Blair Campbell wrote: Thanks for getting me straightened out on which version of FreeDOS I was using, Bernd. The updated versions of all the software seem to be working much better, including edit :) Hopefully soon I will be producing a floppy version of my distro, which includes the

Re: [Freedos-user] [XT] edit.exe seems to hang

2005-09-19 Thread Blair Campbell
culprit. However, when I select save options the saved options only take effect if I change to c:\fdos before executing edit. Perhaps I am doing something wrong? This sounds like a bug to me. Make sure you e-mail Eric Auer with a bug report before he releases the final version of 0.7d. I

Re: [Freedos-user] [XT] CD Rom Support

2005-09-19 Thread Blair Campbell
autoexec/fdconfig as necessary... but it may not be that easy for less experianced users, who are not familier with doing that kind of thing. Which is exactly what I meant. A current FreeDOS install system should be available on floppies as well as CD-ROMs, but for now I haven't gotten around

[Freedos-user] [XT] Bug found - zip utility

2005-09-19 Thread Nick Bright
Just testing things about, I tried to zip a file, and received an error about requiring an 80386. The ODIN readme.txt file indicates this is an 8086 compatible binary. Perhaps a documentation error, perhaps a compile error? Unzip successfully unzips a file from the ODIN disk; slowly, of course

Re: [Freedos-user] [XT] Bug found - zip utility

2005-09-19 Thread Blair Campbell
error? Unzip successfully unzips a file from the ODIN disk; slowly, of course - it's an XT :) One cool thing you could try (although it won't work for zip), is using EMU386 to emulate a 386 on a 286. This will probably not work for most programs becuase the docs say it only works if 1) only