On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 19:37 -0800, Michael Robinson wrote:
> I have been interested in ReactOS, but as of today I gt my forum
> posting
> priviledges revoked for merely recommending that open source compilers
> and build tools be used instead of MSVC and the Windows SDK.
That's because GCC's cra
On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 10:48 +0200, japhethx gmail wrote:
> The patched SVGA driver handles video output of Windows applications
> only. My
> guess is that for supporting DOS-based applications or TSRs one might
> additionlly need a VESA-compliant "virtual" SVGA driver (which usually
> have a .386
On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 14:22 +0100, Liam Proven wrote
> > Windows 3.1x for high resolution displays i.e. beyond 1280x1024 with 16
> > million colours. Sadly I've had to abandon it due to lack of
> > documentation and sources for existing device drivers.
>
> One problem with such things - and a few
On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 19:06 +0100, Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex
wrote:
P.S.
> *sigh* I'd forgotten about that 64k limitation. :( But there still is a
> need for display drivers for WFWG users; there are a lot of new graphic
> hardware out there that have no display drivers
On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 13:46 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> > *sigh* I'd forgotten about that 64k limitation. :(
>
> There is a /reason/ why people dropped Windows 3 like a hot potato
> once they had a better alternative!
>
> To be honest, Windows 9x or NT 3 are far more interesting retro OSs to
> p
