Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
Hi, (Didn't I reply to this already?, just in case...) Because it is compiled for 286+ and in the resident code it uses 186+ specific opcodes (PUSHA, POPA,...) Planned to be changed soon anyway. Aitor GNU_man escribió: Actually, i discovered (thanks to Eric Auer) that TED3 works perfectly on the 8088. Being a bit speed-impaired, this is a more ideal editor FD Edit .7x for an XT. What is it about FD-KEYB that makes it 286 compatible, but not 8088? Hi, It seems you solved your problem, but for the records, notice that FD-KEYB is still 286+ (planned to support 8088) Aitor --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
Just two things:
In the transient code: {$G+} (directive to compile for 286+)
In the resident code: the ussage of PUSHA/POPA and similars.
Planning to remove them in a short future, though.
Aitor
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Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 18:24:37 -0700
From: "GNU_man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Actually, i discovered (thanks to Eric Auer) that TED3 works perfectly on
the 8088. Being a bit speed-impaired, this is a more ideal editor FD Edit
7x for an XT. What is it about FD-KEYB that makes
it 286 compatible, but not 8088?
> Hi,
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> It seems you solved your problem, but for the records, notice that
> FD-KEYB is still 286+ (planned to support 8088)
>
> Aitor
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Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
Actually, i discovered (thanks to Eric Auer) that TED3 works perfectly on the 8088. Being a bit speed-impaired, this is a more ideal editor FD Edit .7x for an XT. What is it about FD-KEYB that makes it 286 compatible, but not 8088? Hi, It seems you solved your problem, but for the records, notice that FD-KEYB is still 286+ (planned to support 8088) Aitor --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
Hi, GNU_man escribió: Ok this is two questions in one here, I just did a real minimalistic FreeDOS install via 5 1/4" floppy on my "new" computer. No DOS text editors work on this machine, they all crash - including TED tiny editor. I suspect it could be something do with the keyboard. It seems you solved your problem, but for the records, notice that FD-KEYB is still 286+ (planned to support 8088) Aitor --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
LOL - remember that this is the hardware that DOS was designed for! A PII could comfortably run Linux with X ... but my XT has a much more limited selection of O/S's to chose from. I bought it from the U.S. equivalent of a 'goodwill' store for $5 Canadian, and hey, it's still technologicaly superior to my Tandy 1000 that cannot even run FreeDOS due to it's memory size of 128kb. BTW i'm certain someone has used FD in embedded systems somewhere. I noticed when i was at a bank the other day, the tiny 5" monitor on a cash counting machine had the familiar IBM extended ASCII character's used for drawing boxes around the text so i took a closer look at the machine and saw a label that said "DOS for embedded systems" on it. Being free, I'm sure some companies must chose FreeDOS. - Original Message - From: "Carl William Spitzer IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeDOS" Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 17:16, GNU_man wrote: Ok this is two questions in one here, I just did a real minimalistic FreeDOS install via 5 1/4" floppy on my "new" computer. No DOS text editors work on this machine, they all crash - including TED tiny editor. I suspect it could be something do with the keyboard. Please Do you work at the Smithsonian Institute that thing is an antique. And here I thought I had old hardware with a PII. Looks like `the speed of modern embedded systems. Has anyone tried Freedos in embedded hw? +-<<<<<<>>>>>>+ --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 17:16, GNU_man wrote: > Ok this is two questions in one here, I just did a real minimalistic > FreeDOS install via 5 1/4" floppy on my "new" computer. No DOS text > editors work on this machine, they all crash - including TED tiny > editor. I suspect it could be something do with the keyboard. Please Do you work at the Smithsonian Institute that thing is an antique. And here I thought I had old hardware with a PII. Looks like `the speed of modern embedded systems. Has anyone tried Freedos in embedded hw? +-<<>>+ --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
LOL! Actually i love edlin. I was delighted to see a new release of edlin, and i downloaded it right away. But for practical purposes, such as editing source code or a batch file, i'm afraid i'm too spoiled by fullscreen editors :) BTW i still tinker with my Tandy 1000 PC with 128kb RAM, making edlin the ONLY text editor so we are old friends; that's why i made that sarcastic comment! - Original Message - From: "Gregory Pietsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command GNU_man wrote: Please don't tell me i'm stuck with edlin, but i will accept this fate if i must :-) Am I supposed to feel insulted? I tried to write a better edlin than edlin, and this is what people think of my work! ;-) Gregory Pietsch --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
GNU_man wrote: Please don't tell me i'm stuck with edlin, but i will accept this fate if i must :-) Am I supposed to feel insulted? I tried to write a better edlin than edlin, and this is what people think of my work! ;-) Gregory Pietsch --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] text editor's and mem command
Ok this is two questions in one here, I just did a real minimalistic FreeDOS install via 5 1/4" floppy on my "new" computer. No DOS text editors work on this machine, they all crash - including TED tiny editor. I suspect it could be something do with the keyboard. Please don't tell me i'm stuck with edlin, but i will accept this fate if i must :-) Also the external command 'mem' crashes the machine. Aside from this, FreeDOS runs great! Here are the specs: Brand: Laser Turbo XT (circa 1987) CPU:4.77Mhz 8088 - can be 'turboed' into a rip-roaring 9Mhz! RAM: 640kb Video: VGA KB: Original IBM - the 'normal' (modern) keyboards don't work at all BIOS:Generic HD: 30MB - slow as hell! :-P I think that's all that would be pertinent for trouble-shooting. thanks for any help.please no sarcasm suggesting that i upgrade! i am a stubborn junk collector. ;-) --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
