DOS ain't dead

HXDLL.ZIP (3 KiB)

What's new:

* AVICAP32.DLL added / updated (needed for FFMPEG and derivatives)

* AVIFIL32.DLL added / updated (needed for FFMPEG and derivatives)

* COMDLG32.DLL improved: less bloat, more features, Get****FileName* now all 4 recognized (not yet implemented), GetFileTitleA improved (now cuts off the path, even more reliably than Windaube does) (needed for MUH-PDF)

* MSVFW32.DLL minor

* PSAPI.DLL added (needed for FFMPEG)

* WLDAP32.DLL added (needed for GNASH)

* TESTDRUG.EXE added: tests GetFileTitleA and Get****FileName*

Unfortunately there are issues in file I/O (??) and GUI support so that aforementioned programs do no longer whine about missing imports or DLL's, but
still don't run well ______

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

2013-May-16 http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=FTQfAiXP (6 KiB)

What's new:

- Added some DLL's and exports
- Replaced Japheth's COMCTL32.DLL
- Actually NOT a spectacular achievement (consider that HX has been officially dead since 2008)

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

OCC includes an updated DKRNL32 and DUSER32. What's new (needed for INFOPAD):

1. "intersect" bugfix in "WriteConsoleOutput"
2. "FindFirstFileExA" (trivial)
3. "K32GetKeyState" (DKRNL32 and DUSER32)

Japheth released an updated DKRNL32 only. What's new:

only [1.] "intersect"

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

> 2013-May-16 http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=FTQfAiXP (6 KiB)
>
> What's new:
>
> - Added some DLL's and exports
> - Replaced Japheth's COMCTL32.DLL
> - Actually NOT a spectacular achievement (consider that HX has been
> officially dead since 2008)

How to convert cool.txt file to zip ?

> > http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=FTQfAiXP (6 KiB)
> How to convert cool.txt file to zip ?

Heh, someone reads my posts

PS: base64 decode or 5 KiB

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

> Heh, someone reads my posts
>
> PS: base64 decode or
> 5 KiB

Big thanks, DOS386

> COMCTL32.DLL

It's broken I'll fix it one day

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

The DOS-extender contained in HX ( HDPMI32 and HDPMI16 ) has got an update. It improves the handling of "scattered" XMS memory blocks, quite similiar to the issue discussed in http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=12738.

For details also see: http://masm32.com/board/index.php?PHPSESSID=b24134b41dd5b50c1c5c0c96ef8b1e70&topic=2100.0

http://www.japheth.de/HX.html

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MS-DOS forever!

> > COMCTL32.DLL broken I'll fix it one day

DONE : http://users.freebasic-portal.de/dos386/hxdll.zip (5 KiB)

> The DOS-extender contained in HX ( HDPMI32 and HDPMI16 ) has got an update

Thanks ... will there be full HX 2.18 release one day too ?

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

> The DOS-extender contained in HX ( HDPMI32 and HDPMI16 ) has got an update

HXDEV got a minimal update 2013-Aug-16

http://www.japheth.de/Download/HX/?C=M;O=A

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

> The DOS-extender contained in HX ( HDPMI32 and HDPMI16 ) has got an update

2014-Jan-05 HX updated by Japheth :

- 2 minor fixes in DKRNL
- less files in the ZIP are "encrypted'
- many EXE's and DLL's recompiled/relinked(?) with no documented changes

PS: my DLL's 2013-Jul-22

PPSS: http://japheth.de/HDEdit.html HDEDIT updated too (untested)

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

PS: my DLL's 2014-Jul-12 5 KiO

What's new:

- better source comments
- AVICAP32.DLL improved
- IPHLPAPI.DLL added (BOCHS 2.6.6 needs it, Japheth's version is broken)

PS: Japheth is dead

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

> PS: Japheth is
> dead

I hate to be indiscreet, I respect his privacy, but has anyone actually had any direct contact (email??) with Japheth since then? Not that I really blame him, and I hope everything is well, but well ... even his website seems to be down.

Well, at least his website seems to be back up and running, for now.

> Well, at least his website seems to be back up and running, for now.

Nope, down again, at least for me for the past few days. I have no idea. Very frustrating.

> > Well, at least his website seems to be back up and running, for now.

> Nope, down again, at least for me for the past few days. I have no idea.
> Very frustrating.

Last email interaction I had with Japheth, he wrote he was no longer
able to update or work on HX due to changes in his real world life.
Twas some moths back already, I think I reported on this briefly.

I don't want to make assumptions, but at the time I got a bad feeling
about the unstated upcoming changes. Again I will not speculate,
and I do hope Japheth is doing fine and just got new, exciting, interests.
But t'is my inner feeling we won't be hearing from him for a long time, if ever.

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Ninho

> Well, at least his website seems to be back up and running, for now

For never again

ReactorOS 0.3.17 is out 2014-Nov-05 .

Anyone dared to test
M$WCRT.DLL from it with HX?

"ReactOS-0.3.17-REL-live.zip" 67'045'285
9711'3290'D1E8'03A7'8F26'4B4E'00B5'EDE0
"http://sf.net/projects/reactos/files/ReactOS/0.3.17/Rea
ctOS-0.3.17-REL-live.zip/download"

"msvcrt.dll" 580'096 2014-10-03 22:42
D46D'5796'B654'D39B'F733'48C2'523D'733A

I did, hot results:

- there are missing imports
- if you ignore them, some files may have a chance to load, start
and print some info onto the screen
- unfortunately trying to do anything useful ends up in a crash

(see shot - after replacing DLL from ROS 0.3.17 by DLL from ME it worx)

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C:\>DIR MS*.*

 Volume in drive C is CRAP
 Directory of  C:\

MSVCRT   DLL       580,096   1-01-14 12:12a
MSDOG    SYS       999,999   1-01-14 12:43a
MSHTML   DLL    99,999,999   1-01-12 07:23p
        2 File(s)    723,182,592 bytes free

C:\>DPMILD32 KZIP

DPMI loader version 3.8.0
Copyright (C) 1993-2010 Japheth

dpmild32: import not found: RtlAllocateHeap
dpmild32: import not found: RtlAreBitsClear
dpmild32: import not found: RtlAreBitsSet
dpmild32: import not found: RtlFreeHeap
dpmild32: import not found: RtlInitializeBitMap
dpmild32: import not found: RtlSecondsSince1970ToTime
dpmild32: import not found: RtlSetBits
dpmild32: import not found: RtlTimeToSecondsSince1970
dpmild32: import not found: abs
dpmild32: import not found: labs
dpmild32: import not found: vDbgPrintExWithPrefix
dpmild32: file ntdll.dll
dpmild32: c:\dkrnl32.dll: cannot resolve imports
dpmild32: c:\dkrnl32.dll: cannot load PE file

C:\>SET DPMILDR=128

C:\>DPMILD32 KZIP /V DK.ZIP DKRNL32.DLL

DPMI loader version 3.8.0
Copyright (C) 1993-2010 Japheth

dkrnl32: exception C00000FD, flags=0 occured at BF:23259F
        ax=120000 bx=2FA7F4 cx=0 dx=0
        si=126240 di=126540 bp=126008 sp=126000
        ip = Module 'kernel32.dll'+C59F
        [eip] = 6A 01 58 5F 5E C9 C2 10 00 6A 57 E8
        [esp] = 00000100 00000100 00126568 00260313 00000001 00126040
dkrnl32: fatal exit!

C:\>
C:\>COPY I:\DOS\MSVCRT.DLL .
       1 File(s) copied

C:\>DPMILD32 KZIP /V DK.ZIP DKRNL32.DLL

DPMI loader version 3.8.0
Copyright (C) 1993-2010 Japheth

Creating ZIP: DK.ZIP
  Adding: DKRNL32.DLL  KSflating
Block boundaries: 401,6929,ee8c,fea4,10b1c,12d9c,13608 (8 blocks)

    Fileleng:   51094 bytes -   5975.250 ->   45118.750
    Fileleng:   45327 bytes -     30.000 ->   45297.000
    Fileleng:   45275 bytes -      7.500 ->   45267.500
    Fileleng:   45259 bytes -      1.500 ->   45257.500
    Fileleng:   45254 bytes -      0.125 ->   45253.875
    Fileleng:   45256 bytes -      0.125 ->   45255.875
    Fileleng:   45255 bytes    Fileleng:   45254 bytes
      Total (including headers):     45374/    81920 bytes (45%)
Took 963284642 CPU cycles (RDTSC)

C:\>

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PS: my DLL's 2014-Jul-12 5 KiO

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***