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posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 31.07.2011, 03:50

> I'm beginning to think I don't want the complications of dual booting.
I forgot to mention that most DOSes (esp. MS-DOS) are pretty limited about where you can install them. Even DR-DOS is not perfect, though better. At least in this area, it's very clear that FreeDOS works best. But long story short, install MS-DOS (or others) first, then FreeDOS.

> > Play with the values in CONFIG.NT. I don't need EMS, and don't care,
> but
> > it appears to be possible to configure it.
>
> I have seen that but I'm not sure I understand it :-)

For "personal, non-commercial use", you can try EMS Magic, in Windows or DOS (TSR that doesn't interfere with anything).

> > I have DOSBox under Linux and it works fine. My big complaint is that
> > DOSBox is intended for running old MS-DOS games, and thinks of
> > screen sizes in terms of graphics resolution. As a result, it appears
> > limited in character mode to 80x25 screen sizes. I want 80x50 VGA mode, or
> > at least 80x43 EGA mode if I can't get 80x50.
 >
> You might find the first post here > http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=22617&start=19 useful and > especially the file link (TEXTUTIL.ZIP). I have used 80X50.COM in a custom > JAVELIN.CONF DOSBOX config file to boot Javelin straight into 80 X 50 mode.
80x50? FreeDOS mode supports it, and I've seen ASM code to do similar in a handful of lines.

EDIT: (I'm kinda assuming here that you have DEBUG installed, heh. And yes, it works in DOSBox!)


; thanks to Loren Blaney
org 100h
mov ax,1202h
mov bx,30h
int 10h
mov ax,3
int 10h
mov ax,1112h
xor bx,bx
int 10h
int 20h

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