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posted by roytam, 28.01.2014, 04:00

> > Thanks for info. I downloaded and tried it to compile. Under Mingw it
> > compiles without warnings but doesn't work - same as before, no SDL
> window
> > created and rotten thread left running in system. Well so I edit
> Makefile
> > to disable SDL, then it booted FreeDOS in text mode but I'm getting some
> > garbage in console output - maybe some Linux terminal controls? Those
> guys
> > probably never tried to compile it outside Linux :\
>
> According to their
> forum,
> "it's because the FreeDOS [but not MS-DOS!] console outputs ANSI codes
> formatting, which the default Windows terminal does not support." And yes,
> ANSICON seems like the best
> solution to that. (I haven't tested any of this recently, hence my slow
> reply to what is probably obvious by now.)

It converts DOS text mode colors and cursor placements to ANSI escape sequences in BIOS.
BTW I build my own SDL-enabled post 1.03 build.
http://roy.orz.hm/soft/8086tiny-20140128-win32.7z

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                        • 22nd IOCCC winners - RayeR, 29.01.2014, 04:43
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