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RxDOS 7.24 release (Announce)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 08.10.2018, 19:09

I uploaded RxDOS-7.24.zip to https://bitbucket.org/ecm/rxdos-7.2x/downloads/

What's new:

* DOSDATA and DOSCODE are split properly; DOSDATA can be relocated to UMA or start of LMA, DOSCODE can be relocated to start of HMA, to UMA, or to start of LMA.

* Former RxBIO is fully integrated into the DOS's segments.

* [RX]CONFIG.SYS DEVICE= and DEVICEHIGH= statements are handled in the same pass. If a device driver executable image doesn't fit into the UMA, DEVICEHIGH= will load it into the LMA instead.

* Memory handling replaced, refer to https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=15408

* UMBs are supported in memory handling and initialisation during CONFIG processing.

* RPLOADER and MemoryMAX broadcasts are done now.

* [RX]CONFIG.SYS is read using normal DOS calls, which will later support redirected file systems when that is implemented in DOS.

* instsect is now included in the build, and allows installing boot sectors to FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 (with FSINFO) file systems.

* Kernel compression supported, refer to https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=15474 (The compressed kernel is provided in the RxDOSPAK.COM file, and must be renamed to RxDOS.COM to boot from it.)


Still missing:

* iniload _IMAGE_EXE support and embedding eg instsect into RxDOS.COM (and _IMAGE_EXE support in iniblz)

* File system redirector

* EXEC using DOS calls to read file

* Deallocation of init S MCBs (most left allocated currently)

* Relocation of data structures to HMA, or UMA, or LMA (stuck at top of LMA currently)

* New buffers and full support of sector sizes of 32 to 8192 bytes

* LOADFIX and LOADHIGH (in RxCMD)

* File system locking and sharing

* Int2F.12xx internal DOS interface support

* Int2F HMA memory management functions

* Functional LFN Unicode translation

* Building without the LFN server

* INSTALL= support in CONFIG processing

* Menu support in CONFIG processing (either FreeDOS style, MS-DOS style, or both)

* More, likely

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Complete thread:

• RxDOS 7.24 release - ecm, 08.10.2018, 19:09 (Announce)
  • RxDOS 7.24 release - Guti, 09.10.2018, 10:14
  • RxDOS 7.24 release - ecm, 09.10.2018, 12:54
    • RxDOS 7.24 release - Doug, 11.10.2018, 09:32
      • RxDOS 7.24 release - ecm, 11.10.2018, 11:53
        • RxDOS 7.24 release - roytam, 11.10.2018, 15:37
          • RxDOS 7.24 release - ecm, 11.10.2018, 18:16
            • RxDOS 7.24 release - tom, 12.10.2018, 13:44
              • RxDOS 7.24 release - ecm, 12.10.2018, 14:01
                • RxDOS 7.24 release - ecm, 12.10.2018, 14:34
                • RxDOS 7.24 release - ecm, 12.10.2018, 14:53
                  • RxDOS 7.24 release - nico7550, 15.04.2020, 23:37
                    • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - ecm, 16.04.2020, 17:13
                      • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - nico7550, 02.05.2020, 13:15
                        • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - ecm, 03.05.2020, 15:11
                          • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - nico7550, 03.05.2020, 15:59
                            • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - ecm, 03.05.2020, 16:18
                              • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - nico7550, 03.05.2020, 16:37
                                • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - ecm, 03.05.2020, 16:46
                                  • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - nico7550, 03.05.2020, 16:54
                              • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - tom, 30.01.2021, 13:53
                                • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - ecm, 30.01.2021, 14:37
                                  • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - tom, 31.01.2021, 12:55
                                    • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - ecm, 31.01.2021, 13:10
                                      • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - tom, 31.01.2021, 16:55
                                        • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - rr, 31.01.2021, 17:47
                                        • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - Japheth, 31.01.2021, 18:21
                                          • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - tom, 31.01.2021, 23:58
                                        • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - rr, 03.02.2021, 21:06
                                          • RxDOS: Progress since 7.24 release - Japheth, 04.02.2021, 09:54
                            • RxDOS building - RXD_Build.txt - ecm, 03.05.2020, 17:11
                            • RxDOS building - Prerequisites - ecm, 03.05.2020, 17:29
                              • RxDOS building - Prerequisites - nico7550, 03.05.2020, 18:29
                                • RxDOS building - Prerequisites - nico7550, 03.05.2020, 18:50
                                  • RxDOS building - Prerequisites - ecm, 03.05.2020, 19:21
                                    • Building boot32fd.bin - ecm, 03.05.2020, 19:31
                                • RxDOS building - Prerequisites - ecm, 03.05.2020, 19:00
                • RxDOS 7.24 release - roytam, 12.10.2018, 15:27
        • RxDOS 7.24 release - ecm, 11.10.2018, 18:15