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UIDE and Soundblaster emulation -- TDSK (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 12.11.2007, 01:39

> Issue about 4MB barrier with Soundblaster and UIDE can be avoided with
> resiseable RAM-disks. For this purpose I recomend TDSK.

TurboDSK is a very good program. I use it all the time on my P166 (DR-DOS 7.03, 32 MB RAM). AFAIK, the latest open source version is 2.3, but later tweaked versions (2.41?) exist that supposedly set an env. var. to the drive letter. Here's a brief pro + and con - review of TDSK (both means it could go either way):

+ open source w/ liberal license (I forget, pd??)
+ pretty small .EXE (once UPX'd, eheheh)
+ small cluster size (unlike SHSURDRV's default 4k, min. 1k)
+ resizable from cmdline (unlike VDISK.SYS from DR-DOS)
- can't choose drive letter (unlike XMSDSK or SHSURDRV)
- doesn't return drive letter (unlike SHSURDRV), but FINDDISK fixes this
- source code uses TASM (haven't tried Nomyso on it yet)
+ supports XMS 2.0, EMS 3.2, and (uniquely, AFAIK) conventional memory
- max. 64 MB thanks to XMS 2.0 (unlike 386+ SHSURDRV)
+ works well w/ DC-SK (unlike XMSDSK) or NDN (unlike DNOSP 6.4.0)
+ - NLS support built-in (Spanish and German, IIRC; bloats it up a bit)
+ smaller version (BITDISK, XMS only) if needed
+ doesn't crash if no XMS driver found (unlike XMSDSK)

Just FYI.

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Know your limits.h

Complete thread:

• UIDE and Soundblaster emulation - Laaca, 11.11.2007, 23:28 (Users)
  • UIDE and Soundblaster emulation - Jack R. Ellis, 12.11.2007, 00:12
  • UIDE and Soundblaster emulation -- TDSK - Rugxulo, 12.11.2007, 01:39
    • UIDE and Soundblaster emulation -- TDSK - RayeR, 12.11.2007, 02:46
      • UIDE and Soundblaster emulation -- TDSK - sol, 12.11.2007, 02:58
        • UIDE and Soundblaster emulation -- TDSK - RayeR, 12.11.2007, 03:07
          • UIDE and Soundblaster emulation -- TDSK - sol, 12.11.2007, 03:16
            • UIDE and Soundblaster emulation -- TDSK - RayeR, 12.11.2007, 03:18
              • Another RAM disk - Steve, 12.11.2007, 03:30
  • UIDE and Soundblaster emulation - flo, 12.11.2007, 11:26