DOS ain't dead

lDebug release 8 (Announce)

posted by roytam, 10.03.2024, 11:53

> > Another set of bugs fixed involves the drive locking needed to write
> sectors to
> > a drive on MS-DOS v7 and v8. The first bugfix is
>
> I also once "played" with the "drive locking" thing when modifying WDe, but
> my impression is, it's a big sh*t - don't want to mess with that again.

IIRC PC DOS 7.1 supports "drive locking" as well but its COMMAND.COM doesn't have it.
I wonder if it is good to write a standalone LOCK utility.

Complete thread:

• lDebug release 8 - ecm, 08.03.2024, 19:29 (Announce)
  • lDebug release 8 - Japheth, 10.03.2024, 10:40
    • lDebug release 8 - roytam, 10.03.2024, 11:53
    • lDebug release 8 - ecm, 10.03.2024, 15:02
      • lDebug release 8 - ecm, 10.03.2024, 15:25
        • lDebug release 8 - Japheth, 11.03.2024, 10:47
    • lDebug release 8 - ecm, 11.03.2024, 09:30