DOS ain't dead

I made my own DOS implementation (Announce)

posted by samwdpckr, 21.03.2024, 22:21

> I'm not certain about *most* KEYB implementations, but I am certain that
> MKEYB does not rely on any MS-DOS feature, but interacts entirely with the
> BIOS.
> and I think KEYB behaves (in this respect) identical.

MKEYB.C, line 76.

It changes DOS's internal undocumented memory allocation struct. That is why it crashes. It assumes that the underlying operating system is MS-DOS.

Whoever wrote that should go fix their program. Those memory allocation structs are not identical between different DOS implementations.

Complete thread:

• I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 07.12.2023, 05:07 (Announce)
  • I made my own DOS implementation - CandyMan, 07.12.2023, 22:17
    • I made my own DOS implementation - Zyzzle, 07.12.2023, 23:58
      • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 08.12.2023, 02:43
        • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 08.12.2023, 15:52
          • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 08.12.2023, 22:11
            • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 09.12.2023, 01:46
            • I made my own DOS implementation - marcov, 09.12.2023, 11:29
              • I made my own DOS implementation - nico7550, 16.12.2023, 14:17
                • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 27.12.2023, 17:59
                  • I made my own DOS implementation - nico7550, 28.12.2023, 08:31
                  • I made my own DOS implementation - 0ffer, 30.12.2023, 09:35
        • I made my own DOS implementation - Zyzzle, 08.12.2023, 15:56
  • I made my own DOS implementation - SuperIlu, 07.12.2023, 23:24
  • I made my own DOS implementation - 0ffer, 25.12.2023, 20:31
  • I made my own DOS implementation - RayeR, 31.01.2024, 17:13
    • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 31.01.2024, 22:02
      • I made my own DOS implementation - Japheth, 01.02.2024, 08:32
    • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 01.02.2024, 15:36
      • I made my own DOS implementation - RayeR, 01.02.2024, 19:01
        • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 01.02.2024, 19:09
          • I made my own DOS implementation - RayeR, 02.02.2024, 05:22
            • I made my own DOS implementation - KormaX, 02.02.2024, 11:11
              • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 02.02.2024, 20:20
                • I made my own DOS implementation - RayeR, 11.02.2024, 15:52
  • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 12.03.2024, 22:56
    • I made my own DOS implementation - fritz.mueller, 15.03.2024, 14:49
      • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 15.03.2024, 20:46
        • I made my own DOS implementation - fritz.mueller, 16.03.2024, 20:01
          • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 16.03.2024, 23:11
            • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 18.03.2024, 01:52
              • I made my own DOS implementation - fritz.mueller, 18.03.2024, 13:25
                • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 18.03.2024, 22:22
                  • I made my own DOS implementation - fritz.mueller, 20.03.2024, 15:56
                    • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 21.03.2024, 18:06
                      • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 21.03.2024, 19:32
                        • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 21.03.2024, 19:56
                          • I made my own DOS implementation - fritz.mueller, 21.03.2024, 22:14
                        • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 21.03.2024, 22:21
                          • I made my own DOS implementation - ecm, 22.03.2024, 00:21
                            • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 22.03.2024, 02:06
                              • I made my own DOS implementation - ecm, 22.03.2024, 07:31
                              • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 22.03.2024, 10:58
                              • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 22.03.2024, 11:22
                                • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 22.03.2024, 13:14
                                  • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 22.03.2024, 14:12
                                    • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 22.03.2024, 16:21
                                      • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 22.03.2024, 17:32
                                        • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 23.03.2024, 08:10
                                          • I made my own DOS implementation - ecm, 23.03.2024, 09:58
                                          • I made my own DOS implementation - tom, 23.03.2024, 12:20
                                            • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 23.03.2024, 20:32
                                              • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 26.03.2024, 04:36
                                                • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 27.03.2024, 23:29
                                                  • I made my own DOS implementation - Rugxulo, 28.03.2024, 01:29
                                                    • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 28.03.2024, 04:15
                                                      • I made my own DOS implementation - fritz.mueller, 28.03.2024, 21:19
                                                        • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 29.03.2024, 18:00
                                                          • I made my own DOS implementation - Rugxulo, 29.03.2024, 22:01
                                                            • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 29.03.2024, 22:31
                                                              • I made my own DOS implementation - Rugxulo, 08.04.2024, 03:19
                                                                • I made my own DOS implementation - fritz.mueller, 17.05.2024, 12:49
                                                      • I made my own DOS implementation - Rugxulo, 29.03.2024, 02:53
                                                      • I made my own DOS implementation - Rugxulo, 30.03.2024, 10:16
                                                        • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 30.03.2024, 20:09
                                                          • I made my own DOS implementation - Oso2k, 31.03.2024, 21:22
                                                            • I made my own DOS implementation - Rugxulo, 31.03.2024, 22:59
                                                          • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 01.04.2024, 16:31
                                              • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 08.09.2024, 01:32
                                                • I made my own DOS implementation - samwdpckr, 31.10.2024, 22:29