DOS ain't dead

Jack's comments (Emulation)

posted by Steve  , US, 10.12.2007, 08:26

> "Intel, VIA or other chipset makers do not discuss 'errata' except with
> mainboard vendors. One is that a few older chipsets CANNOT handle /F or
> /UF. As full data is 'unavailable', UIDE and prior drivers have used no
> such switches since 2006."

Translation: Some switches do not work with all (old) hardware, therefore are not available for any (new) hardware.

> "They and /O must NOT be viewed as 100% reliable for all mainboards or DOS systems."

If 100% reliabiltiy with all hardware/systems is a requirement, then every device driver is garbage.

Complete thread:

• More Speed with QEMU and XDMA32/XCDROM32 - Japheth, 09.12.2007, 13:07 (Emulation)
  • Jack's comments - Khusraw, 09.12.2007, 21:05
    • Jack's comments - Steve, 10.12.2007, 08:26
    • Jack's comments - Japheth, 10.12.2007, 09:11
  • More Speed with QEMU and XDMA32/XCDROM32 - Rugxulo, 10.12.2007, 23:59
    • License (non-)issues again - Japheth, 11.12.2007, 15:18
      • More Speed with QEMU and XDMA32/XCDROM32 - rr, 11.12.2007, 15:30
        • More Speed with QEMU and XDMA32/XCDROM32 - Japheth, 11.12.2007, 16:21
          • More Speed with QEMU and XDMA32/XCDROM32 - rr, 11.12.2007, 17:23
            • More Speed with QEMU and XDMA32/XCDROM32 - sol, 11.12.2007, 17:44
            • More Speed with QEMU and XDMA32/XCDROM32 - Japheth, 11.12.2007, 22:57
      • License (non-)issues again - Rugxulo, 11.12.2007, 18:11
  • XDMA32/XCDROM32 VirtualPC and VirtualBox issues - Japheth, 11.12.2007, 11:31
    • XDMA32/XCDROM32 VirtualPC and VirtualBox issues - rr, 11.12.2007, 11:48
      • Bochs problems - Japheth, 11.12.2007, 12:05
        • XDMA32/XCDROM32 VirtualPC and VirtualBox issues - rr, 11.12.2007, 13:15
          • Bochs v2.35 regression - Japheth, 11.12.2007, 14:03
            • Bochs v2.35 regression - rr, 11.12.2007, 14:41
              • Bochs v2.35 regression - Japheth, 11.12.2007, 14:58
                • Bochs v2.35 regression - rr, 11.12.2007, 15:31
      • XDMA32/XCDROM32 VirtualPC and VirtualBox issues - sol, 11.12.2007, 17:22
        • XDMA32/XCDROM32 VirtualPC and VirtualBox issues - rr, 11.12.2007, 17:24
    • XDMA32/XCDROM32 VirtualPC and VirtualBox issues - tom, 12.12.2007, 14:43
      • XDMA32/XCDROM32 VirtualPC and VirtualBox issues - rr, 12.12.2007, 16:42
      • Virtual Machine detection... - Rugxulo, 12.12.2007, 17:08
      • XDMA32/XCDROM32 VirtualPC and VirtualBox issues - Japheth, 12.12.2007, 17:29