DOS ain't dead - Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport)

Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport) (Developers)

posted by marcov, 10.01.2009, 17:00

> Between FPC 2.2.2RC2 and FPC 2.2.2 final I described the mouse hidding bug
> in bugtracker and even wrote a fix.
> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=11699
> Unfortunately it seems that it wasn't included into main trunk :-(
>
> > I tried, and I can reproduce it with go32v2 on XP if I set the dosbox
> to
> > fullscreen mode.
> >
> > So forget about the remark in the bugreport. Probably not a mouse
> driver
> > then.
>
> :confused: I didn't understand

My comment in the bugtracker refered to problems in the mousedriver. This was due some problem a long time ago that certain mousedrivers didn't function in non standard modes.

> I am considering to patch and improve the unit Graph because I have some
> experience from work on my VenomGFX - well, we will see...

> Complete removing the banked modes isn't a good idea because it is the
> only mode usable under Windows XP.

Trouble is that graph is not dos only. Moreover go32v2 on NT based systems was never supposed to be supported. It just gradually evolved over time to a halfwhat usable state.

However nobody is maintaining graph, and as long as you keep it generically usable and backwards TP compat, nobody will mind. IIRC the banked mode were not cut, but just not added at the start, and it was said "they can be added later"

> BTW:
> I think that best environment for developping the DOS version is except
> DOS and Windows 9x not Windows XP but Linux with DOSEMU.

My next install of Linux will be x86_64 too probably. I'm actually currently download Fedora10/x86_64, since I'm going to reinstall my laptop next week.

Assuming that dosemu actually minds that (and doesn't slow down too much). Keep in mind that cycling a FPC release takes a lot of time in emulated environments. (it takes 1-2m on a core2 linux machine)

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Complete thread:

Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport) - marcov, 08.01.2009, 22:36 (Developers)
- Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport) - Laaca, 10.01.2009, 10:00
  - Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport) - marcov, 10.01.2009, 13:56
    - Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport) - Laaca, 10.01.2009, 16:45
      - Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport) - marcov, 10.01.2009, 17:00
- Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport) - Laaca, 10.01.2009, 10:08
- Small favour to ask (FPC bugreport) DONE ! - DOS386, 12.01.2009, 14:10