DOS ain't dead - BUG? NASM compiled by RSXNTDJ running under HXRT

BUG? NASM compiled by RSXNTDJ running under HXRT (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 24.02.2009, 00:01
(edited by Rugxulo on 24.02.2009, 00:11)

Hi, I started a new thread so it'd be easier to read / reply:

> > P.S. Is that > 256 MB EMS or just in general?
>
> it's unrelated to EMS.

Really? Okay.

> > I thought EMX 0.9d fix 4 (circa 2001) supported up to 1 GB?
>
> Might be true, I didn't test.

Me either. Besides, EMX itself requires VCPI which modern Windows disallow, so I think it's moot. (And I think EMX.EXE is only for DOS anyways, the .DLLs etc. are for OS/2, hence most EMX apps these days are compiled for OS/2 only.)

> > Now, JEMM does have a problem with Inner Worlds, dunno why.
>
> That's true, but it's also true for MS Emm386. With both I get a page
> error exception on a P4. However, on my old, "DOS-area" PC (80486
> 100 MHz, 32MB, SB16 PNP, ET4000/W32), there's no problem with Jemm
> or MS Emm386.

Wow, that's a monster of a 486 (32 MB, heh). But okay, it's probably just another MOSS bug, then don't worry about it.

> > HXRT has a problem with RSXNT apps (I compiled NASM 0.98.39 but something
> > file-related, opening or writing or closing, didn't work, only got
> > truncated 0-byte output).
>
> Please tell more details, even better provide a test case!

Yeah, I forgot that you'd have to setup RSXNTDJ and then compile it, which is easier if I do it for you. It's not that important of course, but it'd be nice to know why it doesn't work (since it works fine via hxdosld using RSX.EXE):

* nasm-rsx.zip
* nasm-0.98.39.tar.bz2
* rsx.zip (Rod P.'s collection of all RSX-related files, some outdated, 25 MB !!)

NASM-RSX.ZIP includes the following:

NASM-RSX.ZIP nasm.exe 147,176 (340,480) Feb,23,2009 04:32:58p [Deflat] ndisasm.exe 63,009 (152,576) Feb,23,2009 04:33:00p [Deflat] makefile.dj 1,400 (4,693) Feb,23,2009 04:32:44p [Deflat] rsxnt.dll 28,431 (60,416) Jan,06,2002 07:56:50p [Deflat] rsx.exe 54,957 (111,900) Feb,09,2000 06:59:32p [Deflat] copying.rsx 672 (1,486) May,12,1998 07:35:32a [Deflat]

Note that I used GCC 2.95.3 (DJGPP 2.03p2) with RSXDJ151.ZIP but with latest RSXNT.DLL (60416 bytes, Jan. 6 2002) and RSX.EXE (version 5.24, 111900 from Feb. 9 2000) from RSXNTDJ16BETA2.TAR.GZ. Rainer S.'s page is long dead, so I'm not 100% sure where to find the srcs to 5.24 of RSX, but srcs for 5.21 appear to be in RSX521S.ZIP. (I know that probably doesn't matter, just a good faith effort to comply with licenses. Feel free to request some files via e-mail if Rod's 25 MB collection is too annoying to download.)

EDIT: How the heck did this get in "Announce"?? rr, please move, thanks! :-)

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Complete thread:

BUG? NASM compiled by RSXNTDJ running under HXRT - Rugxulo, 24.02.2009, 00:01 (Developers)
- BUG? NASM compiled by RSXNTDJ running under HXRT - Japheth, 24.02.2009, 11:04
  - BUG? NASM compiled by RSXNTDJ running under HXRT - Rugxulo, 24.02.2009, 19:26