DOS ain't dead

stable release ready BUT... (Announce)

posted by Doug , 02.12.2009, 22:08

Ninho -

Ok. Tried HK31.SYS 0.9 under IBM PC-DOS 7.1 -- as you suspected, it did not load.

Also tried WRAPPER.SYS with a mouse driver -- loaded ok, worked ok in a program i tried, but i didn't do extensive work with it, as i had to boot the OS off diskette (not my normal configuration).

So i guess that PC-DOS 7.x does not have the "bug". Curious, being so close to MS-DOS....

- Doug

P.S. Interestingly, it seems that WRAPPER cannot be used to load a driver if the system needs the LASTDRIVE command to be used. In my system, i have three logical hard drives (C: D: E:), a CD drive (F:), and a DVD drive (G:). When i tried loading a CD/DVD redirector (MSCDEX or SHSUCDX) with WRAPPER, each complained that there were not enough drive letters available. They loaded fine using an INSTALL command and a LASTDRIVE=G: line... but not with WRAPPER, even with a LASTDRIVE=G: line. By doing a step-by-step boot, at least in PC 7.1, LASTDRIVE is executed after all the DEVICE commands and before the INSTALL commands, so WRAPPER must load whatever driver using the default LASTDRIVE setting.

Complete thread:

• HK31.SYS *beta* announce & discussion thread - Ninho, 26.11.2009, 17:04 (Announce)
  • HK31.SYS *beta* announce & discussion thread - Ninho, 28.11.2009, 22:07
    • HK31.SYS *new version* beta 0.9 - Ninho, 29.11.2009, 16:58
      • HK31.SYS *new version* beta 0.9 - ecm, 29.11.2009, 17:15
        • HK31.SYS *new version* beta 0.9 - Ninho, 29.11.2009, 17:25
  • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 01.12.2009, 17:50
    • stable release ready BUT... - ecm, 01.12.2009, 19:46
      • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 01.12.2009, 20:00
        • stable release ready BUT... - ecm, 01.12.2009, 22:56
    • stable release ready BUT... - Japheth, 01.12.2009, 21:03
      • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 01.12.2009, 22:38
        • stable release ready BUT... - Rugxulo, 01.12.2009, 23:17
          • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 02.12.2009, 00:00
            • stable release ready BUT... - Rugxulo, 02.12.2009, 00:16
              • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 02.12.2009, 17:51
            • stable release ready BUT... - ecm, 02.12.2009, 18:25
    • stable release ready BUT... - Doug, 02.12.2009, 01:15
      • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 02.12.2009, 09:23
        • stable release ready BUT... - ecm, 02.12.2009, 18:34
          • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 02.12.2009, 19:24
            • stable release ready BUT... - Doug, 02.12.2009, 22:08
              • stable release ready BUT... - Rugxulo, 03.12.2009, 01:12
              • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 03.12.2009, 12:53
                • stable release ready BUT... - ecm, 03.12.2009, 14:20
                  • stable release ready BUT... - Ninho, 03.12.2009, 16:39
                    • stable release ready BUT... - ecm, 03.12.2009, 18:04
  • "HACKWRAP.SYS" out of beta (so I hope...) - Ninho, 03.12.2009, 20:25