DOS ain't dead - Bunch of questions on FreeDos (memory managers)

Bunch of questions on FreeDos (memory managers) (Users)

posted by Misha , RU, 28.06.2010, 05:11

> > So I need some advice on how to setup DOS properly to use it with
> openWatcom
>
> Use DOS/32A. (HIMEM or EMM stuff not needed) instead of DOG4/SW.
Ok, if I describe my hypothetical program maybe we will be more clear.
I was thinking about writing some very simple graphical program first just to understand the basics better. But here comes hypothetical problems: my graphic card is scaling (to-fit) standard video modes and that really sucks. If it is something that i will not be able to control in my program, then who I will blame for it? And god knows how it will look on another person's screen.

>
> > and write some graphical apps (i don't think i will ever go further
> 640x480x256
>
> Why ???
I am not going to develop any CAD or DTP software, at least now. I think 640x480 is safe to run on most computers. You may be laughing, i have 1024x576 matrix on my netbook.

> > Can someone recommend other DOSes?
>
> EDR-DOS
>
> Also, when reporting further trouble please supply bugshots (showing full
> error messages and version numbers of stuff used).

I will if i can. I was not doing much yet as you see, crashes with JEMMEX (last version i suppose) was something like this: grouped digits in appr. 2 text lines appeared and then computer hangs (Ctrl-Alt-Del dont work). Also FDISK utility from distro 1.0 made my computer "Missing operating system" :-) when i tried to make second partion, but i am sure i didnt asked it to touch first (dos) partition. But XFDISK did the job better.

And thank everybody for answering!

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