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Announcement - FDAPM extended (Announce)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 26.10.2021, 16:03

I extended Eric's FDAPM some, mostly based on my TSR example. To quote the blurb on my website:

> The power savings utility for FreeDOS, originally by Eric Auer. Extended to use IISP headers, an AMIS multiplexer, and to provide the UNLOAD command, with the advanced deinstallation method.

Note that I tweaked the TSR installation a bit, but I did not perform a total conversion to my optimal installation method. I also did not implement my TSR's option switches such as /N (install new even if already installed) and /X= (try a specific AMIS multiplex number first). As is, it assumes that there is only ever one instance of the resident FDAPM. And the check for a resident program still uses the old POWER services on the traditional multiplex interrupt 2Fh. Only the newly added UNLOAD command searches for the resident using the Alternate Multiplex Interrupt 2Dh.

The repo and a release file for download are available at https://pushbx.org/ecm/web/#projects-fdapm.

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