DOS ain't dead

The Doszip Commander version 2.12 available (Announce)

posted by nidud , Norway, 20.07.2011, 15:41

Home page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/doszip/
Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/doszip/files/

Changes in 2.12 - 20 Jul 2011:
- changed Quick Search function
- changed Memory functions to dynamic allocation
- reduced amount of memory used by DZ.EXE to 1024 byte
- added Memory Information dialog (Alt-M)

Memory:
The memory allocation in DZMAIN has been static. It allocates a chunk of memory by resizing the program to around 256K. This was done to speed up the allocation of small blocks. If the block was filled, it grabs all available memory left, and does not free this before exit. This creates a problem if you load a TSR on top of the program, which tries to allocate memory, so the malloc function is now dynamic.

The DZ.EXE loader was extended to 2084 byte to make room for a config struct. This was done to prevent reloading of defaults on write-protected media (CD/Floppy). This is now removed, and the size is now reduced to 1024 byte.

A Memory Information dialog is added:

Complete thread:

• The Doszip Commander version 2.12 available - nidud, 20.07.2011, 15:41 (Announce)
  • The Doszip Commander version 2.12 available - nando, 24.07.2011, 07:12
    • The Doszip Commander version 2.12 available - nidud, 24.07.2011, 16:28
      • The Doszip Commander version 2.12 available - nando, 25.07.2011, 16:19
        • The Doszip Commander version 2.13 available - nidud, 25.07.2011, 19:37
          • The Doszip Commander version 2.13 available - nando, 26.07.2011, 03:31
  • The Doszip Commander version 2.14 available - nidud, 26.07.2011, 13:41
    • The Doszip Commander version 2.14 available - Rugxulo, 29.07.2011, 08:32
      • The Doszip Commander version 2.14 available - nidud, 29.07.2011, 14:18
  • The Doszip Commander version 2.15 available - nidud, 27.08.2011, 14:56
    • The Doszip Commander version 2.15 available - Japheth, 28.08.2011, 13:26
      • The Doszip Commander version 2.15 available - nidud, 28.08.2011, 17:07
  • The Doszip Commander version 2.16 available - nidud, 28.08.2011, 21:52
    • The Doszip Commander version 2.16 available - Japheth, 30.08.2011, 10:47
      • The Doszip Commander version 2.16 available - nidud, 30.08.2011, 11:27
        • The Doszip Commander version 2.16 available - Japheth, 01.09.2011, 10:22