DOS ain't dead - UIDE etc. (Sep. 23)

UIDE etc. (Sep. 23) (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 25.09.2011, 03:40

> Johnson Lam has posted an updated 23-Sep-2011 DRIVERS.ZIP file, with all
> UIDE drivers improved, on his website at --
>
> http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html
>
> UIDE-S now runs 30 BIOS disks/diskettes and 8 CD/DVD drives, and it also
> sets the "UIDE$" default name when no CD/DVD drives are found, making it
> more "identical" to the full UIDE. FreeDOS "autoloader" scripts could
> now use UIDE-S, if they can otherwise deal with XMS memory. I am still
> unable to "fit" /N3 switch logic (87 more bytes) in a 7.5K-size UIDE-S!
>
> UIDE2 now leaves the entire 4608-byte driver (exactly 4.5K!) in upper or
> DOS memory, when its /HL switch is given. /HL thus allows a 280-MB HMA
> cache for V7.10 MS-DOS and 425-MB+ for other DOS systems -- My own V6.22
> MS-DOS can set 600-MB reliably (used to CRASH above 585-MB)! The 25-MB
> larger cache may help V7.10 MS-DOS users, and perhaps others, who want a
> "faster" cache for protected mode. UIDE2 is also back to 34 BIOS units
> and 8 CDs/DVDs, "same as UIDE" like before!
>
> UIDE and UIDEJR have "minor" size reductions, and all other drivers have
> merely been re-dated to 23-Sep-2011 for consistency, as always.
>
> I hope protected-mode users like the new UIDE2. Except for differences
> in doing "protected caching", it is now "identical" to UIDE in features,
> still fits in a 7.5K file, and UIDE2 is one of my best drivers ever!

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UIDE etc. (Sep. 23) - Rugxulo, 25.09.2011, 03:40 (Announce)
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