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EIDL version 1.0.0 released (Announce)

posted by rr  , Berlin, Germany, 18.02.2020, 21:32

Hi!

Recently I wanted to know, how IDLE.COM in Microsoft Virtual PC works. I can say, it is a rather simple tool and contains lots of garbage in its only 128 bytes. -- IDLE works by hooking the DOS idle interrupt 28h and executing a HLT instruction every time.

At the end I put together a tool, that does the same. I named it EIDL, but you pronounce it "idle". (A little play with the German language.) It's 80 bytes only, but comes with source code for NASM.

See it as little ASM example, because it is not as advanced as all the other DOS idlers including Eric Auer's FDAPM.

You can find EIDL at: https://www.bttr-software.de/products/eidl/

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Complete thread:

• EIDL version 1.0.0 released - rr, 18.02.2020, 21:32 (Announce)
  • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - Japheth, 20.02.2020, 13:16
    • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - rr, 20.02.2020, 15:44
      • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - Doug, 20.02.2020, 19:20
        • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - rr, 20.02.2020, 20:34
    • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - rr, 20.02.2020, 17:54
      • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - Japheth, 21.02.2020, 20:23
        • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - rr, 21.02.2020, 21:57
          • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - Japheth, 22.02.2020, 03:14
            • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - rr, 23.02.2020, 19:10
              • EIDL version 1.0.0 released - Japheth, 24.02.2020, 19:04