DOS ain't dead - NOKEYB Release 1

NOKEYB Release 1 (Announce)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 15.03.2021, 23:05
(edited by RayeR on 15.03.2021, 23:17)

Nice toy, similar to my HP 200 LX but making RO config files is horrible idea. If I remember well HP has it on internal RAMDISK that is restored by default when batteries discharged and powered again. So I could disable automatic start of built in apps and I can launch e.g. DosNavigator instead :)
So good job you overcome that stupid obstacle. BTW does it have real (OTP)ROM or is it flashable? Maybe you could do a permanent mod by reflash, otherwise only by changing ROM chip by flashROM...

BTW I wondered why you not tried SHELL to point a different autoexec.bat but seems to be valid only for DOS 6.0 and newer (you had a luck that config.sys is editable).
The DOS 6.0 COMMAND.COM option /K= sets the name of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. COMMAND.COM /K=mybat.bat is a handy way to set up a DOS session from Windows.
Maybe you could try make your device driver to patch a specific memory location with "autoexec.bat" string, of course in case that DOS kernel is loaded to RAM and not executed directly from ROM.

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Complete thread:

NOKEYB Release 1 - rr, 14.03.2021, 21:42 (Announce)
- NOKEYB Release 1 - RayeR, 15.03.2021, 23:05
  - NOKEYB Release 1 - rr, 16.03.2021, 22:41
    - NOKEYB Release 1 - rr, 17.03.2021, 22:37
      - NOKEYB Release 1 - RayeR, 19.03.2021, 04:49
- NOKEYB Release 2 - rr, 30.05.2021, 22:55
- NOKEYB Release 3 - rr, 17.06.2021, 23:23
  - NOKEYB Release 3 - rr, 18.06.2021, 18:44
    - NOKEYB Release 3 - rr, 18.06.2021, 23:29