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MSDOS 4.0 (Announce)

posted by kerravon , Ligao, Free World North, 29.04.2025, 10:40

> > Maybe they can add NE support in a compatible way.
>
> You need to differentiate this MS-DOS v4.00/v4.01 from the
> "European"/Ozzie/Multitasking MS-DOS v4. We do not have the sources for
> Multitasking MS-DOS.

Which is why I said "add" support - because NE support
is not already in this version.

> > The above seems to have switched from masm to nasm though. I would
> prefer
> > to stay compatible with Microsoft tools.
>
> Yes, I'm porting things to NASM and WarpLink step by step.

> NASM is free software with sources,

So is jwasm. And as86. If you're porting the code anyway,
why not to something that will still work on masm?

> unlike the MASM that ships with the
> 2024 April MS-DOS v4 release. So therefore I think NASM is better.

I personally don't want to involved in a non-standard
language.

But if I'm just a user then I don't really care. I just
need NE support to work.

Complete thread:

• MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 26.04.2024, 04:43 (Announce)
  • MSDOS 4.0 - Guti, 26.04.2024, 14:06
    • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 27.04.2024, 09:09
      • MSDOS 4.0 - roytam, 27.04.2024, 11:30
        • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 27.04.2024, 15:25
          • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 27.04.2024, 15:53
  • MSDOS 4.0 - Oso2k, 26.04.2024, 15:38
  • MSDOS 4.0 - roytam, 26.04.2024, 17:05
    • MSDOS 4.0 - Japheth, 26.04.2024, 17:34
      • MSDOS 4.0 - RayeR, 27.04.2024, 03:05
        • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 27.04.2024, 09:02
          • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 29.04.2024, 10:10
            • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 30.04.2024, 06:27
              • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 30.04.2024, 08:19
          • MSDOS 4.0 - Rugxulo, 30.04.2024, 13:36
      • MSDOS 4.0 - Ringding, 01.05.2024, 13:34
        • MSDOS 4.0 - rr, 01.05.2024, 14:37
          • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 06:34
            • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 08:14
              • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 08:47
                • MSDOS 4.0 - ecm, 29.04.2025, 09:50
                  • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 10:40
                    • MSDOS 4.0 - ecm, 29.04.2025, 11:07
                      • MSDOS 4.0 - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 11:50
                        • MSDOS 4.0 -- MASM as standard - Rugxulo, 29.04.2025, 20:40
                          • MSDOS 4.0 -- MASM as standard - kerravon, 29.04.2025, 21:43
                            • MSDOS 4.0 -- MASM as standard - Rugxulo, 30.04.2025, 10:55
                              • MSDOS 4.0 -- MASM as standard - kerravon, 30.04.2025, 16:17
                          • MASM as standard, fixmem example - ecm, 01.05.2025, 12:24
                            • MASM as standard, fixmem example - Japheth, 02.05.2025, 16:10
                              • MASM as standard, fixmem example - bretjohn, 02.05.2025, 17:09
                                • MASM as standard, fixmem example - Rugxulo, 07.05.2025, 03:23
                              • MASM as standard, fixmem example - Rugxulo, 07.05.2025, 03:05
  • MSDOS 4.0 - rr, 26.04.2024, 22:00
  • MSDOS 4.0 - usotsuki, 30.04.2024, 17:41
    • MSDOS 4.0 - tom, 30.04.2024, 19:14
      • MSDOS 4.0 - usotsuki, 30.04.2024, 19:46
  • MSDOS 4.0 - boeckmann, 30.04.2024, 21:03