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Graphic Vision File Manager 2.63 (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 19.12.2007, 01:45
(edited by DOS386 on 19.12.2007, 02:04)

> I can't find VESAMTRR.EXE or (most importantly) its source code

It's open source ;-)

> on Japheth's web site

HXGUI\UNSUPP , HXSRC ;-)

> > No support for "horrible" 24bpp
> But we've been over that one already.

YES :-(

> But running MAKE-FM.BAT isn't that difficult is it?

With some luck ... no ...

> It does try to use the BIOS to tell if the disk has been changed, but many
> BIOS's don't seem to support the "changeline" mechanism. :-( So It has to
> access the floppy to see if the volume label has changed.

Buggy BIOS'es :-(

> > GIF and PNG aren't yet
> They are on my to-do list.

:-)

> You're probably right, but this is from VESAMTRR.TXT:
> "This tool requires cpu ring 0 access, so it cannot run on WinXP/2k/NT or
> DOSEMU, and it isn't needed there either."

It requires IDT access ... that's what "modern" ultraparanoid kernels fear most and block :lol3:

MTRR

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