DOS ain't dead

DJGPP and OpenWatcom (Announce)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 01.03.2008, 14:46

> Please stop promoting this UPX thing! There were some reasons for packing
> executables in the far distant past, but these times are gone and won't
> come back.

Why? There are cases when you need to shrink progs to limited space like a boot diskette or small flashdisk. Even it may helps loading from slow media when fast CPU is available. I don't want to force somebode to UPX everything I can do it myself but think is a good thing :)

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DOS gives me freedom to unlimited HW access.

Complete thread:

• Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Steve, 25.02.2008, 20:01 (Announce)
  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 27.02.2008, 08:29
    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 27.02.2008, 09:48
      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 27.02.2008, 18:30
      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - DOS386, 01.03.2008, 02:37
    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 27.02.2008, 19:14
      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 29.02.2008, 09:02
        • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 29.02.2008, 10:02
          • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Laaca, 29.02.2008, 16:46
            • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - flox, 29.02.2008, 17:21
              • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 29.02.2008, 20:55
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - RayeR, 29.02.2008, 21:36
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 01.03.2008, 00:42
                  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 01.03.2008, 05:24
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 02.03.2008, 00:34
                      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 08:41
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 01.03.2008, 20:09
                  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 08:34
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 02.03.2008, 14:48
                      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 16:10
                        • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 02.03.2008, 18:03
                          • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 03.03.2008, 11:44
                            • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 03.03.2008, 13:25
                            • annoying? moi? - Rugxulo, 04.03.2008, 18:10
                        • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Steve, 03.03.2008, 02:55
                          • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Japheth, 03.03.2008, 11:31
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - flox, 03.03.2008, 17:19
            • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 29.02.2008, 17:25
              • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - flox, 29.02.2008, 18:13
              • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Khusraw, 29.02.2008, 18:46
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - RayeR, 29.02.2008, 21:28
                  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Khusraw, 29.02.2008, 22:07
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - RayeR, 29.02.2008, 23:48
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 01.03.2008, 00:44
                  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - jaybur, 29.02.2008, 22:44
                    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Khusraw, 01.03.2008, 13:51
                • D | DLL hell | MPLAYER - DOS386, 01.03.2008, 02:54
                  • D | DLL hell | MPLAYER - Khusraw, 01.03.2008, 14:02
          • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 01.03.2008, 00:30
            • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 01.03.2008, 20:25
              • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 02.03.2008, 00:32
                • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - rr, 02.03.2008, 14:15
        • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Rugxulo, 01.03.2008, 00:26
          • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - DOS386, 01.03.2008, 02:45
          • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Japheth, 01.03.2008, 07:01
            • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - RayeR, 01.03.2008, 14:46
              • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 09:31
                • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - RayeR, 02.03.2008, 13:43
                  • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Japheth, 02.03.2008, 15:59
                    • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - RayeR, 03.03.2008, 19:01
                      • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Japheth, 04.03.2008, 09:00
                        • DJGPP and OpenWatcom - Rugxulo, 04.03.2008, 15:06
    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 04.03.2008, 15:15
      • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Matjaz, 04.03.2008, 16:49
        • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Rugxulo, 04.03.2008, 18:05
  • Ladsoft / CC386 dead again - Steve, 01.03.2008, 06:28
    • Ladsoft / CC386 dead again - RayeR, 01.03.2008, 14:43
    • Alternate Ladsoft file locations - Steve, 03.03.2008, 04:55
      • Alternate Ladsoft file locations - rr, 03.03.2008, 09:44
      • Alternate Ladsoft file locations - Revised - Steve, 04.03.2008, 09:49
        • Alternate Ladsoft file locations - Slightly revised - Steve, 04.03.2008, 14:24
  • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - DOS386, 04.03.2008, 01:57
    • Ladsoft / CC386 back online - Steve, 04.03.2008, 05:25