DOS ain't dead - The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D

The most archaic abandonware ever ! only 1808 years old :-D (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 29.10.2008, 10:02

rr wrote:

> > For what languages ?
> Look for the "m_XXX" files in directory "config".

Indeed many ... but nothing for me :-|

Japheth wrote:

> your suggestions would help, but I prefer to avoid DGPJJ.
> Here's a replacement for fte.exe: http://www.japheth.de/Download/fte-hx.zip

> - uses free MS VC Toolkit 2003 instead of DGPJJ
> - DPMI host is included (HDPMI)
> - binary isn't packed
> - UPX will - hopefully - refuse to pack

Tested (see shot) :

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1. Japheth's version is considerably less bloated. :-)

2. rr's and hitech's ports contain a large bunch of files of unknown purpose, obsolete or inappropriate (install instructions for OS/2 or Linuux)

3. Japheth's version seems to include a very broken LOADPEX/HDPMI, if no better HDPMI resident, it securely crashes immediately when I touch the rat ... see shot (3.) done in BOCHS. It also crashes on real PC and in QEMU, even worse, a crash inside QEMU crashes QEMU as well ( critical BUG ) and the chain of destruction continues with GPF in Ring0 on host PC + filesystem corruption :-( If "-C" is omitted is also crashes, even before, see shot (4.). IIRC I has similar problems with the updated "S" thingie ... DPMI host included is good, a working DPMI host included would be even better :-P

4. None of the ports includes info about who compiled it at what time and with what ... all do show the same, OTOH, see shot (1.), they do boast with (C)'s from 1998 (newest) down to year 200 !!!

5. Loading file works, is fast, and has a P.I.

6. S&R works, is fast, but antiintuitive, no P.I., even worse, last query isn't deleted from screen, see shot (2.), so it looks frozen while it isn't - it already works :-|

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