Mail Archives: djgpp/2002/01/11/08:49:05
"Alexei A. Frounze" wrote:
> salvador <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar> wrote in message
> news:3C3C94FA DOT A11081AE AT inti DOT gov DOT ar...
> ...
>
> > Robert is working again, but I'm in charge of Turbo Vision.
> >
> > > but in
> > > my opinion, there should have been a special command-line option to
> disable
> > > use of these functions. For me to fix this **** problem it did cost of:
> > > writing a TSR, which logged all Int0x10 calls and saved to a file -- the
> 1st
> > > program. Finding the buggy function -- the 2nd, test program, writing
> yet
> > > another TSR to intercept calls to buggy functions -- the 3rd program.
> But I
> > > was not heard a year ago, when I had this problem on my other computer
> and
> > > having it now on my current. So I took over. :)
> >
> > :-)), I'm slowly creating a new version of Turbo Vision and I'll try to
> > remmember this detail. In fact I want to create more than one "driver",
> one of
> > them really simple that won't try to handle graphic modes.
>
> Hm... Can't you just roll back to the original version, which was basically
> a more or less plain port of Borland's TV?
And then nobody will be able to debug graphic and extended text mode
applications ... no.
I can add options to workaround buggy BIOSes, but: why should I drop features
in favor of buggy software?
Note that I already added a set of alternative functions that replace the
BIOS calls and can be selected from the SETEdit command line. Robert must do
the same for RHIDE, I didn't even check if he added it to 1.4.9 or not.
Some users reported the alternative code works for their buggy boards.
SET
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