Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/08/06/11:30:38
RMSoft wrote:
>
> Joseph Morris <jpm AT it-he DOT org> wrote in message
> news:398D3741 DOT D4571744 AT it-he DOT org...
> > A flat-realmode implementation is to be AVOIDED if you wish to use sound
>
> So, but this is msdos newsgroup and Win or Linux is 'off-topic'.
No. Firstly, I am reading this from the DJGPP group, where running a DOS
binary in NTVDM or DOSEMU is a legitimate concern, and secondly I have a large
collection of old DOS programs that use the flat-realmode technique, or even
proprietary ring-0 extenders, and the difficulty of keeping them working into
the future has clouded my viewpoint somewhat.
> Programming in Dos means rather fixing some concrete hardware or programming
> task and in Dos-programming talking about future compatibility isn't
> important at all because Dos isn't very commercial platform today and is absolutely
> uncompatible with Windows or Linux.
Most DOS programs do run in DOSemu or Windows 9x, even NT. However a sure way
to
*stop* them working is to use Flat-Realmode or VCPI, hence my concern.
However if the target platform is an embedded system then there shouldn't really
be a problem with using that technique.
>
> -------
> Ivar, (c)RMSoft.
> http://my.tele2.ee/rmsoft
> rmsoft DOT rmsoft AT mail DOT ee
--
JP Morris - aka DOUG the Eagle (Dragon) -=UDIC=- doug AT it-he DOT org
Fun things to do with the Ultima games (http://www.it-he.org)
Developing a U6/U7 clone (http://fly.to/ire)
d+++ e+ N+ T++ Om U1234!56!7'!S'!8!9!KA u++ uC+++ uF+++ uG---- uLB----
uA--- nC+ nR---- nH+++ nP++ nI nPT nS nT wM- wC- y a(YEAR - 1976)
- Raw text -