Mail Archives: djgpp/2008/03/29/13:31:16
Rugxulo escreveu:
> Hi,
>
> On Mar 28, 6:28 pm, Cesar Rabak <csra DOT DOT DOT AT yahoo DOT com DOT br> wrote:
>> Rugxulo escreveu:> Hi,
>>
>> [snipped]
>>
>>> Well, here's what pure MS-DOS 6.22 on real hardware says for me:
>>> DOSBox 0.72 reports almost the same thing (except ecx=00000005 and
>>> error=0002).
>> Just to grasp completely your report is the "almost the same thing" in
>> _the same phisical machine_?
>
> No. The MS-DOS 6.22 computer is a 486 Sx/25 with 8 MB of RAM (heh), so
> it's real hardware. I ran DOSBox 0.72 (emulation) on this cpu right
> here, Pentium 4 "Northwood" 2.52 Ghz w/ 512 MB RAM (Win XP Home SP2).
> But DOSBox emulates a 486DX2, so the instructions supported are
> similar.
OK, due above my reasoning is moot by now, but I asked to see if it
could be explained by malfunctioning memory modules (have been bitten by
this, specially in older HW where sometimes people had more than 2MB of
memory but used strictly DOS apps and never 'knew' higher memory to be
marginally operational).
>
> As mentioned in the other posts, it appears to be an errant CMOVNE
> (PPro/P2) instruction, which is not supported on 486s or original
> Pentiums.
Yes. I only saw the other post _after_ I've already posted my question.
regards.
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