Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 12:38:22 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: j_mini@efn.org (Jonathan Mini) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, emulation@freebsd.org, prb@bsdi.com Subject: Re: New DOScmd snapshot available Message-ID: <199609250308.MAA07157@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.95.960924195413.21603A-100000@garcia.efn.org> from "Jonathan Mini" at Sep 24, 96 07:57:56 pm
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Jonathan Mini stands accused of saying: > > > If you're a DOS expert with some time and experience to spare, a > > critical eye over the memory and exec routines would be very helpful. > > I do not profess to understand these, and I suspect that there may be > > some lurking problems. > > Well, that's what *I'm* here for.... And grateful I am about it 8) So where are your rude comments? 8) 8) 8) > Ummmm... Guys? Running MSD and/or Norton SysInfo will probably be > impossible for the end of all time.. the reason behind this is that Norton > SysInfo messes with a few hardware interrupts and/or ports that change > system timings so that it can get accurate benchmarks. (In fact, in the > case of Norton Sysinfo, I beleive it sets the PIC timers to what FreeBSD > uses for it's profiler, although I couldn't swear on it.) We don't let DOS programs touch the hardware. The aim is to emulate it well enough that these programs will run, even if they produce bogus results. The fact that they fail completely at the moment is clear evidence that we're not doing well enough yet. > Jon Mini, j_mini@efn.org, mini@4j.lane.edu -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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