On 08/09/2015 09:54 PM, Marc Verdiell wrote:
Well, Chuck, thanks a bunch, this is very useful and quite difficult code to write from scratch. How does one compile for DOS by the way (I have to admit I am too young to have ever tried), and get a copy of MSC 8.00C. Is the DOS compiler buried in some part of Visual Studio? I have some old versions dating back from Windows 95 time, when it was called Visual Studio 97... Marc
I believe it was tossed into Visual Studio 97 as a separate CD (not part of the usual packet of Visual Basic, 32-bit C++, Visual J++, etc.) So you probably already have it. I don't install the MS-specitic stuff (e.g. COM), just the compiler binaries and basic libraries and include files. It does require some DOS extender support (e.g. run it on Win9x or install HXDOS which will also work). I'd be surprised if there weren't a free version wandering around the web; sort of like MASM 6.x.
With a little tweaking, almost any C that can compile to real mode (e.g. Borland C) should be able to handle it. The model that I compiled for is the "Compact" one (>64K data, <64K code).
It should not be very difficult to alter for Windows 32-bit cli use making use of WNASPI32--I just haven't had a need for it. Linux sg might also be an option--SCSI CDBs don't change.
--Chuck --Chuck
