I've just sent a reply off to him - but one dosemu-related question: Is is possible to run more than one dosemu instance with different instances of DOS - eg, MS-DOS, PC-DOS, OpenDOS, FreeDOS, RxDOS, etc, - running at the same time?
Has anyone tried? And if so, could anyone give me config hints, tips, etc. Thanks Wesley Parish On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 06:23, Jim Hall wrote: > Hi, > > Dan sent this email to me, looking for help to get his DANCAN3D program > to run on FreeDOS. If anyone can be of any help, please email Dan > directly at: Dan Hudgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -jh > > Dan Hudgins wrote: > > I was wondering about what your view is of the issue > > that comes up when my programs run under MS-DOS 6.22 > > and Windows 95 but not under FreeDOS, i.e. under > > FreeDOS the program's behavior is not normal it > > crashes or does other abnormal things. > > > > Do you have a tracer you can use to see what FreeDOS > > is doing differently than MS-DOS 6.22? > > > > Are you interested in making FreeDOS run (all?/my?) > > programs that work under MS-DOS 6.22? > > > > Are you interested in beta test using my programs to > > look for faults in FreeDOS? > > > > Another area where my programs may be useful is in > > performance bench marking FreeDOS against other > > operating systems, such as MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 95 > > DOS window. In particular, the harddisk performance > > of FreeDOS seems to be a particular issue when > > generating renderings with my CAD programs using the > > Z-Buffer since the Z-Buffer is kept on disk in the > > current v3.7K revision so that is can be up to 2.1GB > > in size regardless of the RAM in the computer. If you > > beta test run the macros DEMO1.MAC or ZBUFFER1.MAC in > > my CAD programs and time the time to finish you can > > use that time as a bench mark for different revisions > > of FreeDOS and to compare the performance of FreeDOS > > to other OS so as to see how much improvement is > > needed to get performance up to or better than what > > users experience under other OS. There are several > > macro programs in the distribution zip file, and extra > > macros in the downloads section at my web site. If > > you have problems getting any of them to run under > > MS-DOS 6.22 be sure to let me know since changes to > > the programs sometimes show up when older macros are > > run under newer versions. Once you see the macro beta > > test running under MS-DOS 6.22, you might compare the > > results under FreeDOS. > > > > Please let me know if there is something that I might > > help with getting FreeDOS to work better with my > > programs, and thereby probably with some other > > programs as well. Or if you need some help or > > suggestions on the use of my programs, e.g. writing a > > macro program for bench marking and such. > > > > I think there might be a place for FreeDOS in machine > > control using junk computers. My CAM programs have a > > built in serial port computer "network" that allows > > transferring files from the computers used with the > > CAD programs for making/drawing the tool path files to > > the shop computers running the CAM programs to operate > > the machine tools. FreeDOS might also be useful for > > running the CAM programs on a computer to make it into > > a file server. But for all of this to become > > practical FreeDOS must not make my programs crash and > > do other odd things, and hopefully the file access > > speed would need to be improved somehow. > > > > Please let me know your views on the best way to > > resolve such issues. > > > > Thank you for your help in these matters. > > > > Dan -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
