Hi guys, There's a new UIDE release, here's Jack's release notes:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html I rather quickly decided that /X in UIDE and UIDE-S was "Not the best idea!". Although /X saved 320 HMA bytes, this did not justify losing 5% of protected-mode speed, due to having no binary-search buffer for fewer XMS moves! So, /X is now deleted, and both UIDE and UIDE-S shall always set a binary- search buffer from now on. When necessary, users can save HMA by loading the drivers in upper- or DOS memory, which saves a lot more HMA than merely 320 bytes! Also, UIDE now has a /M switch to set a minimum 256-byte search buffer, not its usual 512. If a DOS kernel is "almost full" and lacks only a few bytes of HMA for UIDE, /M might permit the driver to load in HMA space and so avoid having to load in upper/DOS memory. UIDE-S will ignore /M, as it sets a 256-byte search buffer in any case. Finally, the /N3 "No XMS" switch and the "default name" when no CD/DVD drives are present have both been deleted from the UIDE-S driver. This permits UIDE-S to be a 7.5K .SYS file, for diskettes or other "boot" media that need to save space. Users who want /N3 or default-name logic (FreeDOS autoloader "scripts", etc.) can use the regular UIDE driver, which will always have these features. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
