Re: [Freedos-user] Escape character (was Using a menu for many options)

2012-01-29 Thread Jeffrey
Hi, Apparently, choice can accept any printable ASCII character for an option, with three exceptions. Those would be <, |, and > of course. Are there any plans for adding a shell escape character(like \ in UNIX) in FreeCOM? If so, what character would be a suitable candidate? Jeffrey

Re: [Freedos-user] strangehalf bug.

2012-01-29 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 30-1-2012 0:29, kurt godel schreef: > Fellas, tnx; I didn't realize dircmd had been set that way; indeed, the > behaviour occurs in a directory with enough entries to cause paging. > Also, the space or lack of it in the 'dir' does not affect it > at all. However there is still a bit of a mystery

[Freedos-user] strangehalf bug.

2012-01-29 Thread kurt godel
Fellas, tnx; I didn't realize dircmd had been set that way; indeed, the behaviour occurs in a directory with enough entries to cause paging. Also, the space or lack of it in the 'dir' does not affect it at all. However there is still a bit of a mystery: even with the 'P' enabled, booting from optio

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors - DOS ASPI specification in a nutshell

2012-01-29 Thread Bertho Grandpied
In reply to: Eric Auer >>> ... in vague terms, that most stringent "anti >>> reverse engineering" laws allow for independent fixes >>> and enhancements to IP protected code, but IANAL. > You can manipulate software to fix interoperability bugs afair. My understanding too. >> usually the cl

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors.

2012-01-29 Thread Bertho Grandpied
In reply to: Bernd Blaauw > Op 29-1-2012 12:21, Bertho Grandpied schreef: >> Hard Disk -- USB (4K sectors) -- DOS with "usbaspi.sys" (ASPI manager) -- >> "didd1000.sys" (ASPI to DOS converter) (...) >> The ASPI to DOS converter is the part that has to > adapted, or else redone from scratch. I

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors.

2012-01-29 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 29-1-2012 17:52, Jack schreef: > What UIDE will NOT permit is handling any BIOS units flagged as being > "removeable"!! One CANNOT be certain all DOS variants will handle a > "media change" (new disk) within their Int 13h coding, which was done > at a time when Int 13h hard-disks really were

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors.

2012-01-29 Thread Jack
> Jack has his own private reasons for not being a fan of ASPI, thus his > UIDE driver (PCI IDE/SATA storage and optical disk driver) doesn't > implement nor hook into ASPI. I'm not aware of opensource CD-writing > software that doesn't require ASPI. Not entirely true -- UIDE can call "Int 13h"

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors.

2012-01-29 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Bret, the ASPI thing that we are missing now is, afaik, a driver which turns partitions on ASPI non-int13 disks into DOS block devices... Separate from that question, I find it a very good idea in USB drivers to support the ASPI API so other drivers and client apps can use that to access the d

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors.

2012-01-29 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 29-1-2012 16:19, Bret Johnson schreef: > USBDRIVE provides a device driver, but also provides an INT 13h interface. > There are lots of freely available DOS tools that will work with this type of > architecture, since the USB disk appears to be a simple removable hard drive. > DOS should h

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors.

2012-01-29 Thread Bret Johnson
As I was designing USBDRIVE, I considered writing it as a straight ASPI driver (similar to the architecture of DIDD1000 or ASPIDISK), but decided against it for a multitude of reasons. The most important reason was the lack of freely available DOS ASPI support programs (e.g., to format or parti

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors - DOS ASPI specification in a nutshell

2012-01-29 Thread Eric Auer
Hi people, >> Hard Disk -- USB (4K sectors) -- DOS with "usbaspi.sys" (ASPI >> manager) -- "didd1000.sys" (ASPI to DOS converter) Adaptec ASPIDISK is less than 8 kB, much smaller than DI1000 the 2001 Novac Ninja ASPI disk driver 2.00 which made some FreeDOS developers write angry comments about

Re: [Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors.

2012-01-29 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 29-1-2012 12:21, Bertho Grandpied schreef: > Hard Disk -- USB (4K sectors) -- DOS with "usbaspi.sys" (ASPI manager) -- > "didd1000.sys" (ASPI to DOS converter) Ah the data flow from a drive behind an USB connector, to operating system booted from harddisk? > The ASPI to DOS converter is the

[Freedos-user] USB/ASPI to DOS, 4K sectors.

2012-01-29 Thread Bertho Grandpied
Continuation of previous question, subj changed, was: "Support for 4k byte sectors" Leaving aside (Free)DOS kernel support for bigger HD sectors. Reminder : the following - should fit on one line - is a schematic of what is expected to work : Hard Disk -- USB (4K sectors) -- DOS with "usbaspi