[Freedos-user] improved driver plans from Jack

2015-12-05 Thread Eric Auer
Hi DOS users, Jack mentions that he improves the closed-source versions of his drivers, XHDD and XDVD2, by adding smart read-ahead. The smart aspect is that they keep track of how large the CD or DVD in your drive is, to avoid doing read-ahead beyond the end... As with most improvements, this mea

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 calls for volunteers

2015-12-05 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi all, With some luck, we could imagine having a v1.2 release somewhere next year. But this won't happen without more people chipping in. There are plenty of things that would need to be done, and that do NOT require any development skills. If you wish to give some of your time, look at the l