Re: [Freedos-user] FreeCom: Wrong DIR behavior on empy disks.

2011-08-07 Thread cm
> Also, using the all-numeric representation ("2011-08-02 18:09:06") > makes DIR dead simple for localization. There are no strings to > replace. Except if a 12-hour time format is desired. Regards, Christian -- BlackBer

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeCom: Wrong DIR behavior on empy disks.

2011-08-04 Thread cm
>> Why not 18'446'744'073'709'551'615 ??? Comma and dot >> are usually used to separate fractional part: PI = 3.14159265358979 > > That's a nice idea, though at first glance a bit odd looking. Any > systems using this upper [`] or ['] ? I considered adding the single quote <'> as separator to my d

Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?

2011-08-03 Thread cm
> Therefore, you have to change the file name the kernel will look for. If > you can compile the kernel yourself, search through its source code for > where the FDCONFIG.SYS name is used and change that. The file is opened around line 700 in config.c, here: http://freedos.svn.sourceforge.net/viewv

Re: [Freedos-user] How to install multiple instances..?

2011-08-03 Thread cm
> Not sure about the filenames or why you're changing those. >> Could someone tell me if it's possible to have multiple instances of >> (Free)DOS installed to the same partition? This. >> If I rename command.com in the root directory, there are obvious issues. > > You have to change SHELL= in yo

Re: [Freedos-user] Unicode (It was 'Problem with USB keyboard insome computers')

2011-07-10 Thread cm
> IMHO, TSR's have a lot of advantages over device drivers, and can still be > installed in CONFIG.SYS if you actually want/need to do that (with the > INSTALL= option). You can even write a single executable which can be loaded both as "device driver" (DEVICE= or DEVLOAD) and as normal program (I