As I promised, I tried to run a DOS extended program produced by DMC under DOSEMU.  It doesn't work - it just prints the message "Fatal allocating DOS memory", and exits.

DOSEMU version is 0.99.8, and uses FreeDOS kernel (www.freedos.org).  I
compiled the same source with DJGPP (go32v2 extender) and BCC32 (converted
to WDOSX-0.96 DOS extendended program), and they both work.  I even ran DOOM
1.9 for DOS (it uses DOS/4GW from Rational Software), and it works
perfectly.  Maybe it's something wrong with X32, if all other DOS extenders
run without problems?

Laurentiu

    It seems the Flashtek DOS Extender is a bit outdated.
    By the way, now Rationl Systems is Tenberry.
    If you are looking for a DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender, but faster,
smaller, and open source, take a look at http://dos32a.sourceforge.net


"Laurentiu Pancescu" <user@domain.invalid> escribió en el mensaje news:adctc8$2vmn$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> As I promised, I tried to run a DOS extended program produced by DMC under DOSEMU.  It doesn't work - it just prints the message "Fatal allocating
DOS
> memory", and exits.
>
> DOSEMU version is 0.99.8, and uses FreeDOS kernel (www.freedos.org).  I
> compiled the same source with DJGPP (go32v2 extender) and BCC32 (converted
> to WDOSX-0.96 DOS extendended program), and they both work.  I even ran
DOOM
> 1.9 for DOS (it uses DOS/4GW from Rational Software), and it works perfectly.  Maybe it's something wrong with X32, if all other DOS
extenders
> run without problems?
>
> Laurentiu
>
>

"Javier Gutiérrez" wrote:

>     It seems the Flashtek DOS Extender is a bit outdated.
>     By the way, now Rationl Systems is Tenberry.
>     If you are looking for a DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender, but faster,
> smaller, and open source, take a look at http://dos32a.sourceforge.net

<g>
I you should compare what size and performance Flashtek's DOSX gave/gives...
It's made DOS3GW look pretty bad...
Jan

It looks really impressive... I'm speechless! <g>  Are you maintaining it now?  I saw on the credits list the name of Thomas Pythel - is he the same guy who wrote the PMODE series extenders, aka Tran?

I'm not sure what it would be easier: to bug Walter to modify OPTLINK to generate LX executables (DMC already supports creating DOS/16M executables, why not also DOS/4G ones?), or convince him to tell us what are the DMC requirements for generating a DOSX exe, so we can add support in another extender?  X32 seems to have a few problems, and doesn't seem to be maintained any more, so we need our own replacement for X32... <g>

I can hardly wait for OpenWatcom to do a full release... ;)

Laurentiu

"Javier Gutiérrez" <nikkho@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:addjfo$s3r$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>     It seems the Flashtek DOS Extender is a bit outdated.
>     By the way, now Rationl Systems is Tenberry.
>     If you are looking for a DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender, but faster,
> smaller, and open source, take a look at http://dos32a.sourceforge.net
>

About size, I cannot agree more!  But about performance... X32 doesn't properly align its stack to para (which generates severe performance degradation - maybe it's also dependent of DMC generated code, dunno), I heard it crashes under XP and I saw it dying under DOSEMU.

And I still haven't heard of any update after May15th 2001 - too bad... :(

Laurentiu

"Jan Knepper" <jan@smartsoft.cc> wrote in message news:3CFABC59.F14758D1@smartsoft.cc...
>
> I you should compare what size and performance Flashtek's DOSX
gave/gives...
> It's made DOS3GW look pretty bad...
> Jan

    The DOS/32 A project will be hosted under the OpenWatcom Perforce
system, and maybe the official web site too.

    I think there will be no problem with using it with DMC, but in that
case you should contact Narech Koumar (narech@NOSPAM@telia.com), the
original author, since I was only the web site developer.


"Laurentiu Pancescu" <user@nowhere.near> escribió en el mensaje news:adf7ni$okl$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> It looks really impressive... I'm speechless! <g>  Are you maintaining it now?  I saw on the credits list the name of Thomas Pythel - is he the same guy who wrote the PMODE series extenders, aka Tran?
>
> I'm not sure what it would be easier: to bug Walter to modify OPTLINK to generate LX executables (DMC already supports creating DOS/16M
executables,
> why not also DOS/4G ones?), or convince him to tell us what are the DMC requirements for generating a DOSX exe, so we can add support in another extender?  X32 seems to have a few problems, and doesn't seem to be maintained any more, so we need our own replacement for X32... <g>
>
> I can hardly wait for OpenWatcom to do a full release... ;)
>
> Laurentiu
>
> "Javier Gutiérrez" <nikkho@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:addjfo$s3r$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >     It seems the Flashtek DOS Extender is a bit outdated.
> >     By the way, now Rationl Systems is Tenberry.
> >     If you are looking for a DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender, but faster,
> > smaller, and open source, take a look at http://dos32a.sourceforge.net
> >
>
>
>

    The problem is that X32 does not work well under modern machines.


"Jan Knepper" <jan@smartsoft.cc> escribió en el mensaje news:3CFABC59.F14758D1@smartsoft.cc...
> "Javier Gutiérrez" wrote:
>
> >     It seems the Flashtek DOS Extender is a bit outdated.
> >     By the way, now Rationl Systems is Tenberry.
> >     If you are looking for a DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender, but faster,
> > smaller, and open source, take a look at http://dos32a.sourceforge.net
>
> <g>
> I you should compare what size and performance Flashtek's DOSX
gave/gives...
> It's made DOS3GW look pretty bad...
> Jan
>
>

    I am not the author of DOS/32A, nor the mantainer due to a problems of
missunderstanding the license.

"Javier Gutiérrez" <nikkho@NOSPAM@hotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje news:adf8o1$pno$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>     The DOS/32 A project will be hosted under the OpenWatcom Perforce
> system, and maybe the official web site too.
>
>     I think there will be no problem with using it with DMC, but in that
> case you should contact Narech Koumar (narech@NOSPAM@telia.com), the
> original author, since I was only the web site developer.
>
>
> "Laurentiu Pancescu" <user@nowhere.near> escribió en el mensaje news:adf7ni$okl$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > It looks really impressive... I'm speechless! <g>  Are you maintaining
it
> > now?  I saw on the credits list the name of Thomas Pythel - is he the
same
> > guy who wrote the PMODE series extenders, aka Tran?
> >
> > I'm not sure what it would be easier: to bug Walter to modify OPTLINK to generate LX executables (DMC already supports creating DOS/16M
> executables,
> > why not also DOS/4G ones?), or convince him to tell us what are the DMC requirements for generating a DOSX exe, so we can add support in another extender?  X32 seems to have a few problems, and doesn't seem to be maintained any more, so we need our own replacement for X32... <g>
> >
> > I can hardly wait for OpenWatcom to do a full release... ;)
> >
> > Laurentiu
> >
> > "Javier Gutiérrez" <nikkho@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:addjfo$s3r$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > >     It seems the Flashtek DOS Extender is a bit outdated.
> > >     By the way, now Rationl Systems is Tenberry.
> > >     If you are looking for a DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender, but
faster,
> > > smaller, and open source, take a look at http://dos32a.sourceforge.net
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

I looked in the project page at SourceForge, and you appeared as the project admin.  Therefore I assumed you're developping it...

Do you think Narech Koumar would be interested in modifying DOS32A for supporting DigitalMars DOS extended applications?  Walter, would this be of interest for you?  Probably, at least some specs would be needed...

Laurentiu

"Javier Gutiérrez" <nikkho@NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:adf8o1$pno$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>     The DOS/32 A project will be hosted under the OpenWatcom Perforce
> system, and maybe the official web site too.
>
>     I think there will be no problem with using it with DMC, but in that
> case you should contact Narech Koumar (narech@NOSPAM@telia.com), the
> original author, since I was only the web site developer.
>
>
> "Laurentiu Pancescu" <user@nowhere.near> escribió en el mensaje news:adf7ni$okl$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > It looks really impressive... I'm speechless! <g>  Are you maintaining
it
> > now?  I saw on the credits list the name of Thomas Pythel - is he the
same
> > guy who wrote the PMODE series extenders, aka Tran?
> >
> > I'm not sure what it would be easier: to bug Walter to modify OPTLINK to generate LX executables (DMC already supports creating DOS/16M
> executables,
> > why not also DOS/4G ones?), or convince him to tell us what are the DMC requirements for generating a DOSX exe, so we can add support in another extender?  X32 seems to have a few problems, and doesn't seem to be maintained any more, so we need our own replacement for X32... <g>
> >
> > I can hardly wait for OpenWatcom to do a full release... ;)
> >
> > Laurentiu
> >
> > "Javier Gutiérrez" <nikkho@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:addjfo$s3r$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > >     It seems the Flashtek DOS Extender is a bit outdated.
> > >     By the way, now Rationl Systems is Tenberry.
> > >     If you are looking for a DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender, but
faster,
> > > smaller, and open source, take a look at http://dos32a.sourceforge.net
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

    I was (in past) the coordinator of the project, but due to license
issues it could not be called DOS/32A, so I removed all the files and the
docs from the site. Nowadays you can only download the original 7.1 version
original by Narech, and not the my derived 8.00 version.

    The project was a bit abandoned until Narech noticed a bit of interest
in DOS programming in the OpenWatcom group, so he decided to release it as
Open Source (I must remember it was a commercial product).

    I do not know if he would be interested in modifying it, but there is
nothing bad in download the program with the sources and adapt it to be
compatible with DMC as far as it is not called DOS/32 A nor DOS/32 Advanced.





"Laurentiu Pancescu" <user@nowhere.near> escribió en el mensaje news:adfgj4$11no$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I looked in the project page at SourceForge, and you appeared as the
project
> admin.  Therefore I assumed you're developping it...
>
> Do you think Narech Koumar would be interested in modifying DOS32A for supporting DigitalMars DOS extended applications?  Walter, would this be
of
> interest for you?  Probably, at least some specs would be needed...
>
> Laurentiu
>
> "Javier Gutiérrez" <nikkho@NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:adf8o1$pno$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >     The DOS/32 A project will be hosted under the OpenWatcom Perforce
> > system, and maybe the official web site too.
> >
> >     I think there will be no problem with using it with DMC, but in that
> > case you should contact Narech Koumar (narech@NOSPAM@telia.com), the
> > original author, since I was only the web site developer.
> >
> >
> > "Laurentiu Pancescu" <user@nowhere.near> escribió en el mensaje news:adf7ni$okl$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > It looks really impressive... I'm speechless! <g>  Are you maintaining
> it
> > > now?  I saw on the credits list the name of Thomas Pythel - is he the
> same
> > > guy who wrote the PMODE series extenders, aka Tran?
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what it would be easier: to bug Walter to modify OPTLINK
to
> > > generate LX executables (DMC already supports creating DOS/16M
> > executables,
> > > why not also DOS/4G ones?), or convince him to tell us what are the
DMC
> > > requirements for generating a DOSX exe, so we can add support in
another
> > > extender?  X32 seems to have a few problems, and doesn't seem to be maintained any more, so we need our own replacement for X32... <g>
> > >
> > > I can hardly wait for OpenWatcom to do a full release... ;)
> > >
> > > Laurentiu
> > >
> > > "Javier Gutiérrez" <nikkho@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:addjfo$s3r$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > >     It seems the Flashtek DOS Extender is a bit outdated.
> > > >     By the way, now Rationl Systems is Tenberry.
> > > >     If you are looking for a DOS4GW compatible DOS Extender, but
> faster,
> > > > smaller, and open source, take a look at
http://dos32a.sourceforge.net
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>