some more questions!
- SebMcClouth
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some more questions!
Is there a way to detect a ps/2 mouse or a com-mouse?
The free memory on board? I know there is a way to detect the amount of mem onboard, now I need to know how much free there is...
Some basic hd info, like sectors, etc.
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Seb
The free memory on board? I know there is a way to detect the amount of mem onboard, now I need to know how much free there is...
Some basic hd info, like sectors, etc.
grtz
Seb
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Hi Seb,
I thinkyou would benefit from a quick detour down the ABC archives;
http://www.qbasicnews.com/abc/
There's many routines for many things in there and I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for .
I thinkyou would benefit from a quick detour down the ABC archives;
http://www.qbasicnews.com/abc/
There's many routines for many things in there and I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for .
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i think you're forgetting...
as long as you're content to sprinkle in 16 bit code, qbasic can work with ASM and call interrupt to do... well, damned near anything any program can. the limitation you know, is that it only works with 16 bit code (dos code, although windows used to be 16 bit as well) and windows xp has horrible dos emulation, and cuts a lot of 16 bit code's abilities.
there's a guy on the qbasic forum that wrote a program for his serial port printer, compiles/works fine in win98 and dos, but simply does nothing in xp. xp doesn't have dos. a lot of people are now using dosbox http://dosbox.sourceforge.net in xp because it emulates dos better than xp does natively.
yeah, your program can do anything anyone else's program does... if you're willing to code or find the code for the asm etc, but that's no guarantee that it will work outside of dos- and that's becoming a real issue. what i'll usually do to get around this stuff is, i'll SHELL "" to a command line utility that i know does what i want.
you could go a lot farther a lot faster using SHELL to let other software do your dirty work, but it does take time to hand over control to another program. on the other hand, arachne (graphical internet browser for dos) does almost everything it does by essentially the same means i'm describing. you might get some funny looks, but if you include enough features you might impress a few people too. i think it's hard to say. the answer to most of your questions seems to be "yes, you can, if you'd actually want to do that"... i say go for it.
there's a guy on the qbasic forum that wrote a program for his serial port printer, compiles/works fine in win98 and dos, but simply does nothing in xp. xp doesn't have dos. a lot of people are now using dosbox http://dosbox.sourceforge.net in xp because it emulates dos better than xp does natively.
yeah, your program can do anything anyone else's program does... if you're willing to code or find the code for the asm etc, but that's no guarantee that it will work outside of dos- and that's becoming a real issue. what i'll usually do to get around this stuff is, i'll SHELL "" to a command line utility that i know does what i want.
you could go a lot farther a lot faster using SHELL to let other software do your dirty work, but it does take time to hand over control to another program. on the other hand, arachne (graphical internet browser for dos) does almost everything it does by essentially the same means i'm describing. you might get some funny looks, but if you include enough features you might impress a few people too. i think it's hard to say. the answer to most of your questions seems to be "yes, you can, if you'd actually want to do that"... i say go for it.
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I have no problem with the xp-problems. I only program on an old laptop (486+, ideal for qbinux), with runs with only DOS.
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Seb
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I didn't say that... If I'm able to get it where I want it, you probably only need a dos boot disk... and qbinux will do the rest!
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Seb
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Can't guarantee that one. Depends if Novix supports it or not... if it doesn't... linux will have to give its M-commands source away... we'll see okay?
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Seb
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no solution for that? I was thinking in Linux ways: ramdrive (if you have enough mem) and hope for the best...
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Seb
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Seb
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Unfortunately, no one can be told what Qbinux is. You have to see it for yourself.
Unfortunately, no one can be told what Qbinux is. You have to see it for yourself.
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YEah I've noticed... it stack all my memory... so I had to remove some unnecessary things... but it worked.
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Unfortunately, no one can be told what Qbinux is. You have to see it for yourself.
Unfortunately, no one can be told what Qbinux is. You have to see it for yourself.