Hi, DOSEMU 1.3.4 is out, see http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/bleeding/ I hope this is almost version 1.4.0; FreeDOS still needs to be updated to 1.0 but that's about it as far as features are concerned. There have been a few too many changes to be comfortable about that at this stage, so any user testing is welcome to find regressions. Bart NEWS: * For a first time boot with FreeDOS, DOSEMU now boots without any user interaction, and presents a welcome screen. Drive Z: is now a read-only drive with all the DOSEMU and FreeDOS support files. * Clarified the copyrights and replaced some code with unclear origins. The disclaimer acceptance has been weakened. * Added native 64-bit support for x86-64, which, similarly to the 32-bit version, uses CPU emulation for V86 mode, and runs DPMI code natively. Most of the code is now 64-bit clean but a few cases may not work yet. * The CPUEMU simulator is now a runtime option, activated via $_cpuemu="vm86sim", or $_cpuemu="fullsim". Improved correctness of CPUEMU. * Added a $_cdrom option for runtime configuration of the CD-ROM device. * Added an internal *CDEX style CD-ROM driver, activated using LREDIR, for use with CD-ROMs that are mounted in Linux. The default autoexec.bat uses this to set drive E: to a CD-ROM. * Implemented support for Unicode fonts for $_X_font, so you can for instance use the univga font or $_X_font="-Misc-Fixed-Medium-R-SemiCondensed--13-120-75-75-C-60-ISO10646-1" * Use $_lpt1, $_lpt2, and $_lpt3 for printer configuration. * The SDL plugin now supports text copy and paste, and X fonts. * It is now possible to point $_vbootfloppy, $_floppy_a etc. to directories and boot from them. * Improved real time clock support with a periodic IRQ generator. * Improved PCI emulation on the console, with $_pci=(auto). * Improved the internal XMS driver. * Various DPMI and VGAEMU fixes. * The dosemu script is compatible with the minimal shell dash. * You can now directly see and manipulate DOS file attributes on Lredir'ed Linux-mounted (V)FAT partitions, when using recent 2.6 kernels. * DOSEMU's stack is no longer marked executable which may improve security. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
