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Playing a #mod via a network mapped TNFS share over #FujiNet RS232 on my Toshiba T5200 20Mhz 386. Both the player and the mod file are on...

Playing a #mod via a network mapped TNFS share over #FujiNet RS232 on my Toshiba T5200 20Mhz 386. Both the player and the mod file are on the mapped drive. https://youtube.com/shorts/1E0BROv5lkQ?feature=share

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And now I can run a .EXE from TNFS! Crazy DOS was just moving the file pointer without telling anyone. 😖#MSDOS #FujiNet #RetroComputing...

And now I can run a .EXE from TNFS! Crazy DOS was just moving the file pointer without telling anyone. 😖

#MSDOS #FujiNet #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

I can't believe how much special casing #MSDOS does when it comes to files. First there was a difference between COPY and TYPE. Now...

I can't believe how much special casing #MSDOS does when it comes to files. First there was a difference between COPY and TYPE. Now there is a difference when trying to run a .EXE. Nope, can't just read bytes from a file and run them, there's some additional field somewhere that has to be set "just right.”

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Quick proof of concept demo using the #FujiNet RS232 with DOS to provide a network mapped drive. The drive comes from my TNFS server....

Quick proof of concept demo using the #FujiNet RS232 with DOS to provide a network mapped drive. The drive comes from my TNFS server. I'm able to get a directory listing, filter the listing to see just the .EXE files, and copy a file off.

It's all read-only at this stage, but it's nice to be able to use it on real hardware, esp. since the T5200 has no WiFi. Less clunky than xfer via modem. Getting SMB protocol working is next.

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Can’t believe how much use I’m getting out of this book from the 8086 assembly class I took my first year of college. I didn’t even...

Can’t believe how much use I’m getting out of this book from the 8086 assembly class I took my first year of college. I didn’t even own an x86 machine then. In fact it was another 7 years before I got one, an IBM ThinkPad 755CX.

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Thought maybe I'd try to get MS C going under DOSbox just in case qemu is corrupting the disk. Googled to see if it came on CD ROM...

Thought maybe I'd try to get MS C going under DOSbox just in case qemu is corrupting the disk. Googled to see if it came on CD ROM instead of floppies and the pictures of the box looked really familiar. Go look on my shelf and sure enough, I already own it. Bought it back in 1995 when I was hired to port a DOS program to the Mac.

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“Landru, guide us!”This video wasn’t what I expected from the title; I was anticipating something about social media. Instead, it made...

“Landru, guide us!”

This video wasn’t what I expected from the title; I was anticipating something about social media. Instead, it made me think of something that it seems schools aren’t doing: teaching research in the modern age. When I was in school, every year they would take a day or two to bring the entire class to the library and show us how to use card catalogs to research a topic. Schools should now be teaching students how to use the internet for research.

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#Marchintosh is coming! Get your AppleTalk networked computers onto #GlobalTalk with zero hassle! No vintage Mac required to do the...

#Marchintosh is coming! Get your AppleTalk networked computers onto #GlobalTalk with zero hassle! No vintage Mac required to do the bridging! A Docker container sets up everything automatically, no fiddling with trying to find the right button to click. Everything is configurable via the command line, making it easy to start automatically. Just run it and go!

https://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/288/easy-globaltalk-routing

At last, some real progress with getting the network redirector working with #FujiNet! This was far more difficult than it should have been;...

At last, some real progress with getting the network redirector working with #FujiNet! This was far more difficult than it should have been; partly because the DOS books are terrible (“look how clever we are!” making Watcomable code examples), partly because DOS makes me do all the heavy lifting, partly because I wanted to do things "the Watcom way” which makes using `__interrupt` extremely difficult.

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Never mind, got it. One of the holes was really jammed on the screw post.

Never mind, got it. One of the holes was really jammed on the screw post.

The CMOS battery in this NUC is dead, and I think the WiFi antenna may not be connected. Of course to change the battery you have to get to...

The CMOS battery in this NUC is dead, and I think the WiFi antenna may not be connected. Of course to change the battery you have to get to the *other* side of the motherboard. But it doesn’t lift out, even after removing the screws. What’s the trick?

I've managed to convert most of it to C, but my Pascal is quite rusty and there's one procedure I can't figure out. I suspect my...

I've managed to convert most of it to C, but my Pascal is quite rusty and there's one procedure I can't figure out. I suspect my confusion stems from some trickery they're doing to access special MS-DOS functions.

Anyone know what the Turbo/Watcom C equivalent would be? (Text version of Pascal procedure is in screenshot's ALT.)

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Unsealed the little pocket on the back cover and imaged the disks because I wanted to try out the Pascal program. Put a copy of the disk...

Unsealed the little pocket on the back cover and imaged the disks because I wanted to try out the Pascal program. Put a copy of the disk images here: https://www.retrobattlestations.com/Undocumented-DOS-1st/

They conveniently included a compiled EXE so I didn't have to setup a system with Turbo Pascal to build it. The PHANTOM.EXE program seems to work as advertised, so now the trick is to convert it to C.

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Their choice of Pascal meant they couldn’t do inline assembly. To work around it they made an array and hardcoded in the assembled bytes....

Their choice of Pascal meant they couldn’t do inline assembly. To work around it they made an array and hardcoded in the assembled bytes. There’s comments with assembly mnemonics but that doesn’t make it easy to modify.

The examples in the Undocumented DOS are written in … Pascal. Seems like an unusual choice. I guess the authors were former Mac...

The examples in the Undocumented DOS are written in … Pascal. Seems like an unusual choice. I guess the authors were former Mac programmers?

DOS book #3 has arrived! This one even came with floppies!This should help me add even *more* features to the RS232 #FujiNet!

DOS book #3 has arrived! This one even came with floppies!

This should help me add even *more* features to the RS232 #FujiNet!

It's here! It's here!

It's here! It's here!

Sitting here keeping the camera view of my mailbox as the front most window on my computer. I'm waiting for yet another book on writing...

Sitting here keeping the camera view of my mailbox as the front most window on my computer. I'm waiting for yet another book on writing DOS drivers and I don't want to miss when it arrives. Every car that drives by makes my eyes dart over to check "Is that the USPS truck? Is that the USPS truck?”

Yes, USPS will update their tracking, but that could take over an hour after it's delivered and I want my book NOW! Because as soon as it arrives I plan to set it down and read it tomorrow.

“I'm standing here at a fast food place, looking at their menu, and I wonder if I can substitute a milk shake for the soda in a combo...

“I'm standing here at a fast food place, looking at their menu, and I wonder if I can substitute a milk shake for the soda in a combo meal. How can I possibly get the answer? I know! I'll post a question on an internet forum instead of asking the person in front of me that works there!”