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- The GoldED OS/2 and DOS/P16 versions - what is different? 931114
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- --- Introduction
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- This document outlines the main differences between the standard
- GoldED for DOS and the new OS/2 and DOS/P16 versions.
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- --- GoldED/2 - The OS/2 version.
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- * GoldED/2 is a 32-bit windowable textmode OS/2 2.x program. A full
- PM (GUI) version is planned, but is not currently being developed.
- This release was compiled with Borland C++ 1.0 for OS/2.
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- * Long filenames (HPFS) are implemented. However, I can make no
- guarantee that all conceivable forms of valid HPFS filenames are
- supported, especially such exotics as spaces in filenames and
- various punctuation characters that are invalid in MS-DOS
- filenames. Some parts of GoldED may support exotic forms of
- filenames, while others may not. I will do what I can to make sure
- future releases are fully HPFS compatible.
-
- * Handling of Ctrl-Break does not work too good in this release.
- Hitting Ctrl-Break will simply exit GoldED/2 immediately without
- any form of cleaning up first. I'm working on a better solution...
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- * GoldED/2 does not yet support Sound Blaster or other sound
- systems.
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- * The following GOLDED.CFG keywords are irrelevant or unsupported in
- the OS/2 version and may be ignored:
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- DOSSWAP
- EVENT
- MOUSE
- OVERLAY
- PLAY
- SCREENELIMSNOW
- SCREENUSEBIOS
- SOUNDDEVICE
- SOUNDPATH
- SWAPPATH
- TIMESLICE
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- --- GoldED/P16 - The DOS 16-bit protected mode version.
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- * GoldED/P16 is a DOS 16-bit protected mode program. GoldED/P16 uses
- the 286 or better CPU to run in DOS protected mode. This release
- was compiled with TopSpeed C++ 3.1, optimized for 286 code. The
- TopSpeed DOS extender which is used in GoldED/P16 can use just
- about any type of extended/expanded memory, including raw (no
- memory manager), DPMI, VCPI and XMS. In case of the so-called
- "protection violations" (also known as "exception errors"),
- GoldED/P16 writes a file XTRACE.TXT in current directory. Please
- include the contents of this file when reporting bugs that result
- in protection violations.
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- * Advantages of GoldED/P16 compared to the standard DOS version:
- + Breaks the DOS 640k barrier. No more worries about running in
- DV windows or other low-memory situations.
- + Faster operation due to 286 optimized code and a better
- optimizing compiler.
- + Protected mode operation protects DOS better from internal
- malfunction/crashes in GoldED. Development of the OS/2 and
- DOS/P16 versions eliminated several causes of crashes in the
- older standard DOS versions.
- + Faster nodelist compilation with GoldNODE, compared to use of
- EMS/XMS and especially DISK buffers.
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- * If you use QDPMI with QEMM386, QDPMI will display an error message
- when GoldED/P16 loads ("QDPMI: Exec error"). This can be ignored.
- No ill effects have been observed when using GoldED/P16 with
- QPDMI. The reason for the QDPMI error message is unknown, but it
- seems to be a compatibility problem between QDPMI and the TopSpeed
- DOS extender.
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- * GoldED/P16 currently doesn't support changing the DOS prompt in
- DOS shells.
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- * GoldED/P16 does not yet support Sound Blaster or other sound
- systems.
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- * The following GOLDED.CFG keywords are irrelevant or unsupported in
- the DOS/P16 version and may be ignored:
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- DOSSWAP
- EVENT
- MOUSE
- OVERLAY
- PLAY
- SCREENELIMSNOW
- SOUNDDEVICE
- SOUNDPATH
- SWAPPATH
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