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- From: thutt@THAMA1.APGEA.ARMY.MIL
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
- Subject: Oberon 1.0 for MSDOS / 80386
- Message-ID: <9207211022.aa19521@thama1.apgea.army.mil>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 15:24:00 GMT
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- People seem to be having some difficulty running the new Oberon system
- from ETH for the 386. The only trouble I have had is in learning the
- new software (I do not have the Oberon Guide yet).
-
- Here is a copy of a config.sys that works for me:
-
- device=c:\dos\himem.sys
- buffers=20
- files=64
- stacks=0,0
- SHELL=c:\4dos\4dos.com c:\4dos /p /e:160
-
- My autoexec simply has one line: mouse.
-
- I had a two button mouse hooked up, and like someone else (I am using
- the stinky cc:Mail which does not support quoting, or most other
- niceties so I do not recall who) was under the impression that my
- 2 button mouse would emulate 3 buttons, but alas it did not.
-
- I have had several brief mail conversations with the author of the
- system, and this is what I have been able to determine:
-
- o ETH has very few MS-DOS machines, so they are not very familiar with
- them.
- o He has written his own DOS extender, thus the reason for no memory
- managers. Oberon 1.0 puts itself into protected mode.
- o He recognizes the fact that he may have to write to the VCPI or DPMI
- specs in future versions. I have suggested DPMI, or even using
- DESQview/X (which would be neat).
-
- If you have any problems with the system, there is an address in the
- readme file to which you should mail your problems (basically, it is the
- secretary of the author).
-
- I would also be glad to help you with any problems you are having, as I
- have not had any problems with the system (except one non-reproducible
- crash). I like it (even though it would be better on a larger
- resolution system.)
-
- If you are not familiar with the Oberon system, I would be happy to
- mail you Oberon.Guide.Text (from the SPARC implementation) and
- Oberon.Guide.ps. These two documents should help you understand how the
- system works (but is not a complete description). It also has several
- short tutorials on the system programming.
-
- Please respond to:
- thutt@thama1.apgea.army.mil
-
- (No, I am not in the army.... :-))
-