rugxulo - RUFFIDEA (Dec. 22, 2007)

(read some of the CHANGES since last time)

Nov. 15, 2007 -- minor update of a few files only since Oct. 2 -- RUFF-NEW.ZIP (678k)

BTW, here's a list of updated packages since FreeDOS 1.0 (w/ URLs): FDPKGNEW.TXT (as of May 5)

(N.B. #1 uses the latest 386+ "2038pre" kernel, #2 is 8086+ "2037 WinKern", #3 is 8086+ "2036")

(All three disks use FAT32-enabled FreeDOS kernels while still supporting FAT12 and FAT16.)

diskone.txt | disktwo.txt | dskthree.txt (list of contents for all files on each w/ DESCRIPT.IONs)

diskone.zip | disktwo.zip | dskthree.zip (disk image files each w/ floppy-writing DOS .EXE stub + .IMG unpacker + FreeDOS diskcopy)

d1-files.zip | d2-files.zip | d3-files.zip (files from each .IMG unpacked, if you prefer it)

new! "BARE_DOS" 8086+/386+ FreeDOS disk image (for flashing BIOS, minimal install, etc.):

(see MKBISO.ZIP , 16k, DOS .EXE w/o src; use to make .IMG into an .ISO for CD-ROMs)

bare_dos.zip bare_dos.txt (800k; 1.44 MB .IMG + DISKCOPY + SFX14436 + UNIMG)

misc. FreeDOS kernels (fully replaces MSDOS.SYS+IO.SYS or IBMBIO.COM+IBMDOS.COM)

new! Mar. 8th ("fat security") (srcs coming soon, gotta grab it from SVN and .ZIP it up)

KWC38632.SYS -- FreeDOS kernel ("K") compiled by Watcom C ("WC") for "386" and FAT32 ("32")

KTC8616.SYS -- FreeDOS kernel ("K") compiled by Turbo C ("TC") for 8086 ("86") and FAT16 ("16")

etc ...

FreeCom shell (command.com replacement, srcs only; or try 4DOS instead [8086!] ):

com084_s.tbz (186+ ??, 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap; handles LFNs, DESCRIPT.ION)

com082_s.zip (8086+, "stable" 0.82pl3, uses KSSF or VSPAWN via "call /s" to temporarily swap out)

DJGPP C compiler (< 1.44 MB, unpacks to 6 MB or 3.5 MB if you "upx --best .../*.exe"):

DJGPP203.UHA (djdev 2.03p2 + gcc 2.95.3 + bnu 2.16.1 + cwsdpmi r5 + rm)

(needs UNUHARCD.EXE, 85k, from UHarc 0.6b and 24 MB RAM to decompress, doh!)

This GCC supports -mcpu=pentiumpro and -march=k6 , so MMX is okay but nothing newer (e.g. 3dnow! or SSE).

OpenWatcom C compiler (also floppy-sized, UHarc'd; DOS 32-bit host / 16-bit target only):

ow13-286.uha (oldie-but-goodie 1.3) | ow17a286.uha (1.7a RC1, see changes here)

P.S. Here's my attempt at a full DOS-only install: ow17a1-dos-full.uha (6.5 MB; 46 MB unpacked)

(OW 1.7a RC1, C/C++, includes all samples, startup srcs, extenders, tools, helpfiles)

(you can also use Turbo C 2.01, which is floppy-sized, to build the FreeDOS kernel, etc.)

etc. etc. etc. (recompiling stuff, mostly)

NEWS

new! (Sep. 4) Exuberant Ctags 5.7 (generates tags file from 34 languages for VIM, VILE, JED, SETEDIT, or Mined; the 386+ Win32 binary runs under HX or compile via DJGPP; see changes)
new! (Sep. 19) LPAQ1v2 ("lite PAQ" single-file compressor, 386 + 6 MB RAM minimum; website)
(Oct. 10) PG 1.16 (pager/text file viewer w/ quite a few options)
new! (Oct. 15) GRUB4DOS 0.4.3 (powerful multi-boot loader; see tutorial)
(Oct. 26) GNU GAWK 3.1.6
(Nov. 3) Bloček 1.33b (ASCII conversions, configurable menus, etc.)
(Nov. 20) ML1 v3 (script-driven macro cross compiler using NASM)
(Nov. 24) Insight 1.22 (8086-compatible, menu-driven debugger)
(Dec. 10) FDRC 0.2.1 (various changes)
(Dec. 22) GVFM 2.65 (graphical file manager w/ mouse wheel and DOS codepage support)
(Dec. 28) VILE 9.6 ("Vi Like Emacs"; 9.7 is coming soon)
new! (Dec. 31) Retro 0.4 (8086/CGA emulator in Java; can run FreeDOS, Minix, or Windows 2.0)
(Jan. 4) GRDB 9.4 (fixed assembling 32-bit constants; download .EXE w/ src here)
(Jan. 4) CPULEVEL 2007++ (adds separate 186 and 486 tests)
(Jan. 20) GNU Less 418 for DJGPP
(Jan. 20) GNU grep 2.5.3 (r3) for DJGPP (colorization reimplemented)
(Jan. 28) FASM 1.67.26 (mostly fixes DOS bugs and adds most SSE4 instructions)
(Jan. 29) CC386 3.74 (final public release, thanks David !)

DOS installer : ccdl374e.zip (2,194k)
Win32 installer : cwdl374e.zip (3,590k)
DOS + Win32 "manual install" : cxdl374e.zip (4,279k)
library sources : cwdl374l.zip (1,520k)
compiler sources : cwdl374s.zip (2,791k)

(Jan. 29) Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup 0.3.4
new! (Jan. 31) ClamAV for DOS 0.92 (clamconf, clamscan, freshclam, sigtool w/ virus database)
(Feb. 13) TestDisk 6.9
(Feb. 20) NASM 2.02 (final)
(Feb. 20) GCC 4.2.3 (GPP, GFOR, OBJC, OBJC++, GNAT/ADA) ported to DJGPP
new! (Feb. 25) GNU ed 0.9 (the standard *nix line-oriented editor)
(Feb. 27) FreeDOS debug / debugx 1.13
(Mar. 2) HXRT 2.14
new! (Mar. 2) DX-Forth 3.80 (nice 16-bit Forth, even allows simple multitasking apps)
new! (Mar. 6) RHBVS 4.65 (heuristic-based virus scanner)
(Mar. 10) Mpxplay 1.56 alfa 3 (see changes)
(Mar. 13) HIMEMX 3.32 (might be buggy on old 386s, fix pending here)
(Mar. 13) JEMM386 5.72
new! (Mar. 13) OpenWatcom 1.7a (now available as separate .ZIPs; thanks, Arkady !)
new! (Mar. 14) xWCopy 0.8b (tiny LFN-aware XCOPY w/ 8086 NASM src)
(Mar. 14) OCTASM 0.167 (small, fast x86 assembler w/ unique syntax; supports through SSE3)
new! (Mar. 18) Arachne v193;GPL (graphical web browser w/ most HTML 4.0 support)
new! (Mar. 18) Freedoom 0.6.2 (BSD-licensed levels/graphics/sounds for Eternity/Boom engines)
(Mar. 21) DUGL 1.11 ("DOS Ultimate Game Library", DJGPP C + MMX asm w/ nice examples)
new! (Mar. 27) p7zip 4.57 (7-Zip cmdline, DJGPP recompile; .tar, .gz, .bz2, .zip, .7z support)

new! (Mar. 28) XPL0 2.6 (16-bit)
(Apr. 1) bzip2 1.0.5 (DJGPP build; minor official security fix)
(Apr. 7) NDN 2.31.0954 (aka, Necromancer's DOS Navigator) released (see changes)
(Apr. 10) NBASM32 00.26.10 (32-bit DOS assembler)
new! (Apr. 10) SYSLINUX 3.63 (used by official FreeDOS 1.0 CDs)
(Apr. 16) YASM 0.7.0 (see release notes)
new! (Apr. 18) XPLPX 3.35 (32-bit; minor tweaks for some BIOS compatibility)
(Apr. 18) FreeBASIC 0.18.5b (minor release, replaces GDB w/ 386+ version; see changes)

(Apr. 27) UPX 3.03 (some MIPS bugfixes, see changes)
new! (Apr. 30) GNU texinfo 4.12 (.info hypertext reader)
(May 3) 4DOS 7.63 (minor fixes)
(May 4) cabextract 1.2 (minor package adjustments)
(May 5) JWasm 1.7pre (beta fork of OpenWatcom WASM, needed to reasm HIMEMX or JEMM)