iS-DOS Chic & Classic SERG DRAGON 18.8.99 In Ufa we have a version of iS-DOS from 1994-95. During this time, many improvements were made to the system, which These affected not only the kernel, but also all application programs included included in the system. And in more detail, here are the significant differences I discovered: fired: 1. The disk comes with two versions of the IS-DOS Chic system (chi- there is “chic”, not “chic”) and Classic, which differ in volume memory available for programs. This is done by placing the OS new kernel into shadow RAM, which is located in the lower addresses memory. Such frauds are naturally possible only on a computer. rah with shadow RAM. In Chic, the amount of available memory (for .com files) is about 25 Kb, and in Classic about 10 Kb. So judge for yourself. Many reproached this for- a remarkable system in a small amount of memory, now, the authors systems have taken away another argument from critics. 2. The disk format has been changed so that you can drag programs from The old system is being betrayed somehow in a cunning way. Changed the format of the cata- log and the Unicolor standard - this horror is happening for the second time. All printer drivers have also been rewritten, now they aretook it seriously part of the system functions. To convert old programs to new standards, there are programs frames are convectors, so the transition will not cause you large problems - lem. 4. As for the external design of the system, it is practically has not changed, you can only change the positions of the command line and hint lines from the top of the screen to the bottom, that's how they say This is for true Norton fans. 5. An unpacker for ZXZip archives has appeared, they can now be unzipped browse without leaving the system. 6. A very interesting driver has been written to support TR-DOS dis- cov. TR-DOS disk opens as a panel, different from iS-pa- not just file extensions. Now it's much more work more convenient, but do not overestimate its capabilities; support is limited It is readable only by read operations. Changes (renaming) to TR panels are produced in memory; the driver is not placed on the TR disk. To record on TR-DOS, you can use the good old programs frames. Everything related to reading TR-DOS disks, to save money disk space, you can throw it away. 7. I almost forgot the most important thing, it all takes a lot less than before. The entire system fits freely on an electronic disk andthe drive does not access. Take my word for it, I I simply forgot about the existence of the drive even when editing text. And one more thing about the sizes, the resident for printing is 64 characters per line ke in Chic takes 10! times less than in Classic. 8. The program for viewing text files has been completely redesigned fishing, it now has functions such as search by model, viewing two files at the same time. Now you don't need to download an editor for performing these functions. 9. The editor has also undergone some changes. There is a function sorting lines in the selected block alphabetically. Were changed and some inscriptions, now there is more information on the screen: showing It depends on how many segments the file consists of. When reaching 80, auto- The system's leaders advise that something be done to reduce them, when entering a number code, to place it in an arbitrary location text, the symbol is shown in a special window and much more 10. Some new items have appeared in the text printing program menu and fixed some glitches, now it no longer hangs when every opportunity. 11. The "artz+.com" program now also deals with compaction disks, it all looks like in Norton, and she will succeed muchbetter than its predecessors who don’t understand what’s going on Lali with the disk. With its appearance, I have no loss of information yet. It was and probably won’t be. 12. The system also works reliably with files up to 5 Mb in size, Previously, the maximum was 65 Kb, in principle the file was such a large size I only dreamed of it once, but it was a long time ago and not true. 13. There are a few other small differences. That's all about the differences. Now something for those who do not use IS-DOS digests, others can skip this paragraph. And so finally It's time to talk about the merits of IS-DOS. This system oriented for storing and working with various information. This- hour the following programs are perfectly implemented here: wonderful text editor with many functions, database, but since At the same time, you have to work with large volumes of information, then Naturally, you have to access the drive from time to time The following advice is appropriate here: install a hard drive and you will much easier. Many people say that the system does not have enough memory, but in my opinion it’s stupid that you ever wrote programs where the pure code took 20 Kb, and if they wrote it, it was probably written in BASIC ke. For such people, of course, there is much less memory, at least case, you can remember about the electronic disk or even switching partpages, if you can. Writing programs in this system simple, all the design has long been written for you: windows naya system, line editor, various drivers, what else do you need necessary. For ordinary users I would like to say, if necessary to store something, use IS-DOS, I haven’t thought of a better one yet - but... And finally, I would like to add a little about the options for selling systems There are only two topics. 1. The system disk is sold in the form in which it was semi- chen. With its use, you will certainly have some problems. problems especially in IS-DOS Chic. Disk driver dis- does not want to install, errors have been noticed in the keyboard layouts - nature and perhaps something else. Also everything here has been redone shortcut keys and custom menu system. This option for those who want to figure everything out themselves. 2. The system disk is fully configured to work on SCORPION. All shortcut keys have been changed to more conventional ones. Also fixed all identified inaccuracies have been recorded. Here some na- shi programs. The custom menu system WILL be fixed. For those interested, I recommend reading "Open Letters" Nemo, there's a lot of interesting stuff there. SERG DRAGON 18.8.99 Something else aboutiS-DOS, just right on topic. Ramdisk driver ed256-8b.blk Attention, for now only for the old system (iS-DOS'94) Designed for those who want a 768 block ramdisk also have an entrance to SCORPION's shadow network. For a complete understanding, I give a comparative map. Driver ed256.blk. Pages 1,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 Total 13 banks (13*16384/256=832 blocks) Driver ed256-8b.blk. Pages 1,3,4,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,8 Total 12 banks (12*16384/256=768 blocks) As you can see, the 8th bank is simply moved to the end of the card, i.e. if using the ed256-8b.blk driver to create a RAM disk with 832 blocks, then neither no matter what terrible things happen, there simply won’t be any shadow people. MAX SNAKE / MSD 22.6.99 p.s. During a power surge, MAGIC is triggered. It's just cold dilnik killer.
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