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by amber
Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Two decades later...what's the point?
Replies: 71
Views: 63983

Re: Two decades later...what's the point?

I think ROS is a research project. Its task is not to replace Windows, but to study it. Anyone who wants to run a Windows program without buying Windows-it is enough to have WINE. Using examples of ROS code, students can study a Windows structure. Understand, for most developers, Windows is a "...
by amber
Fri Mar 15, 2019 2:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Win16 quest support in ReactOS
Replies: 17
Views: 5559

Re: Win16 quest support in ReactOS

How about?:
https://github.com/otya128/winevdm

Can this be ported to ROS?
by amber
Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Fix of the Week
Replies: 191
Views: 516409

Re: Fix of the Week

Looking at the commit history, I noticed that quite a lot of work was associated with the implementation of new commands in the debugger: "!irpfind" and "!poolfind". These commits were made from January 1 to January 8 - it fits into the"week" period. Perhaps in the futu...
by amber
Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Is ReactOS stable enough for everyday use yet ?
Replies: 7
Views: 3731

Re: Is ReactOS stable enough for everyday use yet ?

ReactOS is more of a research project than a replacement for Windows. The system has big problems with running on real hardware for most users. THIS ALPHA. If ReactOS was developed by a commercial company, no one would know about it, because the system is not ready. If you don't have programming kno...
by amber
Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Win16 quest support in ReactOS
Replies: 17
Views: 5559

Re: Win16 quest support in ReactOS

Alexandre Julliard answer: > Is there a "wrapper" of Win16 functions around Win32 functions , using > "library-stub" or something, which could redirect a 16-bit calls in > 32-bit in WINE? The wrappers are generated by the winebuild program, based on the entry point specification...
by amber
Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Fix of the Week
Replies: 191
Views: 516409

Re: Fix of the Week

This bug should have been fixed two years ago. This patch was waiting in the wings. Fix of the week in the nomination "very slow fixxx":
https://github.com/reactos/reactos/comm ... b85f14764e

Issue: https://jira.reactos.org/browse/CORE-10553
by amber
Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Periodic testing of ReactOS on real hardware.
Replies: 11
Views: 1527

Periodic testing of ReactOS on real hardware.

Hi there! When testing ReactOS in VBox, I recently encountered a virtual machine crash. This led me to think: how good is software virtualization today? Can the virtual machine be 100% trusted? Hence my question: Whether testing ReactOS on real oborudovanii and how often? I understand that debugging...
by amber
Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:31 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Win16 quest support in ReactOS
Replies: 17
Views: 5559

Re: Win16 quest support in ReactOS

In my opinion, it would be faster to implement a "wrapper" of win16 functions around win32 functions. This requires "library-stub", which could redirect a 16-bit calls in 32-bit. Thus, there will be some "analogue" NTVDM, but for applications win16.
by amber
Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Fix of the Week
Replies: 191
Views: 516409

Re: Fix of the Week

Mistakes like this will now be less!
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https://github.com/reactos/reactos/pull/805 is merged!
by amber
Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: 16-bit Windows Program Support
Replies: 69
Views: 66796

Re: 16-bit Windows Program Support

What?! Wine can run 16-bit Windows programs? Why not just import that part of the WINE in ROS?!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software) (Backward compatibility)
by amber
Wed Nov 16, 2016 7:59 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: 16-bit Windows Program Support
Replies: 69
Views: 66796

Re: 16-bit Windows Program Support

For me the ability to run 16-bit applications is not so critical. I think in ROS someone has installed Win3.11 and it worked using our current NTVDM. If anyone needs Win16 apps, even install Win3.11 in ROS. But there is another problem, which is more important for ROS. Many of the old Win32 programs...
by amber
Sat Sep 03, 2016 10:31 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: GSOC USB test
Replies: 19
Views: 19822

Re: GSOC USB test

The same problem as before. FDODeviceExtension->ActiveSrb != NULL. I have a RECYCLER folder on flash stick. When I use it, the system may start to lag. And can go into the debugger. See https://jira.reactos.org/browse/CORE-11367. If necessary, I can put a Debuglog with your build.
by amber
Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: EPIC WIN!
Replies: 1324
Views: 1444414

Re: EPIC WIN!

ReactOS as a game platform is one of the MAJOR potential uses for the o/s. Games could be the single biggest reason why ReactOS thrives, don't knock games! I am a serious computer user but I also paid approx. £100 for all the Total War series of games when they originally came out. These are not pa...
by amber
Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:58 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: EPIC WIN!
Replies: 1324
Views: 1444414

Re: EPIC WIN!

Nesticle (didn't name it) works. http://orig11.deviantart.net/21a5/f/2015/323/d/3/reactos_nesticle_by_mugenfighter-d9h7lew.png It would work before, but I couldn't get to find/load any roms. I don't see anything epic in the new old game! Game - entertainment. Has anyone tried to run Turpo Pascal or...
by amber
Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: 0.3.15 RC Testing
Replies: 77
Views: 42023

Re: 0.3.15 RC Testing

Utility Manager (with source) This is a beta version of the program, similar to Windows program utilman.exe. I have not seen the original English version in Windows XP, so translated it into PROMT 7 translator. The program is written in Delphi 7. Sources are included. For proper installation, set Re...