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Re: detecting emulation or console windows

From "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.development, comp.os.msdos.programmer, alt.lang.asm
Subject Re: detecting emulation or console windows
Date 2014-06-02 06:15 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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"Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> wrote in message 
news:op.xgs8v3iw6zenlw@localhost...
> On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 17:48:09 -0400, James Harris 
> <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> wrote in message
>> news:op.xgq5q0ms6zenlw@localhost...
>
>>> It seems dosemu doesn't provide the PS/2 A20 bit, and doesn't toggle
>>> keyboard A20 bit when A20 is enabled.  No real machine fails that.
>>
>> Are you sure? Take a look at the A20 Controls section in
>>
>>   http://aodfaq.wikispaces.com/machine+characteristics
>>
>
> Well, I should've consulted that.  I didn't forget it exists.

I sometimes forget it exists. I especially forget what's on it.

> Clearly,
> I didn't recall any with that defect.  I remember some had the keyboard
> bit permanently set.  But, for an emulator, I'd still argue they should
> implement the "correct" method. ;-)

Sure they should. The trouble is that some PCs don't implement the "correct" 
method either.

> How common are some of the problem
> machines we found anyway?  IIRC, probably don't, it was my, yours, and
> Wolfgang's obscure collection ... Or, Steve? Alexei?  I.e., this was not
> what we could call an "excellent" sample selection of machines.

Are you saying that you want to ignore problem machines? Looking at those on 
the list their brand names are well known so I suspect that many machines 
exhibit this problem. They did correctly enable A20 though.

As evidence of other incorrect PCs I think the MSI may have been yours. 
According to the table it seems to show the KBC output port bit as set even 
before enabling A20. That was a problem for the Asus EEE too and possibly 
the Viglen Geode. So I suspect that problem hardware is quite common.

James

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detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-31 18:31 -0400
  Re: detecting emulation or console windows Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2014-05-31 19:59 -0400
    Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-31 20:54 -0400
      Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-05-31 21:43 -0400
        Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-01 22:48 +0100
          Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 00:46 -0400
            Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 06:15 +0100
              Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 03:21 -0400
                Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 03:32 -0400
                Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 09:51 +0100
                Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 09:27 -0400
                Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 17:05 +0100
                Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 19:25 -0400
                Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-04 07:55 +0100
                Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-04 03:20 -0400
      Re: detecting emulation or console windows Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2014-06-01 14:03 -0400
        Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 00:53 -0400
          Re: detecting emulation or console windows Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2014-06-02 15:55 -0400
            Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 19:27 -0400
              Re: detecting emulation or console windows Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2014-06-03 17:00 -0400
  Re: detecting emulation or console windows Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2014-06-01 06:25 +0200
    Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-01 02:50 -0400
  Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-01 07:53 +0100
    Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-01 04:53 -0400
      Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-01 20:57 +0100
        Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 00:48 -0400
      Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 03:20 -0400
  Re: detecting emulation or console windows JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2014-06-02 03:43 +0700
    Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-02 00:34 -0400
    Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-03 07:06 -0400
      Re: detecting emulation or console windows JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2014-06-03 20:25 +0700
  Re: detecting emulation or console windows "wolfgang kern" <nowhere@never.at> - 2014-06-03 20:52 +0200
  Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-03 22:59 +0100
    Re: detecting emulation or console windows CN <qmbmnp3799@pacbell.net> - 2014-06-03 18:39 -0700
      Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-04 07:06 +0100
        Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-04 03:07 -0400
          Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-04 09:16 +0100
  Re: detecting emulation or console windows "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-06-03 23:00 +0100
  Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-06-10 17:37 -0400
    Re: detecting emulation or console windows Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-11 00:37 +0000
      Re: detecting emulation or console windows "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-07-27 12:11 -0400

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