Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 19:39:36 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIOS information preservation (was Re: >64MB) Message-ID: <199711031939.MAA22218@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199711010406.OAA00828@word.smith.net.au> from "Mike Smith" at Nov 1, 97 02:36:34 pm
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> Anyone likely to complain if I add a new datastructure to i386/bios.c and > start populating it with stuff that various parts of the system glean > about the BIOS environment? Or should I be using a procedural lookup > interface for this? My preference would be for a generic mechanism for use in thunking any BIOS call to a VM86() for processing in that environment. There is a good "MindShare" book on Protected Mode System Architecture, actually... In any case, a mechanism similar to the SCO "vm86()" system call would be good (plus it would help with IBCS2 emulation). > * Terry, I believe you mentioned that some Microsoft Developer package > contained sources for the Word Viewer, or something similar. Would > there be any chance of crossing this with a Win32-on-unix environment > like that from Willows or Bristol to get a FreeBSD Word Viewer? I'm > sick beyond belief of having to find a copy of Word and 2-300 sheets > of paper just to read these banal "standard" documents. The VC++ code contains full source code for the "WordPad" program. Unfortunately, you need a Win32 (as you suggest) because there is a DLL involved in reading the Word Format documents. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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