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agumaFAR OS 3 beta period!
It's the FAR OS 3 beta period! Download it [url=http://faros.110mb.com/download.htm]here[/url] and check for bugs! If you happen to find any, report them [url=http://faros.110mb.com/bug.php]here[/url]! Also, if you have suggestions for new commands, e-mail me at farosadmin@gmail.com. The documentation is available [url=http://faros.110mb.com/download.htm]here[/url]. Good luck finding bugs! ;)		2008-07-225:31 PM
BrandonRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
I got it from your fusionware site. The other one has ads. I can't find the the documentation on it though. I tried the demo and when you draw the the mouse should be hidden, then brought back after its drawn.		2008-07-225:40 PM
ksrRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Unfortunately my monitor says "Out of range" when I try and run it (my stupid TV must not like 8-bit colour or something). And when I try and run it in DOSBox it says "VESA: Mode not found". Anyone know how I can fix this in DOSBox?		2008-07-225:44 PM
agumaRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
okay, i uploaded the documentation. brandon: are you sure you don't have adware? cause 110mb has no ads...		2008-07-225:46 PM
BrandonRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Its when I click to download a file, and no I don't have adware in in Linux!		2008-07-225:52 PM
agumaRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Oh I see in the HTML I did Readme and I named the file Readme.htm Readme.htm readme.htm DIFFERENT IN LINUX! YAY! Okay I'll fix that.		2008-07-225:58 PM
ksrRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
OK, I got DOSBox working. Your GUI looks nice, but is a little flickery. It seems some of that flicker can be avoided - windows seem to be drawn twice for no reason.		2008-07-225:59 PM
agumaRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
turn DOSBox's speed up to around 25000. it was meant for a 386+.		2008-07-226:00 PM
BrandonRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
dude 25000 is faster than my Pentium MMX 200Mhz systems.		2008-07-226:04 PM
agumaRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
my pentium is 1.6Mhz... :P okay i'll try optimizing it a bit more.		2008-07-226:06 PM
BrandonRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
You mean Pentium Dual-Core? People that don't know hardware upset me.		2008-07-226:10 PM
agumaRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
no just pentium M. it's 1.6 Ghz.		2008-07-226:11 PM
BrandonRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Then say that!!! Anyways I had a Pentium M 1.8Ghz, they are pretty good, but my 2 desktops in my signature are twice as fast.		2008-07-226:14 PM
ToddRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
My old lifebook is a Pentium M 1.7 GHz. Andrew, try making something that'll work on a Pentium I (133 MHz) for better compatibility and better knowledge of how to use the resources around you.		2008-07-228:01 PM
BrandonRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
DOSBox 10000 cycles is good.		2008-07-228:07 PM
agumaRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
I tuned it down to 1 cycle and it now works about as fast as GIMI in 10000 cycles!!! :woohoo:		2008-07-229:53 PM
ToddRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
1 cycle???? Wow! I'd be surprised if one letter of text would display in less than 1 second in ASCII-mode. lol		2008-07-2210:04 PM
agumaRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
oh wait, in 1 cycle it froze. i meant around 500 cycles. :P		2008-07-2210:07 PM
ToddRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Oh, okay. 500 cycles is still making it very slow. 1 cycle didn't work on mine when I played around with DOSBox.		2008-07-2210:31 PM
agumaRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
well there are two main reasons why FAR OS is a lot faster: 1. The windows are simpler 2. The font routine is faster If you try running GIMI 2.2 (the new version), it takes like 30 seconds to refresh the screen!!! That, in my opinion, is the only thing wrong with GIMI.		2008-07-2210:37 PM
ToddRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Yeah I know the new version was under new management by a guy named Sergio. Sebastian Mate, the original creator, passed it along to him to run along with others but the team dissolved years ago sometime in 2003.		2008-07-2210:41 PM
rCXRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Hey aguma this is a great start. The animations while moving windows run smoothly. [b]ksr wrote:[/b] [quote]OK, I got DOSBox working. Your GUI looks nice, but is a little flickery. [/quote] I get the same problem in FreeDOS. But only the menu flickers and not the window. If a file isn't found by the "execute" dialog, the GUI crashes. I know this is only an beta version but could you add a file not found warning? EDIT: :S oops I just realized that I downloaded an older version instead of the latest one. You can ignore what I wrote. Looks Nice!		2008-07-2211:55 PM
ToddRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Speaking of window animations, check this out: http://www.freewebs.com/wallacesoftware/Dove.mov		2008-07-2312:19 AM
BrandonRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
I think I should make a DOSBOX Cycles to PCU Comparison. It'll take most of my day But I'll get the number of Cycles for a Pentium 166,AMD 486 66MHz, a Cryrix MediaGX MMX, and a Celeron 333. Then we can realy develop at the right speed.		2008-07-238:04 AM
ToddRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Write a benchmark program, run them on DOSBox and each machine and compare times. Calibrate it to match the machine's correct timing.		2008-07-2311:29 AM
rCXRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Hey aguma, for some reason it plots the circle at 0,0 instead of at 450,450. Am I doing this right? WIN 400,400,500,500,"rCX's Program" DIM x DIM y MOV x,450 MOV y,450 #PAINT: CIRCLE x,y,10,2 LABEL: GOTO LABEL END		2008-07-2310:47 PM
jasonwoodlandRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
I clicked on send a bug report (Not that there was) and it came up with NWWL and lots of women in arkward positions.:ohmy:		2008-07-241:54 AM
BrandonRe:FAR OS 3 beta period!
Find it for me, lol.		2008-07-249:03 AM

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