FreeGEM DOS  

Release 1.0 - 13.3.2000
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I have tested this system on a 386SX-16 a Pentium 100 and a Pentium 166
with ATI EGA Wonder 800+, ATI MACH 64 and a standard 256KB VGA card. And
it has worked. I will take no repsonsibility for hardware damages or
so threw this software.

FreeGEM Dos is based on FreeDOS kernel 2018 and FreeCOM 076 but includes
now the following modifications.

1. A boot logo by Eathan Clark
2. A Command.Com which can execute GEM Applications.
   The search path is modified from .COM .EXE .BAT to .APP .COM .EXE .BAT
   You must specify the GEMPATH environment variable for this feature.
   Simply set the GEMPATH variable to the path where to find the
   GEMVDI.EXE for example. Set GEMPATH=C:\GEMAPPS\GEMSYS
3. I have included the corrected copy command from FreeCOM 077 into the
   source of FreeGEM Dos command com.I haven't used FreeCOM 077 because
   with 077 the GEM.BAT isn't working.
4. The Sys progam is changed to transfer gemlogo.sys and scrmode.com to
   the bootdisk additionaly to kernel.sys and command.com.
5. The routine for showing the label of a disk is correted to not show
   the point after 8 chars.
6. I have changed the name from FreeDOS to FreeGEM DOS.
7. Modified some code inside of the Kernel. Because my second harddisk
   wasn't recognized. Now it works. 

If you don't want to see the logo during booting you simply have to
delete the gemlogo.sys file. The messages from Config.sys and
autoexec.bat are shown in the free lines over the Bootlogo.

Known Bugs
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1. If you start the Desktop and then return back to Dos changing of
   directory doesn't work. This only happens after starting the desktop
   all other programs work and doesn't make this error when returning
   back to dos.
2. My linux partitions also get a dos drive char.
3. The order of drives isn't correct. 

If you find other errors or have suggestions please write to me
Heinz Rath
hans.rath@vpn.at
