How to make a helper executable residing on z:? \ VOGONS

How to make a helper executable residing on z:?

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First post, by lucky7456969

Posted on 2014-02-28, 08:19

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I am continuing on with my ansi patch of dosbox. It can turn on ansi depending on your wish.
And I want to write a helper executable on z:? so that the user can turn it on and off at any times.
I wonder what is the correct way of writing such a utility, how to determine its size?
Do I mock instructions with those fake executables?
Thanks
Jack

Reply 1 of 4, by mr_bigmouth_502

Posted on 2014-02-28, 19:04

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You'd have to compile it into the source. I'm not sure how you'd do this, however. AFAIK, the "executables" on DosBox's Z: drive aren't actually MS-DOS executables, but rather they're just representations of DosBox's inbuilt functions.