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Subject  :  IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  BigWarpGuy
Date  :  05 Feb, 2004 on 17:05
" As of January 1st, 2004 updates to the OS/2 Device Driver Kit
have been discontinued.

http://www3.software.ibm.com/regsvs/ddk/

I copied this from the site. If one needs the files, it would be good if they were copied before they are gone.


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Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  DDKLookerFor
Date  :  18 Aug, 2004 on 22:09
Does anyone know where I can get the DDK now? I tried to call IBM but was flogged to death from one operator to another as they tried to find it under "hardware".

Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  davidfor
Date  :  19 Aug, 2004 on 05:08
The files are still available on the ftp server. The following will get you there: ftp://ddkdnld:its5now@service.boulder.ibm.com/

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David

Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  Fudeba daniel@caetano.eng.br
Date  :  19 Aug, 2004 on 20:20
I mirrored the files... One question would be: may I place the files in a public FTP?
I don't think so, but it doesn't hurt asking... (^=

Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  DDKLookerFor
Date  :  19 Aug, 2004 on 20:32
>The following will get you there:

Thanks, that's a lifesaver!


Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  BigWarpGuy
Date  :  20 Aug, 2004 on 18:00
It would be great if we could upload them to http://hobbes.nmsu.edu . I will go to the 'download' section of http://www.ibm.com and leave and ask at the 'feedback' section (I have made suggestions there before on a variety of things such as open sourcing OS/2).

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Subject  :  Need MASM and MSC compilers!
Author  :  cytan
Date  :  22 Aug, 2004 on 04:28
I'm just wondering where to download masm6.0 and msc6.0
which I believe was available for download from IBM for compiling the device drivers. I'll be writing a device driver soon and would really like to get a copy of the compilers.

Any help appreciated.


Subject  :  Re:Need MASM and MSC compilers!
Author  :  Henk
Date  :  22 Aug, 2004 on 10:45

cytan (22 Aug, 2004 04:2:
I'm just wondering where to download masm6.0 and msc6.0
which I believe was available for download from IBM for compiling the device drivers. I'll be writing a device driver soon and would really like to get a copy of the compilers.

Any help appreciated.



Hi/2

In the link that "Davidfor" gave here in this forum, you will find v6 of MASM and MSC...

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With kind regards,

Henk/2


Subject  :  Re:Need MASM and MSC compilers!
Author  :  DDKLookerFor
Date  :  23 Aug, 2004 on 21:50

In the link that "Davidfor" gave here in this forum, you will find v6 of MASM and MSC...

The V6 MASM and MSC are not on that site. Luckily I have them already.

In another note, what is everyone using for a kernel debugger? Does ASDT32 work under Warp 4.0? It just locked up for me.

I can't find a debug kernel (although I used one in the past, the chances of finding that version of OS2 and debug kernel are NIL). Are debug kernels available from anywhere?


Subject  :  Re:Need MASM and MSC compilers!
Author  :  Henk
Date  :  23 Aug, 2004 on 23:23

DDKLookerFor (23 Aug, 2004 21:50):

In the link that "Davidfor" gave here in this forum, you will find v6 of MASM and MSC...

The V6 MASM and MSC are not on that site. Luckily I have them already.


Perhaps are mine older eyes not good anymore...
Mar 31 8:04 2,739,963 │ masm60.exe
May 4 1998 2,723,569 │ masm60.zip
Mar 31 8:04 3,529,877 │ msc60.exe
May 4 1998 3,513,483 │ msc60.zip

Are listed on the FTP-site... I just checked and downloaded it...

README.DOC File

Release Notes for the Microsoft® Macro Assembler
Professional Development System, Version 6.0

© Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 1991

This document contains release notes for version 6.0 of the
Microsoft Macro Assembler Professional Development System for
MS-DOS® and the Microsoft Operating System/2 (MS® OS/2). The
information in this document and in the Microsoft Advisor (online
help) is more up-to-date than that in the manuals.

Microsoft improves its languages documentation at the time of
reprinting, so some of the information in this file may already be
included in your manuals.


But perhaps you're referring to something else...

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With kind regards,

Henk/2


Subject  :  Re:Found Debug kernels
Author  :  DDKLookerFor
Date  :  23 Aug, 2004 on 23:44

Are debug kernels available from anywhere?

I found the stash of kernel debuggers by looking for 'debug kernel' instead of 'kernel debugger'!

ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/debug/


Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  davidfor
Date  :  25 Aug, 2004 on 04:04
Just a couple of things from different post:

  • ICAT OS2 is the current kernal debugger. I assume it is at Version 6.02 as I have a zip file called ICOS602.zip. Unfortunately, I don't have a link where it came from.
  • Watcom C++ seems to be what is being used for device development. MSC6 still works, but, if you are starting a new driver, Watcom is the way to go.
  • There is a Yahoo Group for Device Driver developers. It's at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/os2ddprog/. It is a very good group for device driver developers (but useless for anyone else). A search of the posts in this group should find the current ICAT.
  • Whenever a new kernal is release, the debug versions are also released. These are normally put on testcase for a few days. They are archived at http://www.os2site.com/sw/upgrades/kernel/index.html.


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David

Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  Sebadoh sys3175@optonline.net
Date  :  27 Aug, 2004 on 17:55
How complete is the DDK2 project on netlabs? http://ddk2.netlabs.org . Perhaps it should be merged with the latest ddk from IBM and then the OS/2 and ECS community could contine using that site instead of IBM's. The only problem I see with this is as time goes on if IBM makes changes to any driver for ECS they will not be available (this is unless they made a deal with serenity to release it to registered customers) I guess they are just tire of people making free versions of the drivers which they charge for

Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  BigWarpGuy
Date  :  27 Aug, 2004 on 19:49
There has not been anything more recent (newswise) since 12-2000.

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Subject  :  Help on working on MSC6.0
Author  :  chaits chaitali.pawar@gmail.com
Date  :  21 Jul, 2005 on 13:31
I have an MSC6.0 compiler. A set of source and include files with me....
I have never worked on this compiler. Don't even know how to compile and build the executable. This is the first time I have to use this compiler...Can anyone provide me help on commands on how to work on this?

Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  BigWarpGuy
Date  :  21 Jul, 2005 on 14:21
http://www.edm2.com has alot of information. Have you check it out? It has been updated. There is a newsgroup for EDM/2 at http://www.netlabs.org .

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edm-2
not very active but it is very new (just created recently).

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Subject  :  Re:IBM DDK Discontinued!
Author  :  Sebadoh sys3175@optonline.net
Date  :  21 Jul, 2005 on 15:18

davidfor (19 Aug, 2004 05:0:
The files are still available on the ftp server. The following will get you there: ftp://ddkdnld:its5now@service.boulder.ibm.com/


Hmmm.. "Its5now" Sounds alot like "quitting time" to me =)

Think someone at ibm has a little sense of humor.. either that or they are just an ***hole =)


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