diff --git a/docs/README-os2.md b/docs/README-os2.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2b7bb2bf0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/README-os2.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 for OS/2 & eComStation +================================================================================ +SDL port for OS/2, authored by Andrey Vasilkin , 2016 + + +OpenGL, joystick and audio capture not supported by this port. + +Additional environment variables (optional) for OS/2 version: + +SDL_AUDIO_SHARE + Values: 0 or 1, default is 0 + Initializes the device as shareable or exclusively acquired. + +SDL_VIDEODRIVER + Values: DIVE or VMAN, default is DIVE + Use video subsystem: Direct interface video extensions (DIVE) or + Video Manager (VMAN). + +You may significantly increase video output speed with OS4 kernel and patched +files vman.dll and dive.dll or with latest versions of ACPI support and video +driver Panorama. + +Latest versions of OS/4 kernel: + http://gus.biysk.ru/os4/ + (Info: https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/Phoenix_OS/4) + +Patched files vman.dll and dive.dll: + http://gus.biysk.ru/os4/test/pached_dll/PATCHED_DLL.RAR + + +Compiling: +---------- + +Open Watcom 1.9 or newer is tested. For the new Open Watcom V2 fork, see: +https://github.com/open-watcom/ and https://open-watcom.github.io +WATCOM ervironment variable must to be set to the Open Watcom install +directory. To compile, run: wmake -f Makefile.os2 + + +Installing: +----------- + +- eComStation: + + If you have previously installed SDL2, make a Backup copy of SDL2.dll + located in D:\ecs\dll (where D: is disk on which installed eComStation). + Stop all programs running with SDL2. Copy SDL2.dll to D:\ecs\dll + +- OS/2: + + Copy SDL2.dll to any directory on your LIBPATH. If you have a previous + version installed, close all SDL2 applications before replacing the old + copy. Also make sure that any other older versions of DLLs are removed + from your system.