Re: [Freedos-user] XMS Manager on '286 (FreeDOS not ONLY for old PC)

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Johnson Lam wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:29:46 +0100, you wrote: Hi Aitor, Sorry for breaking in ... I disagree. FreeDOS is not "suited for old machines", but "suited for running DOS16/DOS32 code", as well as you can use WindowsXP to run your Win32 code and Linux to run your Linux code. Have you ever tried to run DOOM or HERETIC in a WinXP dosbox? In my testings it doesn't work (it gets too slow, it's not playable). So I can switch to FreeDOS to run this code. Oh thanks Aitor, you speak the exact words I want to say: FreeDOS is not ONLY for old PC's. FreeDOS aim is capable to run on old PC 'AND ALSO' new PC which have PCI and upcoming PCI-Express, and able to bring the old DOS program to the latest hardware. Furthermore, FreeDOS can run some standalone tools to rescue data, making backups (such as GHOST or USB hard disk copy) and even system diagnostic, RAM test ... etc. Thanks everyone who contribute to improve FreeDOS, and I keep up reading FreeDOS32 news, hoping to see a stronger DOS working environment. Rgds, Johnson. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user     I think some people misunderstood what I originally said about FD and old PC's. I didn't say ONLY, i just meant in addition to providing a true DOS O/S for your current computer, FD is is "ideal" for really old PC's because besides DOS there is not much else you can do with it!  For example, I have a 12Mhz 286 that would be completely useless if I didn't have FreeDOS. But I am learning how to program, and an old PC+(Free)DOS is perfect for that, especially assembly language. Finding a legit. version of MS-DOS these days is like finding an honest politician, but thanks to FD you can even study some of the source code to help you learn how to program, not to mention all the added functionality of FD. The reason I like using such a slow PC is that you can actually see the difference in performance between good code and sloppy code. On a more modern machine than my 286, a routine written in interpreted QBasic would appear to run no slower than  my highly optimized assembler routine!