On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 18:53 -0500, Bob Cochran wrote: > Greetings, > > I am pretty ignorant of how FreeDOS is used by the community as I am > sure my previous posts show. I would like to build a better > understanding of FreeDOS. What is it used for most commonly? I know it > is an operating system, of course, but I don't know why it is used as an > operating system compared to other operating system choices. I would > like to understand the user base for FreeDOS better. Are there many > users, or just a small base of users, or somewhere in between? > > Thanks > > Bob Cochran
I am probably not a typical user, but I use FreeDOS to control an automatic diode tester. I need to be able to have unrestricted access to the computer hardware, such as registers, memory, communications ports, etc. I need to do that in nearly "real time". Higher level OS systems such as WINDOWS or LINUX don't allow that or if it is allowed at all it is with considerable latency. Incidentally, I write my software in the FORTH language, and occasionally in assembler. Regards George Frothingham > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
