On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 00:36:49 -0500, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Matej Horvat > <matej.hor...@guest.arnes.si> wrote: >> >> ... irrelevant comments by me deleted ... >> >> PS: I just wrote all that and found this: >> >> http://nokonoko365.cocolog-nifty.com/blogfile/freedos/index.html >> >> Is that third party software for Japanese support or what? > > No, according to Chrome's translation, it seems to just be somebody > trying FreeDOS + Windows 3.1 under VirtualPC, nothing more. > The top of the blog page is indeed about running jp win3.1. Below that it talks about adding Japanese support to FD. The link is broken but a google search turns up working links for fdos0138.exe or fdos0138.lzh. With the drivers being loaded in fdconfig.sys it becomes possible to switch between standard character-mapped text mode (needed for running FD EDIT, etc.) and the VGA mode for running Japanese DOS programs. The readme file with the disk image seems to say that the license is GPL "or" freeware (I am not good enough to parse Japanese legalese), and includes an email address for the author minashir...@yahoo.co.jp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
