from Rugxulo: > One of the big problems (not counting HTML5 or Javascript or Flash) is > HTTPS. Not just for DOS but for any OS that isn't top tier (big three: > Mac, Win, Linux).
> It has recently come to my attention that many popular websites are > now requiring it, which makes it very hard to operate unless your web > browser can support it. And, in case it wasn't obvious, there are only > a handful of "modern" web browsers (and host OSes) that work for such > "modern" needs. Thus, anything that isn't top tier (Firefox, Chrome, > IE, Safari) is practically ignored / banned. And even some of those > are struggling. > We're lucky just to have anything that halfway works anymore (mTCP, > Dillo, Links, Arachne). Even the lighter-weight graphic web browsers for Linux/Unix support Javascript and HTTPS, Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey, and maybe some others, also support HTML5, but Flash is a big problem. Mozilla Firefox and Seamonkey run on BSD as well as Linux. FreeBSD ports also includes Netsurf, Qupzilla, Midori and Epiphany; KDE includes Konqueror; Javascript and HTTPS are supported. I never downloaded the newest Arachne from March 2013 for lack of ability to run it. I notice Net-Tamer for DOS hasn't been updated since 1999; even Netscape and Internet Explorer from that time would be very limited in function. from Dale E Sterner: > According to wikopedia GPT is a king sized version of MBR. > Can you try a smaller hardrive that uses a MBR? If your bios can still > boot a hard drive with a MBR. I've thought of buying a cheap refurbished SATA hard drive, maybe 80 GB or 160 GB, to install FreeDOS and ReactOS, and maybe OpenBSD in the remaining space, using MBR, but FreeDOS and ReactOS might be bitchy about having to be on the first partition, and then there is the limitation on FAT32 partition size; 4 KB cluster size goes up to 8GB. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
