I use FreeDos mainly for programming but slow light gaming on an old 300 MHz k6 hp computer with 256mb ram
On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 15:09 <freedos-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Send Freedos-user mailing list submissions to > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freedos-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freedos-user-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Freedos-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: MS-DOS 7.1 (Eric Auer) > 2. Re: What do you do with your FreeDos PC? (Joao Silva) > 3. Re: ?Re: What do you do with your FreeDos PC? (Kai Ketelhut) > 4. Re: MS-DOS 7.1 (Joao Silva) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 20:58:15 +0100 > From: Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] MS-DOS 7.1 > Message-ID: <b925933f-8611-1a83-30fc-6a789011a...@jpberlin.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > Hi Joao, > > > Last night i was on my crusade to find a solution to my problem GameTools > > debugger breakpoints and found an ISO for MS-DOS 7.1 CD and Floppy > version. > > Obviously the China DOS Union "distro" of MS DOS 7.10 > is not a legal way to use MS DOS! Even when it is more > "convenient" than buying Windows 98 to get MS DOS 7. > > Maybe you could tell us what your GameTools debugger breakpoint > problem was in FreeDOS (and solve it) instead of advertising CDU. > > Eric > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 19:47:54 +0000 > From: Joao Silva <joao1...@gmail.com> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] What do you do with your FreeDos PC? > Message-ID: > <CAAHrAN3ayRAyTQ== > d5rg5tasredzurg7xwalmctofany6xf...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi! > > Well I haven't done anything with it yet, but it will be for games and some > programs (a games is a program). > > Games, nice old games, cool games the bring some old memories and time > well spent. > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 7:42 PM Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > > Hi Jamie! > > > > > On Dec 6, 2020, at 2:30 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi and welcome Jamie! > > > > > >> Interestingly enough 1.3rc reports the version as 7.10 > > > > > > That is the level of our MS DOS compatibility, in this > > > case Windows 98 style DOS with FAT32 support and, if you > > > load the right drivers, long file name support. > > > > > > If you request the OEM number with int 21 function 3000, > > > BH will be FD like FreeDOS. You also get CX=0 and BL=the > > > kernel revision (last two digits) from int 21 function 30, > > > for example 39 for kernel generation 2039. > > > > > > As FreeDOS specific extension of the system data area > > > list of lists (use int 21 function 52 to get a pointer) > > > you can read internal and setver-able DOS version, the > > > revision number and a pointer to the version string. > > > > > > Note that FreeDOS 1.3 is the version of the distro, not > > > of the kernel - similar things apply for Linux distros. > > > > > > An easy method to get the FreeDOS release string is > > > int 21 function 33ff, which returns a pointer in DX:AX. > > > Function 33fc can set the setver DOS version. > > > > > > Cheers, Eric > > > > > > Yup, what he said? :-) > > > > If for some reason you actually need the release version number, > > starting with FreeDOS 1.2, under the %DOSDIR% the installer > > creates a VERSION.FDI file that contains that information. > > > > This assumes the user did not delete this file. Also, the > > boot configuration file (FDAUTO.BAT) sets an environment > > variable %OS_VERSION%. Which also assumes the > > user does not remove it. > > > > At present, there is no guaranteed method to get the > > ?distro? release version. For the most part, it doesn?t matter > > all that much what ?distro? release a user is running anyway. > > > > :-) > > > > Jerome > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 21:00:35 +0100 > From: Kai Ketelhut <kaiketel...@gmx.de> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] ?Re: What do you do with your FreeDos > PC? > Message-ID: > > <trinity-1058f25e-21a4-41f2-b991-d5f9afd3facc-1607284835371@msvc-mesg-gmx021 > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 20:08:00 +0000 > From: Joao Silva <joao1...@gmail.com> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] MS-DOS 7.1 > Message-ID: > < > caahran34v8nthcqqmpxkmf9efo379uucro0h23w_yk3bvvc...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Sorry, it wasn't my intent to advertise. > > GameTools can't find the INT to hook on because its running on a VM > environment. > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 8:00 PM Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: > > > > > Hi Joao, > > > > > Last night i was on my crusade to find a solution to my problem > GameTools > > > debugger breakpoints and found an ISO for MS-DOS 7.1 CD and Floppy > > version. > > > > Obviously the China DOS Union "distro" of MS DOS 7.10 > > is not a legal way to use MS DOS! Even when it is more > > "convenient" than buying Windows 98 to get MS DOS 7. > > > > Maybe you could tell us what your GameTools debugger breakpoint > > problem was in FreeDOS (and solve it) instead of advertising CDU. > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > ------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Freedos-user Digest, Vol 1877, Issue 3 > ********************************************* >
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