Hi JohnFun with someone using a real machine, I am using an IBM 100DX4 running, Freedos, DrDos and DSL (Damn Small Linux) all on three compact flash drives.
I would try File Wizard and its internal editor, https://dos.retro.software/downloads/download/290-file-managers/1467-file-wizard-1-35, like using Norton commander but better.
What kind of 486 do you run ? Bear Den 2022-03-31 kl. 12:49, skrev John Vella:
I am using edit at the moment,so it might be safer to stick with that. By safer, I mean not installing windows, which also contains too many distractions!On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 11:43 Joao Silva, <joao1...@gmail.com> wrote: If you go to WIndows 3.1 you have write. If you want to stick to dos get edit.com <http://edit.com> from DOS, i'm using it and works just fine. On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 11:37 AM John Vella <john.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: Ooh, that's good to know. I'll have to check how many lines per chapter. I'm also tempted to dig out another old drive, install windows 3.11 and try Microsoft Office 4.3 as I've never used that before. On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 11:33 Joao Silva, <joao1...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi! You can use FreeDOS edit, but don't use for big files... can't handle 2968 lines On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:59 PM John Vella <john.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: I'll be honest and say I'm starting to second guess myself here... Reading a totally unrelated email at work this morning, I wondered why I'm even bothering with wordperfect. I only need a basic text editor. I'm not interested in spell check, as I'll do that on the editing machine, so bringing it down to the minimum, freedos and whatever text editor is included would actually do the job nicely. On Wed, 30 Mar 2022, 12:42 Robert Riebisch, <r...@bttr-software.de> wrote: Hi John, > So, I've got the 486 computer working and am ready to install freedos > and wordperfect. What do *you* really need from FreeDOS to run WP? Probably just the BASE packages. Or maybe the kernel + FreeCOM only. You may also want to look at SvarDOS' floppy images: http://www.svardos.org/?p=files&dir=20220314 <http://www.svardos.org/?p=files&dir=20220314> SvarDOS is based on FreeDOS, but kernel is currently still from FD 1.2, IIRC. Cheers, Robert-- BTTR Software https://www.bttr-software.de/DOS ain't dead https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
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