Hi, On Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 10:34 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > I'm thinking about doing a video that shows how to do real work on DOS. > I sometimes see comments on YouTube with people asking "could you really do > *work* with DOS?" > And the answer is of course you can, that happened every day. > > So I'm collecting a list of things you'd do in the 80s and 90s with DOS to do > work. > Sure, I'll put a game it two in there, but I'm focusing on getting work done. > > What programs or types of programs would you like to see?
If you insist on a game, I suggest something ASCII-based like a roguelike, maybe UMoria? * http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/gamesrc/mor55src.zip (Although Doom did just turn 30, and its source code release in late 1997 got a very quick DOS port with DJGPP.) While I'm the last person to suggest "UNIX is the answer to life, the universe, and everything!", they did have some useful tools that had DOS ports. Sed and AWK come to mind. * http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/pc/garbo/pc/unix/sed15x.zip (HHsed, compiled by Turbo C, circa 1991) * http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/stmsdos9709/disk2/DISC2/GNU/GNUISH/MAWK122X.ZIP (dual DOS + OS/2, circa 1996) Text editors were also good, e.g. DJGPP's GNU Emacs or RHIDE or (real mode) TDE: * http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/simtel9703/disk1/DISC2/DJGPP/V2GNU/00_INDEX.TXT * http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/simtel9703/disk1/DISC2/DJGPP/V2APPS/ * http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/pc/garbo/pc/goldies/tde40.zip (circa 1994) Another cool hex editor / viewer / assembler that everyone loved was HIEW: * http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x2ftp/msdos/programming/utils/hiew44.zip (but I only remember 6.x or such) Simtel also had NASM 0.97, which I used to write a really simple utility (public domain) and uploaded back in 1999. * http://cd.textfiles.com/simtel/simtel0101/simtel/asmutl/nasm097.zip (A86/D86 was also very good for shareware, last updated in 2000.) In summary: Simtel, Garbo, x2ftp, DJGPP _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
