Hi again,
I dare say you intended this for the list.
I have answered this question many many times.
Speaking personally as a credentialed journalist myself, I find it a bit
concerning that anyone who writes as a reporter believes that a shared
label makes a shared experience, as in all those who are called a, are
interchangeable for one another.
many a war flowing around such generalizations, speaking personally you
do your friends a profound disservice not considering them to
be individuals with unique experiences preferences and goals.
And..this is a DOS list. If you dislike the platform, speaking
personally, why are you here?
Best,
Karen
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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:31:35 +0000
From: Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com>
To: Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net>
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] "Upgrade" from MS-DOS 6.2.2
I really don't know. Perhaps you have been very lucky, or perhaps
there was an era of late BIOS-based systems during which BIOS-based
USB handling reached a peak.
Sadly now any maker who wants a sticker proclaiming the right to claim
their kit as compatible with Windows 11 must make it UEFI only, with
secure boot on by default, and no legacy BIOS C.S.M. in that UEFI.
Such a machine cannot boot DOS and unless someone somewhere does some
heroic programming it never will.
As it happens, some of my closest friends are blind and most of them
are computer users. I am a professional computer journalist and I do
try to regularly address accessibility issues.
I do have to ask why, given the increasing difficulty of keeping DOS
working in the 21st century, why you cling to it so hard? There are
very highly accessible alternatives available now, several of them for
free.
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 at 20:01, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote:
Hi Liam,
I have a question about this advice?
granted, I have made no secret of my using, having specific computers
built to construct DOS, rather than simply choosing older hardware.
Perhaps that care makes a difference.
However, I am, right now, using full DOS booted from my harddrive typing
with a USB keyboard. I have experienced no problems, am not even running
an extra USB driver yet, its simply done from the bios.
Is there a pattern others should seek in hardware, companies, motherboards
and the like that can lead to comparative results for them?
Its more of an intellectual question to ask, I realize I take greater care
than many here with my hardware choices.
Best,
Karen
On Sat, 24 Feb 2024, Liam Proven via Freedos-user wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 at 03:21, DAMON GRAY via Freedos-user
<freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
I'm working on the assumption that FreeDos will handle the USB mouse and
keyboard.
No, it won't.
But in my limited testing, what I found that might is this:
Install DOS onto a USB key, and boot from that, not from a HDD partition.
On some firmware, this makes the BIOS do lots of USB handling and
emulation and things work better.
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