On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 6:26 AM Liam Proven via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: [..] > There are good reasons that DOS went away some 35 years ago. It has > its uses but not being able to flip to another window or another > screen to consult documentation, or try something out, or look it up > online, is a *massive* handicap. [..] > If you have a Raspberry Pi, the core of RISC OS is 6MB of code. That's > the kernel, the GUI, the desktop, the text editor, image viewer, > BASIC, and so on. It's a multitasking internet-capable GUI OS with one > of the best and fastest BASICs ever.
That's a very interesting way of "advocating" FreeDOS, and "helping" folks who are new to FreeDOS. Here we have a person who discovered FreeDOS, who wants to experiment with FreeDOS by writing programs with it, and was looking for pointers to get started. It's a very odd reaction to immediately tell that person to go find another operating system. That's not very welcoming. If someone discovers FreeDOS and wants to explore FreeDOS, we should help them find a way to "Yes" and not to "No." [..] > I like DOS. I use DOS. But I am also realistic about DOS. If you want > to learn, today, almost anything else is better. > We all know that FreeDOS is DOS, and that means it is an operating system built on 1980s and 1990s limitations. But FreeDOS is a cool retro system with more updated tools, so it's great for learning. FreeDOS (like any DOS) has very few "moving parts," you can see how it starts up and what it's doing: 1. kernel 2. config.sys 3. command.com 4. autoexec.bat. And if something goes really wrong (like you did something weird in a new program you wrote, and it crashes and locks up the system) you just reboot. _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
