Eric Auer wrote:
Hi all,
1) Is it a bad practice to use the include monochrome area switch with
MS-DOS and its EMM386?
I think yes, unless you desperately need the 32k extra UMB space.
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This is obviously true. As far as my own computing, I rarely need that
extra 32K in DOS. I
I received the following email from Udo Kunnt .
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Hi Bruce,
I saw your mail on the FreeDOS mailing list. Here is what I found out:
Modern graphics cards may make use of the segment at B000h in high
resolution VESA modes. If you tell EMM386 to map upper mem to this
Maybe a small colored box which have a few words:
Quick Download FreeDOS bootable images:
<1-Floppy Distribution: Only have necessary tools>
...
Sorry, I have no idea how to change the design of the front page, but
I feel current page have too much items which is quite confusing.
I agree we have
btw2: Many people want to use FreeDOS with USB-stick oder extern hard
disc. There are drivers...not open source, but free. So...could you post
a link on
the about page (feature list) to http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm ?
There should be a 'Links' section on the FreeDOS page, similar to the
'FreeD
At 06:16 PM 12/30/2004 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
Which reminds me that VDS should probably be
on by default
No.
but on the other hand is probably not stable enouh for
that yet?
Cite?
And, by the way, what exactly where the effects of the SB
switch for EMM386? Would be cool if that stuff could be e
At 01:43 PM 12/30/2004 +0300, Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
- what happen if I=B000-B800 will be used on system with mono adapter/mode?
Oh, you mean if you designate a UMB which has memory addresses used by the
active screen, what would happen to the display? You'd get screen which
doesn't update af
At 01:43 PM 12/30/2004 +0300, Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
BTW, this raise two questions to Michael Devore:
- may EMM386 autoinclude given region in some way, if there will not be
detected mono adapter/mode? QEMM386 does this.
Automatically as default? No. Fails the rule of least surprise and
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:29:36 +0100, you wrote:
Hi Bernd,
>hm, could have replied to Florian, as it was his mail I responded to.
>My apologies to responding to your post, Johnson.
Never mind.
I just think that we can did a bit more, increasing users may lead to
more developers to join. Too much
Bernd Blaauw schreef:
There should be a 'Links' section on the FreeDOS page, similar to the
'FreeDOS for gamers' section. Then a separate Freedos webpage can point
to your mentioned USB site, and interesting sites like:
http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/indexall.htm
oops..already present in some form.
B
Bernd Blaauw schreef:
Johnson Lam schreef:
hm, could have replied to Florian, as it was his mail I responded to.
My apologies to responding to your post, Johnson.
Bernd
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Johnson Lam schreef:
btw: DOSLFN should be included into ALL packages! Nobody use DOS without
long file name. And...including a file manager like DNOSP oder
Necromancer DOS Navigator would be also good. These are things, DOS user
are missing...
'Nobody uses' is quite a statement..
Lots of games/app
Hi all,
> 1) Is it a bad practice to use the include monochrome area switch with
> MS-DOS and its EMM386?
I think yes, unless you desperately need the 32k extra UMB space.
Whenever part of the mono area is modified by something which wants
to access the graphics card, you are in trouble. Normal
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:12:40 +0200, you wrote:
Hi Flo,
>A "Quick Download" link would be nice (maybe a button)... maybe like on
>www.mozilla.org?
>Instead of ODIN, i would post "Single-Disk-Distribution", because ODIN
>is just a name, ISO should be understandable for all.
>A link "features" would
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:41:24 -0600, you wrote:
Hi Jim,
>Good idea, but I'm not sure how to implement this. I'm open to
>suggestions. Add a link to the yellow announcement box for "Odin" and
>"ISO"? Or create a separate download button for "Odin" and "ISO"? Or,
>add text links below the "Do
Hi!
2) Did it appear that I was suggesting how to configure FreeDOS?
A little bit. However, I'm also suggesting (forcing..) people how to
configure FreeDOS by creating a sample config.sys/autoexec.bat when
finishing installation.
Yes!!!
Bye, Flo
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16BIT schreef:
My purpose was to provide a visual template about how to make an MS-DOS
config.sys menu system for the purpose of running GRUB for DOS.
thank you very much for doing this. It shows how to use GRUB (for DOS)
with an installed FreeDOS.
Your email response was the first time I've rea
Hi!
1) Simplified the version naming convention
2) Officially state the stable and testing version Kernel and FreeCOM
information (eliminate some testing branch by merging stable code with
official)
3) make a table of "Quick download" from FreeDOS homepage. Only have
"Odin" and "ISO", others please
Johnson Lam wrote:
Definitly a good news.
..
But I'm sure we can did something to make FreeDOS much more easier.
Interesting ideas, all of them.
1) Simplified the version naming convention
2) Officially state the stable and testing version Kernel and FreeCOM
information (eliminate some testing bra
http://www.everythingusb.com/hardware/index/Seagate_5GB_USB_2.0_Pocket_Hard_Drive_review.htm
Interesting.
Due to the nature of the FreeDOS license an OEM can decide to use
FreeDOS in their product line without contacting anyone or making
arrangements with the people involved in the project.
T
Hi!
29-Дек-2004 23:51 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (16BIT) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
>> but please fix the following line before making a technote of the HowTo:
>>>DEVICE=C:\MSDOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS I=B000-B7FF
1> I learned the include switch more than ten years ago when running the
1> MEMM
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:41:48 -0800, you wrote:
Hi,
>Then one day you discover it is being used by someone like Seagate.
Definitly a good news.
>Nevertheless, if the main consideration was the merits of the operating=20
>system itself as opposed to economy and licensing terms, FreeDOS still=20
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