Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-13 Thread Mikiya Matsuzaka
> We should really talk about internet with DOS more - it seems > many people do use their old PC with DOS and Arachne to have > a second "surf PC" around, so FreeDOS should make a statement > that we do support that use of DOS, too. Definetely. And folder sharing with Windows Network also. Debia

Re: [Freedos-user] The my deltrash utility...

2007-05-13 Thread Oleg O. Chukaev
Bernd Blaauw wrote: > What we would like to know: > * where to find the binary > * where to find the sourcecode The binary and sourcecode are distributed via e-mail. I already got a copy of them and test this program. > * how to compile (compile instructions, needed compiler etc) You need Turbo

Re: [Freedos-user] The my deltrash utility...

2007-05-13 Thread chris evans
I have a program written in 1995 that keeps a archive to manage deleted files: http://www.aotksc.com/dmsoft/delete.zip It does depend on a external archiver as defined in delete.ini. If anyone want the source I can find it, it is on some backup CD somewhere :-) --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge

Re: [Freedos-user] Calculator for DOS

2007-05-13 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Sunday 13 May 2007 20:48, Stegozor wrote: > Note there are > minor differences between what you'll see on the screenshot and the > application itself: square root has been replaced with 1/x and x^n > with x^3. No, the buttons are exactly the same as you can see on the screenshot. You use proba

Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Mateusz, > default, the user should get something similar to an MSDOS > clone, without bells and whistles... I got similar feedback and also think that a base / default install should not, like, install 20 TSRs for the new XY 3d popup GUI or anything ;-). > > Yes, but new users like GUI, I t

Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Flox! Talking about FreeDOS 2.0, there will hopefully be 1.1 early this summer, as many packages have been updated since we released 1.0, and some issues in 1.0 should be fine tuned anyway :-). > *Using 4DOS as standard command tool, and Bash or freecom as choice. I still think FreeCOM is th

Re: [Freedos-user] Calculator for DOS

2007-05-13 Thread Stegozor
On 5/13/07, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this the right address? I can't find the server at > mateusz.viste.free.fr. The URL works fine for me (just checked). I downloaded the calculator and it works quite fine under Windows Millennium too. Note there are minor differences between wha

Re: [Freedos-user] Calculator for DOS

2007-05-13 Thread Jim Hall
Fox & I were chatting off-list - the servers were temporarily unavailable. I've mirrored this release on ibiblio, and posted a news item about it on the web site. On 5/13/07, Stegozor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/13/07, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this the right address? I ca

Re: [Freedos-user] announce: updated volinfxl disk usage info tool

2007-05-13 Thread Aitor Santamaría
Hello, 2007/5/13, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Even though volinfxl is written in Pascal, the UPXed > exe file is smaller than 4 kilobytes now :-). TurboPascal is well known for creating small size executables, as appeared on a discussion on this list very long time ago (better than many C co

Re: [Freedos-user] The my deltrash utility...

2007-05-13 Thread Bernd Blaauw
?? ?? schreef: > Hello all! Please vote for adding the my utility, named "deltrash", to the > FreeDOS 2.0 distrivutive. Previously thank! > There's no FreeDOS 2.0 anytime soon yet (though most likely a lot faster than the time between initial start and the 1.0 release), no

[Freedos-user] The my deltrash utility...

2007-05-13 Thread Снисаренко Сергей Бердичев
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[Freedos-user] announce: updated volinfxl disk usage info tool

2007-05-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi again, as small extra update, I uploaded a dusted up version of my good old Pascal "volinfxl" tool to my page: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/specials/volinfxl-disk-usage-info.zip Changes: Volinfxl no longer requires a floating point unit, so it should work on really ancien

[Freedos-user] announce: dosfsck 2.11b file system checker

2007-05-13 Thread Eric Auer
Hi everybody, I uploaded a new version of the DOS port of dosfsck 2.11 (based on Linux dosfstools 2.11), "2.11.dos2" on my page: http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/dosdosfsck-2.11b.zip Summary of the changes: Dosfsck will now print memory usage info in -v mode. Usage is

Re: [Freedos-user] Calculator for DOS

2007-05-13 Thread Jim Hall
Is this the right address? I can't find the server at mateusz.viste.free.fr. On 5/6/07, Mateusz Viste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Little annoucement: I started a small project few days ago. > FoxCalc is a calculator with a text user interface and mouse support. It is > not a TSR, just a

Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-13 Thread Bernd Blaauw
While FreeDOS isn't something like Gentoo (or Linux at all), I'd love to have some kind of build system so we ensure the 8086 compatibility. Right now all programs have to be compiled by their own makefiles (and compilers, linkers etc), and I got no idea on how to make it like a batch job, some

Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-13 Thread Derek Newhall
Hopefully I don't rant too much... I rarely post on the list at all but I think that there has been a trend recently to add features to FreeDOS but skip over the fact that it's supposed to reproduce DOS as faithfully as possible. I wasn't all that happy with FD 1.0 and still use my custom install

Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-13 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Sunday 13 May 2007 09:38, Florian Xaver wrote: > why not? There could be a choice of "standard configuration" and > "enhanced configuration". HX Extender should be a must :-) > Also FDAPM & XDMA should be included in the enhanced config.sys. Yes, if you are talking about an "enhanced conf", the

Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-13 Thread Joris van Rantwijk
On 13 mei 2007, at 09:38, Florian Xaver wrote: >>> *No more 386- support I don't like this. >> Wow, not so fast! >> The purpose of FreeDOS is to reproduce a MSDOS system on x86 CPUs... >> Go read >> Jim's manifesto ;-) > Wasn't it the purpose of FreeDOS 1.0? What changed with 8086 code? I > thin

Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-13 Thread Florian Xaver
> > *Using 4DOS as standard command tool, and Bash or freecom as choice. > 4DOS is okay, but I would prefer to have Freecom by default, and the choice to > switch to bash/4DOS, because Freecom is the most similar to MSDOS > COMMAND.COM.. But 4DOS is very compatible ... all batch files should work