Re: [Freedos-user] Getting sound to work in FreeDOS on Modern systems.

2009-06-11 Thread Eric Auer
Hi D Z, > I tried that already. I got the EMM386 to load which is required for the > Sound Blaster drivers to load correctly in DOS, but it fails when I ran the > SBTEST exe. I already tried adjusting the the IRQ, Address, etc., nothing I guess it is more useful to try the actual game ;-) > sam

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Question

2009-06-11 Thread Eric Auer
Hi David, > I have an old DOS application that I want to run with FreeDOS. The DOS > app uses a memory stick for storage and has a custom USB driver. The You mean your DOS app also uses USB? Is it possible to put the thing accessed by the DOS app on another controller than the USB stick? Then

[Freedos-user] USB Question

2009-06-11 Thread Relson, David
Hi, I have an old DOS application that I want to run with FreeDOS. The DOS app uses a memory stick for storage and has a custom USB driver. The driver is due to be retired for a variety of reasons including that it doesn't support modern memory sticks. I'm aware that USBASPI.sys and DI1000DD.

Re: [Freedos-user] Getting sound to work in FreeDOS on Modern systems.

2009-06-11 Thread D Z
I tried that already. I got the EMM386 to load which is required for the Sound Blaster drivers to load correctly in DOS, but it fails when I ran the SBTEST.exe. I already tried adjusting the the IRQ, Address, etc., nothing same results each time, it fails. Even tried the SB in the strings, I get th

Re: [Freedos-user] A windows 9x replacement...

2009-06-11 Thread Marco Antonio Achury Palma
As I understand there are two different requests 1- Substitute for the GUI win9x environment. This is made better by reactos and wine 2- Sustitute for DOS-Mode Win9x to run some programs not compatibles with current FreeDOS. This is more feasible. This included support for undocumented ms-dos f

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS kernel 2038 now available on sourceforge

2009-06-11 Thread Eric Auer
Hi everybody, There is a new sourceforge file release of the FreeDOS kernel: Version 2038 is now available with OpenWatcom 8086 FAT16 and FAT32 binaries and as source code download. No 386+ or Turbo C binaries this time, but please email if you want / made those. Bart is already working on featu

Re: [Freedos-user] A windows 9x replacement...

2009-06-11 Thread Eric Auer
Hi guys, > I agree here. A new GUI should not run exclusively on FreeDOS... > I think asking the FreeDOS (kernel) developers to provide technical > information about DOS, while not tying the program to FreeDOS... I would recommend to program your GUI in a way which makes in run on any DOS, usi

Re: [Freedos-user] A windows 9x replacement...

2009-06-11 Thread Christian Masloch
>> Theoretically, freedos could support an open source replacement. > > And in my opinion, the only involvement FreeDOS should have is to > ensure that any such open source project would have access to whatever > they need to run, just like any other DOS application. That is, it > should be a separ