Re: [Freedos-user] mTCP: Telnet, TCP, etc.

2012-04-09 Thread dmccunney
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Kenny Emond wrote: >    I'm going to just not beat around the bush. I'll and ask it straight out. > What the heck are Telnet, TCP and all those other programs that comes with > mTCP for? Internet connectivity is done through TCP-IP, a protocol suite. In essence,

Re: [Freedos-user] Concerned about a site...

2012-04-09 Thread dmccunney
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:55 PM, someone wrote: > Is the way freedos is being used here legal, or have I discovered an abuse? Perfectly legal. All the GPL requires folks using GPLed software to do is provide the sources for the software upon request. There is nothing that says they can't *char

Re: [Freedos-user] Arachne Troubles

2012-04-09 Thread BretJ
FWIW, I had problems with my computers also. The original DSL modem I had (provided by the phone company) worked fine, but it eventually went belly up. I bought a new one (made by ActionTec), but for some unknown reason DOS WATTCP doesn't like the DHCP server provided by the new modem. In Windo

Re: [Freedos-user] Concerned about a site...

2012-04-09 Thread C. Masloch
> Problem I see is, the OS used is freedos and the disc costs $34.95 to > activate. [...] Is the way freedos is being used here legal, or have I > discovered an abuse? If they provide all required sources (ie of GPL- or similarly-licensed programs) along with their discs, it is legal. Free s

Re: [Freedos-user] Concerned about a site...

2012-04-09 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 9-4-2012 22:55, someone schreef: > There is a site that is putting out a bootable CD that allows you to > reset NT passwords. Problem I see is, the OS used is freedos and the > disc costs $34.95 to activate. I don't think they are charging for > freedos, but there is a free Linux based passwor

[Freedos-user] Concerned about a site...

2012-04-09 Thread someone
There is a site that is putting out a bootable CD that allows you to reset NT passwords. Problem I see is, the OS used is freedos and the disc costs $34.95 to activate. I don't think they are charging for freedos, but there is a free Linux based password reset available if you google some

Re: [Freedos-user] Arachne Troubles

2012-04-09 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 01:05 PM 4/9/2012, Kenny Emond wrote: >Okay, Thanks everyone! I filled in the my_ip section with my ip >(according to dhcp.exe), but Arachne still points me to the >Roadrunner search, saying "Why Am I Here? - You entered a web >address that was used to present site suggestions...". I tried a

Re: [Freedos-user] mTCP: Telnet, TCP, etc.

2012-04-09 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 01:12 PM 4/9/2012, Rugxulo wrote: >Hi, > >On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Kenny Emond wrote: > > Hey, > > > >I'm going to just not beat around the bush. I'll and ask it > straight out. > > What the heck are Telnet, TCP and all those other programs that comes with > > mTCP for? > >You can u

Re: [Freedos-user] Arachne Troubles

2012-04-09 Thread cordata02
FreeDOS user, Make sure that the NAMESERVER parameter is filled in your WATTCP file. This parameter should come back from the MTCP DHCP program and is probably going to be the same as your router IP address. For fun you can try the IP address 8.8.8.8 as the NAMESERVER if you are unsure on wha

Re: [Freedos-user] mTCP: Telnet, TCP, etc.

2012-04-09 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Kenny Emond wrote: > Hey, > >    I'm going to just not beat around the bush. I'll and ask it straight out. > What the heck are Telnet, TCP and all those other programs that comes with > mTCP for? You can use Telnet to do certain things like play a roguelike on

[Freedos-user] mTCP: Telnet, TCP, etc.

2012-04-09 Thread Kenny Emond
Hey, I'm going to just not beat around the bush. I'll and ask it straight out. What the heck are Telnet, TCP and all those other programs that comes with mTCP for? --- A FreeDOS Newser (NEW uSER) --

Re: [Freedos-user] Arachne Troubles

2012-04-09 Thread Kenny Emond
Okay, Thanks everyone! I filled in the my_ip section with my ip (according to dhcp.exe), but Arachne still points me to the Roadrunner search, saying "Why Am I Here? - You entered a web address that was used to present site suggestions...". I tried a lot of things, one of which was filing in mtcp

Re: [Freedos-user] 32 bit FreeDOS?

2012-04-09 Thread Robert Riebisch
Bernd Blaauw wrote: >> Actually, I wish someone would release a Windows 3.1 driver that can >> get my ATI Rage 128, XPERT 2000, card to output 256 colors. For that >> matter, how hard would it be to make a Windows like graphical user >> interface that can run Windows 3.1 software? > > There shou

Re: [Freedos-user] Best GUIs for DOS

2012-04-09 Thread Alex
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 3:22 PM, David C. Kerber wrote: > It sounds like you're referring more to an IDE than a GUI. Actually, no. What I meant was a GUI proper. The reason why I mentioned OpenGEM (which, of course, is much more than a GUI), is that it is listed under the GUI section of the Softw

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS lists messages

2012-04-09 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 9-4-2012 1:46, jasse...@itelefonica.com.br schreef: > 1) there is not any useable .pdf viewer nor editor muPDF was ported a while ago, listed on BTTR forums somewhere. Still not experimented with it, nor anything else announced there. My usual experiments involve VMware but graphics modes is

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 install errors...

2012-04-09 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 8-4-2012 19:44, Michael B. Brutman schreef: > Some of us figured out that on ancient hardware (8088, 80286, etc.) the > decompression process takes a long time. If you are running in a > virtual machine and your underlying hardware/operating system does not > fully support virtualization then y

Re: [Freedos-user] 32 bit FreeDOS?

2012-04-09 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 8-4-2012 8:17, Michael Robinson schreef: > Actually, I wish someone would release a Windows 3.1 driver that can > get my ATI Rage 128, XPERT 2000, card to output 256 colors. For that > matter, how hard would it be to make a Windows like graphical user > interface that can run Windows 3.1 softw

Re: [Freedos-user] Best GUIs for DOS

2012-04-09 Thread David C. Kerber
> -Original Message- > From: Alex [mailto:alxm...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 3:48 PM > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Best GUIs for DOS > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:17 PM, Marco Achury > wrote: > > > > El 06/04/2012 01:25 p.m., Eri