Re: [Freedos-user] Printers

2012-09-05 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Rugxulo wrote: > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:36 AM, dmccunney wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Michael C. Robinson >> wrote: >> >>> The latest version of Windows always seems to need more computing >>> horsepower than the last one... >> >> Not just Windows.

[Freedos-user] Backscroll

2012-09-05 Thread Kenny Emond
Is there a way to make FreeDOS be able to backscroll? Like in CMD, or something where you use the page up and page down keys? Thanks, --- Kenny -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all

Re: [Freedos-user] HD I/O speed

2012-09-05 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:14 AM, Felix Miata wrote: > > Is FreeDOS HD access as slow as PC or MS DOS? IIUC, the latter use slow 16 > bit BIOS code, which is what makes it painful for me to use compared to > running DOS apps in an OS/2 VM. Yes, probably just as slow as it also uses the BIOS.

Re: [Freedos-user] Printers

2012-09-05 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:36 AM, dmccunney wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Michael C. Robinson > wrote: > >> The latest version of Windows always seems to need more computing >> horsepower than the last one... > > Not just Windows. I run FreeDOS ... Heh, I did have one guy tell m

Re: [Freedos-user] Printers

2012-09-05 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > The latest version of Windows always seems to need more computing > horsepower than the last one... Not just Windows. I run FreeDOS on an old notebook with an 867mhz Transmeta CPU, an IDE 4 HD, and 256MB of RAM (of which 16MB is grabb

[Freedos-user] HD I/O speed

2012-09-05 Thread Felix Miata
Is FreeDOS HD access as slow as PC or MS DOS? IIUC, the latter use slow 16 bit BIOS code, which is what makes it painful for me to use compared to running DOS apps in an OS/2 VM. Is FreeDOS disk I/O in the same class as 32 & 64 bit operating systems speed-wise? -- "The wise are known for their

Re: [Freedos-user] Printers

2012-09-05 Thread Michael C. Robinson
Freedos doesn't support any printers, but software programs which run on freedos do. For example, if running WordPerfect 6.0, dos version, you will need a Wordperfect driver for that printer, or one which is close enough. HP Laserjets are a good bet, the pre USB ones in particular like the 6