Hi,
(I feel like I'm turning into Linus Torvalds. Apologies to him for the
comparison.)
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Eric Auer wrote:
>
> if umbpci and xmgr run more stable than jemm386, in particular
> regarding umb range autodetection, then it is no surprise that
> Dimitris is happy about t
On Sat, 4 Nov 2017, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
Isn't that exactly what JPSoftware did with 4DOS?
And speaking of it, 4DOS isn't free - it is specifically restricted to
FreeDOS, which makes it non-free.
Which is basically nonsense because the person that released the software
specifically
> On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 20:09:48 +0100, userbeitrag wrote:
>> I'm also thinking that FreeDOS should include a not-so-free and even a
>> non-free section of software. The only limit should be restriction of
>> redistribution.
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote:
> I'm afraid this is
> On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Dimitris Zilaskos wrote:
> > the wishes of the owners of the respective intellectual property have to be
> > respected.
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 1:58 AM, Rugxulo wrote:
> Just because a disgruntled developer is angry (unfairly, I might add)
> doesn't give him the
On 11/4/2017 2:01 PM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
>
> Well, I don't remember the exact partitioning, but I think that 40 MB
> for each DOS and the rest for Linux was what I could have done. And I
> also repartitioned for a bigger FreeDOS, but then work came along.
>
> To take your car example: I
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 5:17 PM, wrote:
> On 2017-11-04 20:50, dmccunney wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 3:32 PM, wrote:
>>>
>>> I tried to find ZANSI.SYS but found that it is nowerdays really hard to
>>> get... Finally I found it there:
>>> https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/net/user/tytso/msdos/screen
512 meg? Luxury! My first hard drive was FIVE megabytes. A full height 5.25"
MFM made by Tandon. I installed MS-DOS (3.1 IIRC) and all the software I had,
mostly games. It was *half full*! Then I backed it up, onto 360K floppies. By
the time I put the last disk on the stack, I was thinking "Neve
On 2017-11-04 20:50, dmccunney wrote:
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 3:32 PM, wrote:
I tried to find ZANSI.SYS but found that it is nowerdays really hard to
get... Finally I found it there:
https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/net/user/tytso/msdos/screen/
Another source is here: https://www.pcorner.com/list/GRA
On 2017-11-04 21:47, Eric Auer wrote:
Hi Rugxulo,
if umbpci and xmgr run more stable than jemm386, in particular
regarding umb range autodetection, then it is no surprise that
Dimitris is happy about those :-) And you remember how long
ago Japheth stopped maintenance and support for jemm386 and
On 2017-11-04 21:23, Ralf Quint wrote:
On 11/4/2017 12:06 PM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
I did install a couple of software too. What good is DOS without
programs, right? But even deselecting the compilers and the GUI it
didn't fit. I wanted to select only really relevant packages next, but
Hi Rugxulo,
if umbpci and xmgr run more stable than jemm386, in particular
regarding umb range autodetection, then it is no surprise that
Dimitris is happy about those :-) And you remember how long
ago Japheth stopped maintenance and support for jemm386 and
how hard it is to improve memory drivers
On 11/4/2017 12:06 PM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
>
> I did install a couple of software too. What good is DOS without
> programs, right? But even deselecting the compilers and the GUI it
> didn't fit. I wanted to select only really relevant packages next, but
> work called and I had to stop th
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 3:32 PM, wrote:
>
> I tried to find ZANSI.SYS but found that it is nowerdays really hard to
> get... Finally I found it there:
> https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/net/user/tytso/msdos/screen/
Another source is here: https://www.pcorner.com/list/GRAPHUTI/ZANSI12.ZIP/INFO/
(I don't
Hi!
I tried to find ZANSI.SYS but found that it is nowerdays really hard to
get... Finally I found it there:
https://stuff.mit.edu/afs/net/user/tytso/msdos/screen/
So, ZANSI Version 1.2 is from Thomas Hanlin III, who used NANSI 2.2 from
Daniel Kegel as a basis. The source code is included. It
On Sat, 04 Nov 2017 20:09:48 +0100, userbeitrag wrote:
> I'm also thinking that FreeDOS should include a not-so-free and even a
> non-free section of software. The only limit should be restriction of
> redistribution.
I'm afraid this is contrary to the FreeDOS spirit. That being said, there
is at
Hello!
On 2017-11-04 16:02, Dale E Sterner wrote:
I don't believe that freedos should be restricted to only
open software but should promote anything that
improves dos, like QV which is closed but great
dos software. DOS is on the edge of extinction and
needs all the help it can get. Owner of cl
Hi!
On 2017-11-04 18:02, Ralf Quint wrote:
On 11/4/2017 4:58 AM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
I too have a couple of old 486 systems and recently also two 286
laptops (yeah!) but I wasn't yet able to install FreeDOS on them. The
first reason being that my first project, a desktop 486, doesn't
On 11/4/2017 4:58 AM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
>
> I too have a couple of old 486 systems and recently also two 286
> laptops (yeah!) but I wasn't yet able to install FreeDOS on them. The
> first reason being that my first project, a desktop 486, doesn't have
> a CD-ROM drive and, natually, n
Hi,
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 6:58 AM, wrote:
>
> On 2017-11-04, 11:41, Dimitris Zilaskos wrote:
>>
>> There some bad heated past definitely which hopefully will be cooled down by
>> time
Have you actually *tried* his latest drivers on FreeDOS proper?? If
not, then why defend him?
UIDE has been
here here
On 11/04/2017 08:02 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
I don't believe that freedos should be restricted to only
open software but should promote anything that
improves dos, like QV which is closed but great
dos software. DOS is on the edge of extinction and
needs all the help it can get. Owner
I don't believe that freedos should be restricted to only
open software but should promote anything that
improves dos, like QV which is closed but great
dos software. DOS is on the edge of extinction and
needs all the help it can get. Owner of closed softwre
could be asked to include the source in
Thank you, it is in my to do list to try them it is just limited personal
time - it takes lot of effort to revive retro systems and getting a working
DOS is only part of the challenge. Sometimes newer software such as FreeDOS
or Jack's drivers save a lot of time to get things working and the job do
Hi!
On 2017-11-04, 11:41, Dimitris Zilaskos wrote:
Hi,
There some bad heated past definitely which hopefully will be cooled down by
time but ultimately like I said, there is a number of dos era systems that
people like myself may want to use with FreeDOS and Jack's drivers are an option
to do t
Hi,
There some bad heated past definitely which hopefully will be cooled down
by time but ultimately like I said, there is a number of dos era systems
that people like myself may want to use with FreeDOS and Jack's drivers are
an option to do that when available for use - in my case for example wh
Hi,
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Dimitris Zilaskos wrote:
>
> the wishes of the owners of the respective intellectual property have to be
> respected.
Personal opinion does not invalidate the law, and a so-called license
is only valid if it doesn't contradict the system enforcing it.
Just b
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