Re: [Freedos-user] [Lynx-dev] ANN: lynx2.8.9dev.17

2018-03-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
I have a former IBM engineer who builds and maintains all of my computers as I run Dos exclusively. There was a specific lynx package written by dug Kaufman that I may request be updated. Worth it for me as presently I do all of my Internet work via ssh telnet to services like shellworld. Will

Re: [Freedos-user] [Lynx-dev] ANN: lynx2.8.9dev.17

2018-03-21 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 8:36 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > May I ask what djgpp is exactly? > I was about to ask on the Lynx developers list about an updated DOS > package. > will this if properly configured run under dos? > Sorry if my question is well naive, DJGPP is a 32-bit DOS extender

Re: [Freedos-user] [Lynx-dev] ANN: lynx2.8.9dev.17

2018-03-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
May I ask what djgpp is exactly? I was about to ask on the Lynx developers list about an updated DOS package. will this if properly configured run under dos? Sorry if my question is well naive, Karen On Wed, 21 Mar 2018, Rugxulo wrote: Hi, Just FYI DJGPP currently has "Lynx 2.8.9dev.

Re: [Freedos-user] [Lynx-dev] ANN: lynx2.8.9dev.17

2018-03-21 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, Just FYI DJGPP currently has "Lynx 2.8.9dev.16" (since last July) under /current/v2tk/ (lx28916b.zip). (Sorry if this link doesn't work without Javascript, it's just the announcement of the above from news://comp.os.msdos.djgpp .) "ANNOUNCE: DJGPP port of Lynx 2.8.9dev.16 uploaded." (7

[Freedos-user] [Lynx-dev] ANN: lynx2.8.9dev.17

2018-03-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
many additions to this latest developers release. Karen The current version of lynx is 2.8.8 It's available at http://lynx.invisible-island.net/ ftp://invisible-island.net/lynx/ 2.8.9 Development & patches: http://lynx.invisible-island.net/current/index.html Files:

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:55 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:20 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: >> On 3/21/2018 11:46 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > >>> Dos may have alot of limits but you can still get alot done with it. >>> HP could use FREEDOS development to break in their new >>> eng

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 5:57 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote: >> >> HP's resources are so great that it would just be a tiny project for them. > > HP does things for *money*. There is no money in developing drivers > for DOS, and the developers w

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:20 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 3/21/2018 11:46 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: >> >> I've used ios (junked it), Android & Freedos. Freedos is not too far >> behind those two. Android is fine but is always being upgraded. >> I think I'm on my 10th tablet. They work for awhile but

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread Ralf Quint
On 3/21/2018 11:46 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: I've used ios (junked it), Android & Freedos. Freedos is not too far behind those two. Android is fine but is always being upgraded. I think I'm on my 10th tablet. They work for awhile but then soon need a upgrade - buy a new tablet time is about every

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 2:46 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > I've used ios (junked it), Android & Freedos. Freedos is not too far > behind those two. FreeDOS is *very* far behind both, for reasons I've already mentioned. It's a clone of MSDOS, which was designed to run on far less powerful hardware.

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread Dale E Sterner
I've used ios (junked it), Android & Freedos. Freedos is not too far behind those two. Android is fine but is always being upgraded. I think I'm on my 10th tablet. They work for awhile but then soon need a upgrade - buy a new tablet time is about every 6 months so far.At least tablets are dirt che

Re: [Freedos-user] Development Environment, Embedded +

2018-03-21 Thread Ralf Quint
On 3/21/2018 5:42 AM, Rugxulo wrote: Hi, On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Zbigniew wrote: On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 09:20:39PM -0500, Patrick wrote: I am thinking about giving FeeBSD a try in the next few months. I am running away from systemd. Wait, whoa? BSD isn't "free" anymore?!? Time to

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on hp computers?

2018-03-21 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 3/20/2018 2:38 AM, Jim Hall wrote: >> >> Yes, HP is one of the computer manufacturers that includes FreeDOS in >> their standard builds. If you go into their laptops and desktops, and search >> for FreeDOS, you'll get a list of devices

Re: [Freedos-user] Development Environment, Embedded +

2018-03-21 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Zbigniew wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 09:20:39PM -0500, Patrick wrote: > >> I am thinking about giving FeeBSD a try in the next few months. I am running >> away from systemd. Wait, whoa? BSD isn't "free" anymore?!? Time to create FeeDOS!!!j/k ;-) I