[Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-01 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello, Following a short discussion recently on one of the FreeDOS mailing lists, I noticed that there is not much choice when it comes to 8086- compatible, free (libre) calculators under DOS. I decided to fill this gap, and created rcal. http://rcal.sourceforge.net Not sure it will be usef

[Freedos-user] Hints about FreeDOS networking - was: SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! If you ask me, the easiest way to get network is using RTL8139 or similar PCI cards and a web browser, together with the corresponding PCI network card :-) Example of a browser: Arachne, or Dillo as FLTK port: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fltk-dos/ Or do you mean some form of file tran

Re: [Freedos-user] Memmacker

2018-08-01 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jamie, no, FreeDOS does not automatically try to analyze and optimize UMB usage with tools similar to MS DOS "memmaker". However, most FreeDOS drivers use less memory than the old MS DOS drivers anyway, so you should have enough free in your low 640k. Please give more details about your memo

[Freedos-user] Memmacker

2018-08-01 Thread jamie marchant
Hi:  Does FreeDos have a memory wizard like MemMacker? Does anyone know of one? -- -Jamie Marchant -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread David McMackins
Fair enough. I'll get on that. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 08/01/2018 05:54 AM, Z.B. wrote: > On We

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread Z.B.
On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 05:42:45AM -0500, David McMackins wrote: > I knew how to use a SLIP driver, I wouldn't have asked, but since I > don't know, I asked, and you take that as an indication that it's of no > use to me. How does that help anyone? If you googled for "SLIP8250.COM" - the very fir

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread David McMackins
> If you don't know how to use a SLIP driver you most likely don't need > one. :/ I was born in the mid 90s. I never experienced any of this stuff when it was relevant. I've been trying on and off to get my FreeDOS computer networked ever since I first installed it in 2016. Only very recently did

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr David McMackins, am Mittwoch, 1. August 2018 um 03:48 schrieben Sie: > Ah, it appears I should've looked past my nose. FreeDOS's own Crynwr > package has a SLIP driver. > Is using it as simple as just running SLIP8250.COM? If you don't know how to use a SLIP driver you most likely do