Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?

2021-01-25 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 4:12 AM Robert Riebisch wrote: > Hi Jim, > > > Let me know what you think will make the website easier to use. I'll > > plan to tackle this in February or March, with plans to deploy in March > > or April. > > Sounds good to me. > > Just keep an eye on bandwidth for the fr

Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?

2021-01-25 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:47 AM Dale E Sterner wrote: > If you update your website; make sure you keep it open to > old computers like mine. Update tend to lock out old > computers like mine. > > cheers > DS > > Yes, I agree. I'm also trying to minimize the javascript on the website. I use javas

Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?

2021-01-25 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 5:51 PM Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > > *2. Make it easy to share stuff* > > Sometimes it would be nice to share a news item with Twitter or other > > social media. I'm working on an update to the News system that will > provide > > "share" buttons to share a news item

Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?

2021-01-25 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jim, > *2. Make it easy to share stuff* > Sometimes it would be nice to share a news item with Twitter or other > social media. I'm working on an update to the News system that will provide > "share" buttons to share a news item on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. > I'd also like to include R

Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?

2021-01-25 Thread Dale E Sterner
If you update your website; make sure you keep it open to old computers like mine. Update tend to lock out old computers like mine. cheers DS On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:52:51 -0600 Jim Hall writes: > Hi everyone > > I'm thinking about making a few changes to the FreeDOS website. But > I don't > w

Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?

2021-01-25 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Jim, > Let me know what you think will make the website easier to use. I'll > plan to tackle this in February or March, with plans to deploy in March > or April. Sounds good to me. Just keep an eye on bandwidth for the front page. Not everyone has VDSL or a leased line. ;-) Cheers, Robert --

Re: [Freedos-user] Which C compiler for targeting DOS?

2021-01-25 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Mateusz, >> Can anyone recommend a good C compiler for DOS? > > Turbo C 2.01 (gratis, very good software) and OpenWatcom (open-source, > tend to produce heavier binaries than OW, but comes with a more complete > libc). AFAIK Turbo C++ 1.01 has less bugs than Turbo C 2.01, because it's newer

Re: [Freedos-user] Xcopy

2021-01-25 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Bryan, >> Try XCOPY C:\GAMES\*.* D:\GAMES /E /S > > That worked fine. > >> */E* >>Copy subdirectories, even if empty. >> >>*/S* >>Copy subdirectories, except empty ones. > > I hadn't realised the need for those options. Just from the help text I would think just /E is enoug