On 2 May 2021 at 10:24, Bryan Kilgallin wrote:
> So, Frank:
>
> > Install Samba on your Linux PC. It may take a wee bit of learning to
> > configure, but it does not bite back. I can help with snippets of
> > config to make it accept ancient DOS clients.
> >
> > Install the Microsoft Network Cli
Hi Tom,
> now it would be interesting to hear about these 'heavy' updates, that
> happened completely in the dark for FreeDOS developers.
>
> what do they do? fix bugs? improve compatibility? where are they
> documented?
>
> it would be cool to let the freedos kernel developers decide if these
Thanks, Robert:
If there's no problem of shelf space, get a used HP LaserJet 4 printer
on eBay.
I've made such an inquiry of the charity from which I got my refurbished
(Linux PC) and laptop.
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I wrote:
My main workhorse is a Dell OptiPlex GX270 running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS.
That is incorrect. My Linux PC is a Dell XPS 8300.
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Thanks, Frank:
Bryan says he's got a Linux computer.
My main workhorse is a Dell OptiPlex GX270 running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. I
also have networked a Lenovo Thinkpad L430, also running Ubuntu.
A printer that natively understand PCL3 ... will commonly understand plain text.
I'll ask around f
Hi Bryan,
>> Without any additional software,
>> a printer being used from DOS needs to be able to receive plain text,
>> with additional capabilities either through the industry standard ESC/P
>> (developed by Epson, who was for a long time the leader in printers
>> before laser printers star
G'day Robert:
I vaguely remember using ps2pdf in plain DOS 15 years ago.
All is more complex now!
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Thanks, Ralf:
Without any additional software,
a printer being used from DOS needs to be able to receive plain text,
with additional capabilities either through the industry standard ESC/P
(developed by Epson, who was for a long time the leader in printers
before laser printers started to sho
Hi Eric,
> PS: We have GhostScript for PostScript processing and
> our "print screen hotkey" TSR exist for HP PCL, ESC/P
> and PostScript output. We have PDF viewers and it might
> be possible to use GhostScript to create PDF? Not sure.
> Some text editors also have built-in output converters.
I
Thanks, Adam:
It's worse than that. I've tried to get many different printers
working under Linux (which generally has pretty good hardware support)
and it turns out that a lot of manufacturers cut corners on their
devices and don't support standard print protocols like PostScript or
PCL, and i
Jim Hall [01.05.2021 23:00]:
> BTW, if anyone is interested in troff (or variants) there's an
> interesting history in Brian Kernighan's book, "Unix: A History and a
> Memoir." It starts on page 98. In brief:
Anyone remotely interested in the history of Unix must read this book.
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You are right, Eric:
That would of course be the EASIEST option as long as your PC
and your printer both still have Centronics connectivity
The PC does, but the printer doesn't. Hm, I found the following.
{USB to Parallel Bi-Directional Cable
USB to Parallel Bi-Directional Cable
USB to
Hi Eric,
> And for various reasons, Stas has spent a lot of work to pull
> most of the FreeDOS kernel over into the protected mode space
> in context of dosemu2. That module is now called fdpp. It lacks
> the init-text and the hma-text part runs on the Linux side,
> with dosemu-specific connectors
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