Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 4:04 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: [SNIP] > (*) Did anyone else subscribe to a shareware catalog? I know you could > dial into a BBS to find shareware apps, but I found a catalog that > tested tons of shareware apps and games and l

Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

Hi, On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 5:39 PM andrew fabbro via Freedos-user > wrote: > > > > Whatever programs are most representative, they might have been > > distributed as shareware. There's still "trial software" today but > > not l

Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote: I'm thinking about doing a video that shows how to do real work on DOS. For me "Real work" included PC setup. I used System Commander until I replaced it with Acronis OS Selector, which I still use. I also still use: Acronis Disk Doctor Norton Commander Word

Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 5:39 PM andrew fabbro via Freedos-user wrote: > > Whatever programs are most representative, they might have been > distributed as shareware. There's still "trial software" today but > not like going to a BBS and seeing hundreds of shareware packages, > or getting a CD stuf

Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

Whatever programs are most representative, they might have been distributed as shareware. There's still "trial software" today but not like going to a BBS and seeing hundreds of shareware packages, or getting a CD stuffed with them. I was just chatting with a gentlemen (now in his 70s) who publis

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Hi!. Happy new year! I want to share this information that I hope it'll be useful for you. I wanted to use my usb flash drive in FreeDOS, however, I didn't found any information in the FreeDOS wiki, including the links section (I did found some useful programs and links in this mailing list), t

Re: [Freedos-user] What DOS programs represent the 1980s and early 90s?

I remember GW-Basic being in one of the first IBM XT machines on rom. Doom originally was released on MSDOS :) -Ed On Mon, 1 Jan 2024, 07:30 Rugxulo via Freedos-user, < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 10:34 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user > wrote: > >