Derek Newhall wrote:
--- Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Eli,
James Tabor is probably right. To do this right,
we need a simple,
stable DOS (or MS-DOS emulator), with drivers for
hard disks, USB flash
disks, USB hard disks, LANs, etc., which can read
and write all
varie
Michael Devore wrote:
I know the basics of how open source development works. Or how it
frequently doesn't work. I am not lacking in suggestions on how to
apportion my time for open source issues and I have invested many days
dedicated to open source support -- not just for FreeDOS. Frankly
Michael Devore wrote:
And another warning: NASM done got it some bugs. Even with the
relatively modest source of HIMEM, I hit a couple.
Have you told the NASM maintainers about these issues? I think they
would probably be interested in working with you in order to fix the
bugs. NASM is th
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've managed to install the mwave drivers with the MS boot floppy and there is
no error messages while loading the drivers. But I can not test the sound
because every applications which use sound says that there is no enough
memory to run. I've setup the MS config.sys o
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've converted my HDD to FAT, so for a "clear experiment" I can try the MS622.
As I understand I should now boot from A:, then install the mwave drivers and
allow them to overwrite the autoexec.bat and config.sys on MS floppy, then
reboot from floppy again and see if th
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday I'm going to visit some PC shops which sells old hardware. Is there
any tips about those ISA soundblaster cards? Which model, manufacturer, etc.?
Thanks in advance!
I have only used the basic SB models, i.e. those without wavetable
synthesis as on e.g. the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, that was a rather stupid question about win drivers for DOS.
And is there any tip for a 100% DOS compatible PCI sound card? I mean no
drivers, etc needed?
Thanks in advance!
There is no such thing as a "DOS compatible" sound card, because DOS
does not support
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've find some drivers here for this card
(http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=71335)
but as I can see those drivers for windows. Is there any chance that I can
make them work in FreeDOS?
No, you cannot use Windows drivers with FreeDOS.
Why do
Eric Auer wrote:
"future DOS" - things for modern hardware and modern OS compatibility.
Examples: long file names, PCMCIA, USB (drives, mice, keyboards...),
AC97->SB16 virtual soundcard generic driver
As far as I know, you could not write a generic AC97 driver, because
AC97 only defines a
Nick Bright wrote:
On starting windows, it says "Incorrect DOS" then spews a bunch of
garbage to the screen before starting the "MS-DOS Executive".
Have you tried using SETVER to have FreeDOS report DOS version 3.x to
WIN.COM? Actually I have never used SETVER on FreeDOS, and it has been
ye
don't
use it unless the autodetection fails.
Hope this helps. :)
- Brolin
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Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
Hi!
22-Сен-2005 02:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd Blaauw) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
BB> it sounds like VDS again to me. That has the effect that no more can be
BB> read from harddisk,
BB> which would explain the error about the cdromdrive, which seems li
Michael Devore wrote:
At 04:42 PM 9/21/2005 -0700, Brolin Empey wrote:
FastTracker 2.08 runs fine for me under latest HIMEM and EMM386.
PKUNZIP failing unless the NOEMS option is specified, now that's a
problem I'm working on.
EMM386 v2.05 breaks my FDCONFIG.SYS! When booting,
Michael Devore wrote:
At 05:05 PM 9/19/2005 -0700, Brolin wrote:
Firstly, I have not tested this new release. That said, what is the
status with regards to having FastTracker II working on FreeDOS?
FastTracker 2.08 runs fine for me under latest HIMEM and EMM386.
PKUNZIP failing unless the
Michael Devore wrote:
Uploaded to ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads/emm386 are the files
emmx205.zip, EMM386/HIMEM mostly executable package, and emms205.zip,
EMM386/HIMEM mostly source package.
Firstly, I have not tested this new release. That said, what is the
status with regards to ha
Eric Twose wrote:
BTW: The server upgrade to the MS network client 3.0 also needs
share.exe. I got this from the MS DOS 6.22 download at
http://www.allbootdisks.com/ .
What's wrong with the FreeDOS version of share? Did you try it?
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SF
Eric Twose wrote:
[Is there a way of using NetBieu on XP, as adding TCP/IP makes the
system unusably big? OK communicating with Win9x with just netbieu, though]
Yes. You have to add a network protocol like usual, then input the path
to or browse to locate the NetBEUI drivers included on the Wi
Blair Campbell wrote:
Do you know of any working DOS drivers for the VIA VT8233(A) audio on
this MSI motherboard:
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=320
?
The only ones I can think of are VIAAUDIO.COM and VIAFMTSR.COM
available from VIA.
Yes, but none
Blair Campbell wrote:
Yes, but my question is, there is no Audio standard to conform in DOS
(as far as I know), so I suppose that a "DOS audio driver" means a
driver that implements a well known API, such as SoundBlaster. Right?
Exactly. For example there are DOS drivers for SoundBlaster Live
Jose Antonio Senna wrote:
It did appear yesterday on this list:
sure whether Win98's COMMAND.COM can be configured to default to insert
mode instead of overwrite.
I do not have the MS-DOS version which comes with Win98, but MS-DOS 5 can
be so configured by using
DOSKEY /INSERT
or
DO
Michael Devore wrote:
I would ask why you'd want to bother using FreeCOM under Win98, since
it's a rather strange mix prone to a number of potential pitfalls, but
it's not really any of my business so I won't.
I wanted to use FreeCOM on Win98 mainly for two reasons:
- filename completion
- F
Michael Devore wrote:
WD is plain old goofy. It has had a "slightly unstable" reputation
under DOS for over ten years. You could be seeing nothing more than the
OS memory image having different byte values at a particular
location(s), or slightly varied free memory values, or an internal
ope
achine too.
Apart from meaning that I have to use the dysfunctional (compared to
FreeCOM) Win98 COMMAND.COM, this is not a major problem since it does
have a workaround.
I have not yet posted on the OpenWatcom newsgroup, since I wanted to
first see if anyone here had any ideas.
Thanks,
Brol
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