Re: [Freedos-user] Multi-boot with XP

maybe PLOP? https://www.plop.at/en/home.html On 12/6/2024 4:11 PM, Ashley Pirrone via Freedos-user wrote: Hi. I tried searching the mailing list archive for an answer, and looked extensively on google. I also tried just doing, and messed up a couple XP installs. I would like to multi boot F

Re: [Freedos-user] not pleased with 1.3 installer

Look at plop https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/full.html On Mon, Oct 14, 2024, at 5:47 PM, Felix Miata via Freedos-user wrote: > After at least 3 decades, one might think a DOS disk partitioner, or > the FreeDOS > installer, might have acquired an ability to not disturb anything that > is part

Re: [Freedos-user] Enable VGA . FreeDos does not recognize external screen.

Probably won’t help but make sure the laptop is off, the power supply/charger is connected to the laptop and is plugged into to the power outlet. Also make sure the external monitor is plugged into the laptop’s VGA port and the monitor is on. Now leaving THE LAPTOP SCREEN AND THE MONITOR PLUGGED I

Re: [Freedos-user] Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

ser@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 at 17:05, Daniel Doran via Freedos-user > wrote: > > > Anyone know why this is happening? > > Time to start looking for free and empty upper memory blocks and > adding some exclude parameters to JEMM386, just like

Re: [Freedos-user] Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

hangs: https://files.catbox.moe/i6pftu.jpeg When I remove the Nvidia GeForce2 MX from the AGP slot the “3 - Load FreeDOS with JEMM386 (Expanded Memory)” works fine. Anyone know why this is happening? Thanks! On Tue 8 Oct 2024 at 16:13, Daniel Doran wrote: > Hi all, > > First off, than

Re: [Freedos-user] Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

Thanks again for the help! Cheers, Dan On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 at 18:03, G.W. Haywood via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi there, > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, Daniel Doran via Freedos-user wrote: > > > I got an Nvidia GeForce 2 MX AGP graphics card (256

[Freedos-user] Nvidia GeForce 2 MX

Hello all, I got an Nvidia GeForce 2 MX AGP graphics card (256MB RAM), it’s in my Compaq Presario 6207EA PC. FreeDOS won’t boot with it installed, it just freezes. However, I know the card is good as Haiku OS loves it, not only does it work but it gives me accelerated graphics on Haiku OS 32-bit…

Re: [Freedos-user] 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller

n, 23 Sep 2024, Daniel Doran via Freedos-user wrote: > > > Okay... so I am 100% certain the packet driver I need to use is E100PKT > as > > my integrated NIC is an intel and the device ID is 1039, in the > > E1100PKT.TXT (attached) it has my device ID listed as supported. Yay.

Re: [Freedos-user] 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller

OM /i However I get this error when I reboot: "can not redirect input from file int_60" Clearly I am not typing in the correct thing in part. Any idea what goes there? There is sadly no example of syntax in the attached .txt file. Thanks all! On Mon, 23 Sept 2024 at 11:51, Dani

[Freedos-user] 82801DB PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller

Hey, I am new to FreeDOS and I am trying to get Networking working. I have read a lot of how-tos, edited FDAUTO.BAT but I still can't get it to work using packet drivers E1000PKT.com or E100PKT.com I am not certain I am even using the right packet driver but I THINK I am... (downloaded both packet

Re: [Freedos-user] USB keyboards [was Re: DOS Actively Used Scenarios]

This is more of an fyi than an answer to anything. During the Vietnam War, Richard Piick developed a system for the Marine Corp to manage the helicopter spare parts inventory. It combine an os, a database, query language and report writer. In the early 80's t was released for the 8086 pc (ibm A

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing freeDOS on an old Mac Mini (Intel)

Bluetooth or usb? On Sat, Aug 24, 2024, at 12:14 PM, Paul Ozarowski via Freedos-user wrote: > Good day - > I am a freeDOS newbie attempting to install on an old (2011) Intel Mac Mini. > I can boot the USB but discovered that I have no keyboard or mouse support at > that point. Any ideas why thi

Re: [Freedos-user] help troubleshooting a time / date issue?

Time for a new cmos battery? On 8/3/2024 8:57 AM, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: Hi all, At the most basic level, what helps a computer keep time / date? I have a situation where mine is skipping time / date, often within seconds, even when set back. My computer is not over heating, fa

Re: [Freedos-user] Directory comparison program

This reminded me of the excellent TWODISKS program https://archive.org/details/msdos_shareware_fb_TWODISKS ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Unexpected results from DIR command

Look at python for dos - http://www.caddit.net/pythond/ If it has the os module, I'll bet you could do it. On Sun, Jun 2, 2024, at 11:19 PM, hms--- via Freedos-user wrote: > Hi > I am looking for files named Q and not directories named Q. In my case I > have thousands of assembler text files wi

Re: [Freedos-user] VICTORY! How I got networking operational in 86Box

Excellect work! On Sun, Jun 2, 2024, at 5:35 PM, Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user wrote: > I've been agonizing over the question of why I can't connect an 86Box virtual > machine powered by FreeDOS to the Internet. But now, it seems, I have found a > fix, or at least a preliminary one. > > Usin

Re: [Freedos-user] PCI parlallel port card....

https://www.startech.com/en-us/cards-adapters/pci1pm On 5/18/2024 12:54 PM, Roderick Klein via Freedos-user wrote: Hello, Are there any PCI cards that live at IO adress 378 so they are compatible with DOS ? Thanks, Roderick ___ Freedos-user mail

Re: [Freedos-user] dos navigator

Try it in a VM On 5/8/24 6:21 PM, Travis Siegel via Freedos-user wrote: I found my copy of PTS DOS Source, and was digging through them to see some of the differences between that and opendos, for which I also have the sources, and I ran across the dos navigator menuing system (at least I'm pr

Re: [Freedos-user] My curiosity

Re: the Compaq, in the late 80's, with the bus expander and a multi-port serial card, we ran a 6-user Pick system application using wyse-60 terminals. Also ran a 10-user version on an AT. Tasks that could be completed in seconds now take minutes in Windows. This is a major cause of physician bur

Re: [Freedos-user] Basic freedos question before I try this?

I have a box full of PCMCIA ethernet cards. If anyone could use one, I could search them out and post a list. Dan On 7/24/23 6:13 PM, Ralf Quint via Freedos-user wrote: On 7/24/2023 6:06 PM, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: Hi folks, Too many layers in the process for me to try the inst

Re: [Freedos-user] My curiosity

That's great info! I glad to see so many getting use ouf of old hardware. I, myself, have a whole load of old hardware. You all have given me the stimulus to see what I can do with it. In particular I have a T40 and, perhaps more interesting, A Compaq Portable III. I even have, in a flip-top j

[Freedos-user] My curiosity

Hello, I'm following this list and find it very interesting. I found it when I was trying to prepare myself to help a friend whose business in built around a DOS app. It's clear that many/most/all? have access to other computers and OSes. This would be obvious if only because one needs access

Re: [Freedos-user] Confusing details about SET and redirection inFreeCOM

Maybe put in quotes? On Thu, Jun 22, 2023, at 10:07 AM, Bret Johnson wrote: >> Hi fellow users :-) >> >> I have been wondering which chars are special in SET >> in FreeCOM and whether they can be escaped or similar. > > I don't know specifically about FreeCOM, but I know in some versions of > DO

Re: [Freedos-user] TASM under an emulator?

off topic but interesting? https://yeokhengmeng.com/2023/03/building-a-dos-chatgpt-client-in-2023/ On 3/23/2023 12:44 PM, Rugxulo wrote: Hi again, On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 12:53 PM Alvah Whealton wrote: Thanks for providing me with better direction. I'm already pursuing some of your recommen

Re: [Freedos-user] Can you recommend a good single-board-computer for legacy OSs?

There hasn't been much discussion of running dos in a virtual machine. I know it depends on why you want to run dos at all but a vm is an option that avoids the bios/uefi issues and the need for extra hardware. FreeDOS on VMWare Player | Agnoiologist

Re: [Freedos-user] Greetings

https://archive.org/details/msdos_manual_622 https://archive.org/details/microsoft-programmers-reference-manual-msdos-2.0 https://archive.org/details/msdos_5_User_Guide_completehttps://archive.org/details/msdos_5_User_Guide_complete On Wed

Re: [Freedos-user] Anyone want to write an article about FreeDOS?

I think we're all here out of interest. i have a neighbor who "needs" yo run a dos app for his nusiness. He's the only one I know who "needs" to run dos. Everyone else does it out of interest who still has an ibm-pc or xt as their only computer? That said, if someone "wants" to write dos progra

Re: [Freedos-user] DosBox-x Windows XP

DosBox-x is compatible in XP and I use it quite a bit to test stuff and work on projects along with FreeDOS. I haven’t yet found any issues runnin it. Even installed and ran Windows 98 as well. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforg

[Freedos-user] Assembly Language and BASIC

A little info for those who uses FreeBasic (or even Power Basic 3.5) in FreeDOS. In case noone knows this, it is possible to mix both Basic and Assembly language in the same source code using both PB and FB using the ‘ASM’ command. This is something I have been doing in PowerBasic for some time.

[Freedos-user] DOS ASM Resources

If ya have a library, ya can try lookin there. Usin our library here I found some good books to go through. Advanced MSDOS Programming, From BASIC to 8086/8088 Assembly Language. There are other books I am waitin on. I also have other books I collected over the years. I hope this is a good sug

[Freedos-user] Tomorrow Get Together

How does BlueJeans work? Type in event ID when available and join in? I would like to be there if possible. Thank you very much for the reminder. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listi

[Freedos-user] DOS Fonts

Is anyone familiar with how DOS fonts work? There are some .com files that will change the original font with another and ya can create your own. I created a TI-99/4aA font to use. So how does it work? Is the hardware font cached and the cache is changed? Some programs will revert back to the

[Freedos-user] Reply to keyboard issue and debug

ondering about typematic rate for > keyboard repeats in different VMs and emulators (Eric Auer) >2. Keyboard issue (Fixed) (Daniel) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:48:48 +0200 &

[Freedos-user] Keyboard issue (Fixed)

;Re: Contents of Freedos-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Keyboard issue (Daniel) >2. Re: Keyboard issue (dmccunney) >3. Re: Keyboard issue (tom ehlert) > > > --

[Freedos-user] Keyboard issue

In DOS I was able to press and hold a key and the key would repeat. Great for arrow and page keys. For some reason this stopped workin and I can only press a key once and holdin a key would do nothin. Does anyone know how to fix this? On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 08:27 wrote: > Send Freedos-user m

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2243, Issue 2

anaging the list at > freedos-user-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Freedos-user digest..." > > > Today's T

[Freedos-user] FDCONFIG.SYS

This may be a crazy or even insane thing to ask, nevermind do, but is it possible to create a new config file and use that. For instance rename fdconfig.sys to the MSDOS config.sys? On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 21:20 wrote: > Send Freedos-user mailing list submissions to > freedos-user@lists

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Partitioning reply

-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 15:09:22 +0200 > From: Eric Auer > To: Discussions and general questions about FreeDOS > > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Partitioning > Message-ID: <95c2e665-aa19-8469-8b46-671951e58...@jpberlin.de> > Conte

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Partitioning

I am having a problem with FreeDOS and partitions. Here is the issue: I am tryin to install FD on a Dell PC with an 80 gb partition. I tried as I prefered it spliting into 4 partitions, and as one large partition. When I boot into the live CD all seems fine, but after it does the formating and i

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2235, Issue 2

Has anyone looked into using x86Box as an alternative to vmware and virtualbox to run FreeDOS and other old operating systems? On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 8:33 AM wrote: > Send Freedos-user mailing list submissions to > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2173, Issue 1

I have a old Dell laptop that was originally XP that now is tri-boot. I have FreeDos 1.3 RC5, XP, and even Linux. In order to do this you cannot simply install everything normally, at least as far as I know. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong here. Here is the steps that I found that works:

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2142, Issue 5

I have a Wyse VX0 V10LE and I admit I haven’t tested FreeDOS on it. If I am able to get anothe DOM (Disk On Module), I would love to see if it works on the system. The cpu is 1.2ghz, RAM is 1gb, and the DOM is 16gb. Originally came with a Windows 98/XP dual boot. Currently running Windows 98 (m

Re: [Freedos-user] FAT12

In the end I created a second partition and put my payload file there. That worked, but before that I tried to extend the FAT12 partition with gparted but my copy (from Ubuntu 21.04) objected and said that FAT12 is no longer supported. The Wikipedia page says that FAT12 goes back to the early 80's,

[Freedos-user] FAT12

I've installed FreeDOS 1.3-RC4 with FD13LITE.img on a 4GB USB drive. This works and I can boot it just fine, but the primary partition uses FAT12 and is 97% full. I would like to expand this partition with gparted, but that no longer supports FAT12. Can I ask what the rationale is for using FAT12?

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 1886, Issue 1

Package discussion idea. This is just a rough idea that is one possible way to go. Have a base cd that has just the items needed to get FreeDos running and maybe a few extras. Then a script for creating a cd/dvd/usb image. Here is the general plan for the script: You have a list of categories t

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 1877, Issue 3

I use FreeDos mainly for programming but slow light gaming on an old 300 MHz k6 hp computer with 256mb ram On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 15:09 wrote: > Send Freedos-user mailing list submissions to > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visi

Re: [Freedos-user] details on free software

MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > -- Daniel "Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead o

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 14, Issue 2

I can get FreeDos and be able to program > in it and also learn Pascal! > FreePascal is a nice choice for learning Pascal on DOS (www.freepascal.org) > Any tips would be greatly appreciated! > > > > -- Daniel "Let us change our traditional attitude to the constructi

Re: [Freedos-user] Question about Virtual Box performance.

CTED]> wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > > i'm also in the quest of writing > > a driver for FreeDOS in order to allow one to use the shared folders > > (it seems that no VM has shared folders for FreeDOS at all...at least > > in my experience: VirtualBOX, VirtualPC and VMWa

Re: [Freedos-user] Question about Virtual Box performance.

t; Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.n

[Freedos-user] unsubscribe me

Please, unsubscribe me _ With Windows Live Hotmail, you can personalize your inbox with your favorite color. www.windowslive-hotmail.com/learnmore/personalize.html?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_HMWL_reten_addcolor_0607-

[Freedos-user] installing freedos on secondary drive

anyone please help me? I would appreciate any kind of help. Many thanks Daniel _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/dire

Re: [Freedos-user] Need help ... calling COMMAND.COM from C

remove("c:\\dataorig.dir");  }}This always returns 1 because the file data.dir gets cut so the compare with dataorig.dir always fails.Thanks!!Marton-- Daniel"Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to

Re: [Freedos-user] my FreeDOS review at OSnews.com

lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___Freedos-user mailing listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user-- Daniel"Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our m

Re: [Freedos-user] Kernel question

Quoting Daniel Quintiliani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi FreeDOS team, > > Congrats on the release of FreeDOS 1.0 stable! > > As the maintainer of the GNU/DOS distribution, I had a question to > ask. I noticed that FreeDOS 1.0 was considered "stable," yet the > ke

[Freedos-user] Kernel question

; kernel be considered more stable than the one I currently use, or is it a "test" development version? Thanks, -- Daniel Quintiliani www.pikecountycomputer.com - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to suppo

[Freedos-user] GNU/DOS 2006 released

Hi, I released the second version of my FreeDOS distribution GNU/DOS tonight. >From the Web site: "GNU/DOS is a distribution of FreeDOS which includes the following: -Several core FreeDOS packages -The DJGPP development environment with many GNU programs -The Arachne Web browser and e-mail clie

[Freedos-user] XCDROM bug still there

Hi, I tried to run the same DirectCD-made CD-ROM with XCDROM version 1.7 and it still only showed two of the files on the CD. The CD works fine with Windows XP and with FreeDOS using the popular VIDE-CDD.SYS. -Dan --- This SF.net email is spo

[Freedos-user] Re: XCDROM bug?

Johnson Lam wrote: > Hello, > > XCDROM V1.6 is available for download at: > > http://johnson.tmfc.net/freedos (click XCDROM driver) > Great driver! I've found a bug, though. When using a certain CD-RW I use to transfer files from my Windows XP computer to my DOS & Linux computer, not all of the

Re: [Freedos-user] Patent granted on FAT

Shane M. Coughlan wrote: > Hi guys > > An important heads up. Microsoft have been granted a patent on FAT. > > http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=13256 > > This could quite seriously effect the FreeDOS project I suspect. > > Shane I hope this doesn't affect my GNU/DOS distribution either...

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update Bug Report

Bernd Blaauw wrote: > > MEM (1.6) itself is broken, get 1.7beta or 1.8alpha > both available at: http://wiki.fdos.org/Main/mem > > Please report back if that solves your UMB Corruption error or not. > > Bernd > Thank you, MEM 1.7beta works fine. -Dan ---

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update Bug Report

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. > > This version of EMM386 has a number of compatibility changes to enhance > operability wi

[Freedos-user] comments on install

When I decided to give the latest prerelease a try, a couple of things jumped out at me about the install: 1. "Click-wrap" GPL licensing- the GPL is not an EULA, so it generally ought not be used as a click-through license. You don't need to agree with the GPL to use GPL'd software; only in dis