Hi there,
On Wed, 11 Dec 2024, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user wrote:
I use "Type [filename] > LPT1" to print over my parallel port to an EPSON E320
Laserprinter.
Just in case you have a parallel port + cable + printer ...
The OP's computer does not have a parallel port but you are right,
print
Hi there,
On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, Muharrem ALTINTAŞ I WIT I Dunya Bilisim via Freedos-user
wrote:
...
I'll try netcat command to print something.
Please get back to us if you have any problems (and when you succeed,
please let us know that too. ;)
--
73,
Ged.__
Hi there,
On Mon, 9 Dec 2024, Muharrem ALTINTAŞ I WIT I Dunya Bilisim via Freedos-user
wrote:
I’m new here.
Hello, and welcome. :)
I newly installed FreeDOS to my Hp Compaq NX6110 laptop. Everything
is working properly. I configured my network card. And i can connect
to the internet. I can
Hi there,
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024, Everaldo Bernardo Cunha via Freedos-user wrote:
I am trying to compile the source files of the DB Berkeley, but in the
FreeDOS it appears errors ... Can you help me? I did the download of the
sources from the github site ...
My feeling is that this is unlikely
Hi there,
On Sat, 16 Nov 2024, Jon Brase via Freedos-user wrote:
The list is full of corner cases ...
Reproduced below is an extract from a 'C' header file, which is still
current here and is used to build systems under both DOS and Linux to
handle a lot of money for both my business and thos
Hi there,
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Frantisek Rysanek via Freedos-user wrote:
...
You are possibly safe on a modern 32bit platform as well, because the
C type may be #defined with explicit length ...
Some libraries switched from signed to unsigned 32-bit integers for time_t
which kicks the can dow
Hi there,
On Wed, 6 Nov 2024, Frantisek Rysanek via Freedos-user wrote:
...
...
...
I guess this should do for my daily wallpaper...
Damn, that was interesting. Thank you.
Any time you feel like expanding on it please feel free to do so -
not forgetting references, references, references, a
Hi there,
On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote:
... the test release is *really good* and I think we should consider
pushing forward to turn a future monthly test release into a
"FreeDOS 1.4."
Looking forward to it. :)
--
73,
Ged.
__
Hi there,
On Mon, 21 Oct 2024, Liam Proven via Freedos-user wrote:
On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 at 23:45, G.W. Haywood via Freedos-user wrote:
... DOS introduced the idea of packaged software to the world
I'd argue that was CP/M in the previous decade (the 1970s). ...
You have a point, alt
Hi there,
On Sat, 19 Oct 2024, Liam Proven via Freedos-user wrote:
... DOS is deeply tied to the x86-16 CPU model, with some x86-32
extensions. It is not meaningfully possible to create anything
usefully like DOS for an Arm chip.
What would be the point? DOS introduced the idea of packaged s
Hi there,
On Sat, 19 Oct 2024, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user wrote:
... That one the guys on that forum made is (currently) the only
one I've found that doesn't cost more than 100 bucks for an X86 SBC
capable of running dos. ...
I don't know if you're looking for something you can buy off the
Hi there,
On Fri, 18 Oct 2024, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote:
...
To bump a related topic: DOSEMU2 does work on ARM64
hardware, but their Ubuntu packages do not run on a
Raspberry Pi PC out of the box. If somebody is bored,
it would be nice to have pre-compiled Rasbperry Pi
OS Linux DEB or FL
Hi there,
On Thu, 17 Oct 2024, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote:
...
You can get Raspbarry Pi and similar computers for less
than 100 USD ...
You can get them for less than 5 USD:
https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-pico/
I have several of the 'Pi Zero' which were less than 10
Hi there,
On Sun, 13 Oct 2024, Mike Coulombe via Freedos-user wrote:
... I'm visually impaired and would like to use free dos.
My vision is good but I'm chiming in now in case others take longer to
get to your message.
I believe a number of people on this list are visually impaired and I
hav
Hi there,
On Sun, 13 Oct 2024, Michael Rakijas via Freedos-user wrote:
... I changed back to the 1.4 GB cartridge ... FreeDOS would not reinstall.
... Something really funky is afoot.
I'm not sure the conclusion there is warranted but I'll admit that I
haven't been carefully following the thr
Hi there,
On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, Daniel Doran via Freedos-user wrote:
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 w
Hi there,
Ooops. First posted using a private address not the list address. :(
Sorry all for the delay in replying - life intervened but I've now had
the chance to investigate this a little.
On Sun, 8 Sep 2024, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote:
Actually, many reasonably new computers support
Hi Daniel,
Sorry for the late acknowledgement. Issues. :(
I found your post absolutely fascinating. The more so because, about
25 years ago, I learned to fly a helicopter. :)
On Sun, 8 Sep 2024, Daniel Essin via Freedos-user wrote:
This is more of an fyi than an answer to anything. During th
Hi there,
On Fri, 27 Sep 2024, Lawrence Perez via Freedos-user wrote:
...
I plan to contact the DOSEMU2 team and ask about Raspberry Pi support.
...
I've never used DOSEMU2 but FWIW I routinely use DOSEMU on a Pi to
build software using (very) old compilers, linkers and an assembler.
Very oc
Hi there,
On Mon, 23 Sep 2024, Orson Yancey via Freedos-user wrote:
...
It would be helpful to novices, like myself, if on the Download
FreeDos 1.3 page, if there was a link to some information on how to
write images to various media.
Maybe there could be a little bit more in the README inclu
Hi there,
On Mon, 23 Sep 2024, Orson Yancey via Freedos-user wrote:
...
I have been working with the Panasonic USB drivers ...
...
But the drivers are not robust. ...
...
It would be a big plus to FreeDOS, if someone could locate or even
develop USB drivers that are robust ...
...
I don't kn
Hi there,
On Mon, 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.
However I can't g
Hi there,
On Sun, 22 Sep 2024, barry m wrote:
Hello again
:)
I downloaded the CD live zip for cd and later for usb
After extracting onto sisk and stick I tried to boot computer -
with cd - error message - non system disk.
with usb - disk I/O error - replace disk
I'm not having much luc
Hi there,
On Sun, 22 Sep 2024, barry m wrote:
You have just woke me up ... I don't really need floppies.
As I said, I did wonder about that. :)
Writing a CD image is probably more familiar and there are many tools
for Windows which can make it very straightforward. As for floppies,
I'd writ
Hi there,
On Sat, 21 Sep 2024, barry m wrote:
Hello again - I am answering your questions you asked me.
1.I am trying to get a set of floppy disks to install freedos on a 111 gb
hard drive.
It isn't necessary to use floppies to install, you could for example
use a CD/DVD if you can writ
Hi there,
If you're not interested in the background, please skip to THE QUESTION. :)
On Saturday, June 1st, 2024 at 2:51 AM, Roger via Freedos-user wrote:
Would be really interesting to hear, how people continue actively using
DOS today, including their hardware/software environment. ...
Se
Hi there,
On Mon, 7 Feb 2022, Michael Brutman wrote:
... This really isn't relevant to FreeDOS.
I guess clutching at straws I was hoping that the FreeDOS community
might be able to say "Oh, you need Joe's Interrupt Router at http://...";
I have no wish to offend, so I'm out of here now unles
Hi Frank,
Just a quick 'thank you'. I've speed-read your message and there's a
*lot* of interest in there. I'm very grateful for all the input.
On Mon, 7 Feb 2022, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
On 6 Feb 2022 at 11:25, G.W. Haywood via Freedos-user wrote:
Did I miss
Hi Frank,
On Sun, 6 Feb 2022, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
On 6 Feb 2022 at 16:24, G.W. Haywood via Freedos-user wrote:
On Sun, 6 Feb 2022, Eric Auer wrote:
A quick thought... Given how fast modern CPU are relative to
serial ports, could you just set a periodic timer to poll
the status of all
Hi there,
On Sun, 6 Feb 2022, Eric Auer wrote:
A quick thought... Given how fast modern CPU are relative to
serial ports, could you just set a periodic timer to poll
the status of all serial ports in case configuring their
interrupts on PCI is too tricky? And then let the poll
handler invoke yo
Hi there,
On Sun, 6 Feb 2022, tom ehlert wrote:
as you have a linux version of your program, I wonder why you insist
on running on DOS.
A number of reasons, as I said. The main reasons are not technical.
Of course something along those lines would be technically feasible,
but in some cases
Hi Frank,
On Sat, 5 Feb 2022, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
... I had an inkling to implement "simple OR logic" - which is
not the correct way to share edge-triggered interrupts, but if you
have have a way of polling the ports every now and then outside of
the dedicated ISR, you can avoid losing key
Hi Frank,
On Sat, 5 Feb 2022, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
Yes. I recall ...
Crikey, that was above and beyond the call! Thank you very very much
for that astounding effort. I've skimmmed it (it's late here and her
indoors is grumbling) but I'll spend a lot more time on it tomorrow.
I've been
Hi there,
On Sat, 5 Feb 2022, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
Note that PCI boards do not use "well known" port addresses.
...
... e.g. some interesting work by Michael Chourdakis:
https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/894522/The-Low-Level-M3ss-DOS-Multicore-Mode-Interface
Thank you very much for a m
Hi there,
On Fri, 4 Feb 2022, tom ehlert wrote:
expect COM1234 to be located on 0x3f8,2f8,3e8,2e8 (as indicated at 0x40:10)
expect interrupts 3,4,3,4
Yup, That's what I'm using now for ISA cards :(since about 1985).
Sharing the interrupts isn't generally a problem. Data rates are
generally
Hi there,
On Thu, 3 Feb 2022, Frantisek Rysanek wrote:
On 3 Feb 2022 at 16:38, Bret Johnson wrote:
In the traditional PC architecture, there are only 16 IRQs (0-15)
managed by two Programmable Interrupt Controllers (PICs). Intel
developed APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) in th
Hi there,
On Thu, 3 Feb 2022, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user wrote:
On Thu, 3 Feb 2022, G.W. Haywood ... wrote:
... comprehensive and reliable documentation and/or tools useful
for the investigation and routing of interrupts for PCI expansion
cards under DOS I'd be most grateful.
Not sure
Hi there,
Sorry to rake up an old thread, it's what I could find in the archives.
If Sourceforge provides a better search tool than what I've seen I'd
be very pleased to know about it. I found this using a Google clone.
On 2018-06-21 Ralf Quint wrote:
... I am currently away from my FreeDOS p
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