There was a book about word processing that maybe offers some
references or interesting interviewees: "Track Changes: A Literary
History of Word Processing" by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum, published by
Harvard University press:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/30/track-changes-a-literary-hist
I came across a "Web 1.0 hosting" provider who is also offering
webmail (the login page looks like SquirrelMail?):
https://web1.0hosting.net/
https://mail.w10.host/src/login.php
Who knows for how long this provider manages to survive, but it is a
great initiative. (Edit: Whoa, according to the web
Thanks for putting the manual online. I was not aware of DOG, but got
curious already when you presented an earlier version update in this
list some time ago.
I like how all the commands consist of only two letters. Might be a
personal preference (of my particular brain :), but somehow this works
Tangentially related, but a system called lEET/OS has been linked here
and there recently: "a graphical shell and partially posix-compliant
multitasking operating environment that runs on top of a DOS kernel.
/.../ lEEt/OS is slowly but surely migrating from FreeDOS to ST-DOS,
its own DOS kernel."
> I know it might sound kind of anti-progressive or even silly, to argue with
> »slowing down« things. »Multi Tasking« is (was?) a lie. It isn’t real for us
> humans in a good sense. Single user, single task - in 2024!>
Definitely echoing this idea (not quite sure about the "lie" part,
though :)
A "distraction free" writing environment was probably one of the
reasons I tested out FreeDOS at one point. I think it must also be the
fastest-booting distraction-free system of its kind these days? Even
as compared to some bare-bones ram-booted Linux like my beloved Tiny
Core [1]. It literally ta
Hi,
On 22/11/2023, Eric Auer via Freedos-user
wrote:
> Does anybody here have experience with using a squirrelmail
> or roundcoube webmail in links? Might need less java script
> compared to gmail to use those, and one could forward the
> gmail mail to a mail provider with squirrelmail or roundcu
On 01/11/2023, Eric Auer via Freedos-user
wrote:
>
> It should be possible to use MPXPLAY to get DOS sound
> with modern hardware: https://mpxplay.sourceforge.net/
I can confirm that MPXPLAY may work out of the box with Intel HDA.
Tested on a Dell Mini 9, which has the Realtek ALC268 card.
Played
