Re: [Freedos-user] New FreeDos user (installed to both amd64 desktop && old toshiba satalite)

2012-05-25 Thread bwspos
On 05/25/2012 08:55 AM, Ralf A. Quint wrote: At 11:30 PM 5/24/2012, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: I don't suppose there is a way to tell FreeDOS to execute something more slowly??? (Free)DOS runs as fast as the processor you're using allows it too. And why shouldn't it? ;-) For slowing down

Re: [Freedos-user] slow down execution of programs

2011-08-30 Thread bwspos
Try adding FDAPM SPEED4 to your autoexec.bat. It resolved similar problems I had with a ftp server I was running. -- Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy

2010-12-17 Thread bwspos
On 12/18/2010 07:19 AM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2010/12/18 04:46 (GMT+0100) Mike Eriksen composed: > >> Felix Miata wrote: >>> Anyone know why there's no simple bootable floppy image available in the >>> downloads section of http://www.freedos.org/freedos/files/, one that could >>> format a

Re: [Freedos-user] migrating from dos to freedos, serial port support?

2010-11-21 Thread bwspos
Folks, a friend of mine wants to migrate from dos to freedos actually there are no issues by now, once he is just planning... but to make sure things will be okay, i'd like to ask what is the status of serial port support? how to use it? I've used the BLAST for DOS client for direct connect 2

[Freedos-user] Strings %COMSPEC% Error SOLVED

2010-11-09 Thread bwspos
From Bug 1900 in the FreeDos Bugzilla Archive "Out of memory loading STRINGS Failed to load the strings resource into memory. The location pointed to in %COMSPEC% seems to be invalid This error always occurs when first loading the comamnd.com program and there ought to be enough RAM (these are

Re: [Freedos-user] parallel port problems

2010-05-24 Thread bwspos
On 05/24/2010 12:04 PM, Ray wrote: > am having trouble with a new install of freedos printing to a parallel > printer - previously it work ok but after a new computer was installed > we have no access to printer - the mainboard is a gigabyte am3 with no > onboard lpt port - a 3rd party lpt card w

Re: [Freedos-user] parallel port problems

2010-05-24 Thread bwspos
Just had the same problem with a replacement MSI motherboard & a Sunnix PCI Parallel Port card at a customer site. The hardware installer tried 2 each of both the MB & LPT cards. The Sunnix card was sent to me for testing and it worked fine on our test systems (oldish P4 Gigabyte MBs). On 05

Re: [Freedos-user] deleting/overwriting files from bat file;

2009-04-10 Thread bwspos
kurt godel wrote: > If I want to delete/overwrite files from a script(batch), then either > way, it will interogate me:"are you sure?y/n"; > but I want the script to run unattended; is there a way to make it > fully 'hands free'?, The following example works fine from a .BAT file in unattended mo

Re: [Freedos-user] unload previsiously loaded exe and sys on fdconfig.sys

2009-03-19 Thread bwspos
Fabrício Ceolin wrote: > Hi, > > I want free some freedos memory after using a packet driver and others > sys (under fdconfig.sys) and exe (like doskey). > There are any way to unload programs without reboot? > > I use TERMIN.COM on 24/7 POS systems with no recourse to rebooting. Not sure where

Re: [Freedos-user] Can't find command.com

2008-12-11 Thread bwspos
Hi Eric Sorry for the delay but I had to wait until last nite to upload lbacache-2008apr07.zip and a modded fdconfig.sys to the system in question (it's 200km away) and then wait for someone to unzip & test. Just as you thought it now boots OK. If I get a chance this weekend I will set up a sys

Re: [Freedos-user] Can't find command.com

2008-12-10 Thread bwspos
>> Had this the other day - removing TUNS from LBACACHE >> should fix it and,no, I dont know why >> > > Then the problem might be related to the limited size of > stack for the TUNS option. Try if updating LBACACHE helps: > > www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/lbacache/2008/

Re: [Freedos-user] Can't find command.com

2008-12-10 Thread bwspos
Ray Davison wrote: > I did a HDD installation excepting the suggestions of the install > routine. That seems to work. Then I made a boot floppy from the HDD > installation. I used the same directory structure, changed the drive > letters, and deleted some stuff from autoexec.bat. Based on dir