> However, I wonder whether Blair Campbell ever tried to use Ghostscript for
> DOS.
I have. Minimally.
> IMO, one sorely needed application for DOS is an updated PDF viewer.
I agree, the Ghostscript for DOS is extremely outdated and needs major
work. The version for DOS is only at 5.xx and t
Aitor Santamaria asked:
>What is the license of ACRODOS, for those that have used it?
It is a license for unlimited use only . Explicitly forbids modification,
any attempt to discover source code and any form of rental or lease.
Blair Campbell commented:
>Acrobat Reader? This is almost usele
Hi!
Why not using Pakke as package Manager?
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~phekda/richdawe/pakke/
DJGPP using it and is happy with it.It needs 386+, yes, but which 8086
has a cd-rom?
Bye, Flo
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BTW, one time I tried to use Wget on QEMU and if failed. So
networking in QEMU isn't very stable (tested with 7.0).
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> Not really, for instance you are already using bandwih from f-prot site. Am I
> right?
Yes, but one would stil have to install the package that sets up
f-prot. Scripts to do this would not be installed by default.
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Hi Blair,
> > I think that the new distro idea about a collection of batch files is
> > really good.
>
> Actually, I am writing a more advanced method of managing packages
> right now to overcome the limitations of batch.
That is great news!
> > - Make the distribution easy to update.
>
> I'm
> I think that the new distro idea about a collection of batch files is really
> good.
Actually, I am writing a more advanced method of managing packages
right now to overcome the limitations of batch.
> - Make the distribution easy to update.
I'm hoping to have an update.bat in the root directo
> Blair, I have made some ansi logos, if you are interested I can send you with
> no questions asked. :)
I don't know what you mean by ansi logos, but sure.
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Hi all,
I think that the new distro idea about a collection of batch files is really
good. It looks similar to portage/gentoo and freebsd/ports way of installing
packages and maybe a it can be a revival for the fdpm project.
I think it will be really good for:
- Make the distribution easy to u
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/blair/FreeDos-Boot-CD-2005-07-18.iso
> This is probably the preferred place to download the file right now.
I also sync'd it up to the oldos mirror at http://fdmirror.oldos.org
I should have the big iso within a day or so of th
Some ideas I have for improvement are allowing the user to select from
a list of crynwr drivers, and a bootup logo after installation to hard
drive is completed (with blackout and banner). If anyone has a good
bootup logo, please send it to me (preferrably in 320x200, GIF87
format, two blank lines
Jim Hall has just finished uploading the small ISO to ibiblio, so here
is the url:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/blair/FreeDos-Boot-CD-2005-07-18.iso
This is probably the preferred place to download the file right now.
The readme file is at:
http://www.ibibl
> another very interesting option is to download the free cdrom driver
> from Acer/Benq and get it installed on user's system.
I was thinking of having a package that attempts to download the
driver and install it. This isn't included yet, though.
> Without permission from that company (which I
Blair Campbell schreef:
Hi! I am happy to announce to availability of an updated FreeDOS
Install CD, containing all of the disksets and also some enhancements.
After testing, please e-mail me with suggestions for additional
software to be included/excluded and other things. Jim Hall is in the
p
PS: In the software list i found: LFNDOS
I don't think, that it is useable anymore. I would only have DOSLFN
included.
LFNDOS isn't included.
Not on your CD - but on freedos.org.
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> This is a collection of batch files that call other batch files
> packaged with each package. The batch files can be found on the cdrom
> in the FDOS\BIN directory.
By the way, I am currently working on a program which will simplify
this, but it doesn't do anything useful at the moment.
-
> > If
> > you don't want a package
> > installed anymore, you can remove it by typing 'fdpkg binary remove
> > ' for a binary
> > package and 'fdpkg source remove ' for a source package
> > (example: 'fdpkg binary remove
> > UDMA2'). If you want to install further software from the CD-ROM, set
>
Hi!
After installing FreeDOS from the CD-ROM, you can do several useful
things not available from
the original FreeDOS CD-ROM. You can update the kernel to the latest
unstable kernel via wget
by typing 'krnlupdt' at the command prompt if wget is installed.
Wow! Cool!
If
you don't want a pa
Hi! I am happy to announce to availability of an updated FreeDOS
Install CD, containing all of the disksets and also some enhancements.
After testing, please e-mail me with suggestions for additional
software to be included/excluded and other things. Jim Hall is in the
process of downloading and
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