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
Just realized I emailed Dan off list.
You can see FreeDOS running on an hp t5745 here
https://sites.google.com/view/lpsantil/home/dos-subsystem-for-linux-on-a-hp-t5745
FreeDOS runs beautifully on an HP t5745 variant Thin Client (
https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hp/t5740/). I have 4 and I also
you could also consider 86Box, if you havent heard of it before
On Friday, 13 September 2024 at 20:40:21 GMT+2, Dan Schmidt via
Freedos-user wrote:
Hmm(Scratching chin) Am I the only one on this thread thinking about
getting a dirt cheap t5740 to try to run a FreeDos thin client?
Hmm(Scratching chin) Am I the only one on this thread thinking about
getting a dirt cheap t5740 to try to run a FreeDos thin client? Does
FreeDos run on Atom?
On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 5:09 PM Louis Santillan via Freedos-user <
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> I agree with Eric. Som
Hi frank,
No need to apologize, its a understandable mistake.
Text to speech may be one of the most abusing phrases for how adaptive
technology actually works that I can personally think of, speaking for
myself of course.
Indeed there are ways to, as you outline, send characters to a synthesiz
Dear Karen,
> From my DOS desktop I am using a DOS ssh program into a Linux
> shell where I run Linux programs. My screen reader program
> processes all items on the he screen and so forth.
Oh I see now :-)
The DOS screen just displays what it gets from the SSH client
program, effectively a te
Hi there,
Will pass on the simulation suggestion.
where I wish to ask a question is about your sense that a screen reader,
which is not only a a passing of character strings from the computer to a
hardware
synthesizer will not be able to read the Linux Console?
In theory, I am doing somethin
...regarding running DOS in a VM guest (emulation) and having
plausible RS232 UART emulation:
I'd hazard a guess that qemu-kvm does strive to deliver this:
https://serverfault.com/questions/872238/qemu-and-serial-ports-on-the-
guest-os
root@hv:~$ qemu-system-x86_64 -device isa-serial,help
isa-s
Regarding maintenance of Motorola radios:
I used to have a colleague in that business.
He always kept an old PC with a legacy serial port (16C550A UART)
running Windows 95 I believe. In those "pre-NT" Windows editions, DOS
apps still had direct access to hardware, DOS style.
I understand that som
Hi g. W.
Writing with a question, and an answer to your USB keyboard situation.
For the record, I am typing with one, right now, in DOS which is the only
operating system on my computer.
However, which leads to the question.
My BIOS has USB support, and at first that was enough to run the keybo
Eric,
You are welcome...given your focus has nothing to do with the question
though I will skip the rest.
The question, for as a reminder, is if freedos has the ability to
simulate a serial port, if the person intends to use a USB device, i. e.
their computer has no serial port.The answer was
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
Hi!
Actually, many reasonably new computers supported the following:
- boot from USB storage devices (flash sticks, SD cards in card
readers, USB zip, USB floppy, USB CD/DVD, harddisks, SSD etc.)
- use USB keyboards as if they were PS/2
- use USB mice as if they were PS/2
You may have
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
Thank you for the license warning, Karen. The github page links e.g.:
https://bluegrasspals.com/pipermail/dectalk/2020-June/005253.html
https://bluegrasspals.com/pipermail/dectalk/2015-October/004517.html
So it is probably not a good idea to use Dectalk as Linux synth.
Which brings us back t
Eric,
To prevent anyone from trying one of your suggestions, the dectalk
software is *very* legally copyright protected. While that project exists, it
cannot be used for software work in any operating system, Linux or
anything else without permission. something I imagine is stated on GitHub.
Hi Karen, I have checked the web regarding Dectalk USB:
https://www.tegakari.net/en/2017/10/dectalk_usb/ shows an image of a
small device indeed having both USB and serial port connectors, as well
as a 6 volt power connector. you can also run it for 1 hour from a 9
volt battery.
However, s
Hi Eric, a bit in context.
On Sun, 8 Sep 2024, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote:
Depends on the nature of the USB speech synth. You can do it
if the USB version of the synth in fact is just the serial
one with an USB serial bridge chip added, or maybe even just
an USB serial adapter cable to
Karen,
granted I was intending to connect my friend in California with Joseph
Norton, he wants to run freedos, but use a USB speech synthesizer.
If I follow what you say here, in theory at least, he could use this
Linux USB drivers for the actual hardware, but in an emulator, tell say
his sc
Eric,
I have a question about something you write here.
granted I was intending to connect my friend in California with Joseph
Norton, he wants to run freedos, but use a USB speech synthesizer.
If I follow what you say here, in theory at least, he could use this Linux
USB drivers for the actual
I agree with Eric. Something like an HP t5740, Dell Optiplex 9010 or 9020
or 790, is about $25 on eBay, runs DOS well, will run DOS well off a cheap
4-16GB USB drive, and will also come with 9-pin serial. The Dells might
even be free on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist.
On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 1
Hi Luke,
I am looking for information about getting a USB to RS-232 adapter to work
in the FreeDOS environment. This is the first step in a project to find an
alternative in programming legacy Motorola handheld and squad mobile radios.
I guess the experts here are Bret Johnson and Georg Pott
Greetings,
I am looking for information about getting a USB to RS-232 adapter to work
in the FreeDOS environment. This is the first step in a project to find an
alternative in programming legacy Motorola handheld and squad mobile radios.
My understanding is that the software only runs in DOS and
On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 09:10, Thomas Cornelius Desi via Freedos-user
wrote:
>
> Does anyone around know if BIOSes in general differentiate between »floppy
> drive« or »hard disk« because of an existing MBR (or partition table) or not?
Interesting question.
Some (older) BIOSes do distinguish bet
add on: Should I limit partitioning for boot partitions on a usb stick for
Booting FreeDos to 8 GB? (Or maybe only 512MB or 256MB which are all more than
enough to hold the FreeDOS Kernel and OS progs?)
because:
> The original BIOS real-mode INT 13h interface supports drives of sizes up to
>
I would want to find out if there is any common ground regarding USB Stick
formatting and having access to a second USB Stick when booting FreeDOS from a
first USB Stick.
Does anyone around know if BIOSes in general differentiate between »floppy
drive« or »hard disk« because of an existing MBR
Yes, Louis:
Very cool!
In my Ubuntu Home directory is the hidden directory ".dosbox".
And within that, is the latest-version configuration file
"dosbox-0.74-3.conf".
At the end of that, I have edited a section thus.
{[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# Belkin F5U409 Se
Very cool!
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 4:05 AM Bryan Kilgallin
wrote:
> Yay, Louis:
>
> > It should be at `/dev/ttyUSB0` and you should refer to realport
> > `ttyUSB0` or something like that (`serial1=directserial
> > realport:ttyUSB0`).
>
> Yes, I found that character device.
>
> lsusb lists the fo
Yay, Louis:
It should be at `/dev/ttyUSB0` and you should refer to realport
`ttyUSB0` or something like that (`serial1=directserial
realport:ttyUSB0`).
Yes, I found that character device.
lsusb lists the following.
{Bus 001 Device 005: ID 050d:0109 Belkin Components F5U109/F5U409 PDA
Adapt
It should be at `/dev/ttyUSB0` and you should refer to realport `ttyUSB0`
or something like that (`serial1=directserial realport:ttyUSB0`). This
article (
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/find-out-linux-serial-ports-with-setserial/)
gives a good example of how to manage serial ports (including USB
co
Hi! Have you tried using dosemu2? They have active development and
support, so even if it does not work out of the box, they should still
be able to give you advice on how to make it work :-) Regards, Eric
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My heart monitor is an old Polar Sport Tester 4000.
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1393035/Polar-Electro-Sport-Testert.html
Its interface box has an RS2323 socket.
I had been downloading data to an old PC with a serial port. That PC
runs FreeDOS. VER/R reports "DOS version 7.10".
My Ubuntu
On 6 Jan 2021 at 11:23, Tomas By wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there a way to get a USB serial port adapter to work?
>
This cannot be made to work for legacy software that accesses the
UART registers directly, hooks an IRQ etc.
USB is a whole different bus architecture, compared to legacy ISA.
The
Tomas:
Is there a way to get a USB serial port adapter to work?
No.
The mode command says there is no serial port (the usb adapter was
there before booting), and the machine does not have a RS232 port.
That is why I moved my DOS usage to an old 32 bit tower PC that has a
physical serial p
Hi all,
Is there a way to get a USB serial port adapter to work?
The mode command says there is no serial port (the usb adapter was
there before booting), and the machine does not have a RS232 port.
/Tomas
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On 11/15/2020 6:27 AM, Marv wrote:
I was under the impression an external USB floppy wouldn't work under
FreeDOS 1.3, but I just noticed my installation of FreeDOS 1.3 on a
circa 2011 Gateway laptop with an external USB Chuanganzhuo floppy
does work.
I'm not sure what driver FreeDOS is using
Hi Marv,
> I'm not sure what driver FreeDOS is using on the Gateway, but if I plug the
> floppy into my HP Windows 10 laptop, it says it's a TEAC USB UF1000x USB
FreeDOS does not use any USB driver by default, as far as I know.
So you probably have USB storage device support in your BIOS and
F
I was under the impression an external USB floppy wouldn't work under
FreeDOS 1.3, but I just noticed my installation of FreeDOS 1.3 on a circa
2011 Gateway laptop with an external USB Chuanganzhuo floppy does work.
I'm not sure what driver FreeDOS is using on the Gateway, but if I plug the
floppy
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The bios supports a USB floppy drive and purportedly it will work in MS-DOS...
I've got an adapter coming Monday and will give it a shot under Freedos and XP.
I can theoretically if XP will remap the Atapi Zip as A: replace floppies with
a zip disk. Can I create an image file in XP and map that
>> I bet Freedos could be in place of MS-DOS if you only use HIMEMX.
Q-Soft for the Tyco QSP-2 installs to MS-DOS 5.22 and is a real time system on
the DOS side. It installs via actual floppy disk. If you are running the GUI
computer (Windows 9x) on say QEMU and emulating the floppy... but tha
Hi Michael,
> I'm working with an EVOC brand SBC on a PICMG 1.0 backplane.
That sounds exotic, but still your BIOS has a menu item
where you can enable an on-board hardware floppy controller.
Do you imply that there is no header on the board to plug
a classic floppy to that classic controller?
> I'm working with an EVOC brand SBC on a PICMG 1.0 backplane.
> I have not been able to get floppy disk support in Freedos 1.3, period.
as far as I understand it, you have been working with MSDOS 6.x for
the last 25 years.
I recommend another 20 years.
the alternative would have been to
a)
I'm working with an EVOC brand SBC on a PICMG 1.0 backplane.
I have not been able to get floppy disk support in Freedos 1.3, period.
I know USB 1.1 isn't part of the DOS specification that freedos is targeting,
but a USB floppy driver is needed since that is what this particular SBC offers.
I'm
To make copies I use Ghost 2001 and the famous Panasonic dos usb driver.
You should be able to boot up with the floppy and copy to usb flash.
Later versions of Ghost were big duds. Copied 32 gigs yesterday;
took 5 hours. Plan for a long coffee break.
cheers
DS
On Wed, 08 May 2019 15:04:49 +
I believe Coyote is referring to a Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 (
http://www.tabletpcreview.com/tabletreview/panasonic-cf-18-toughbook-tablet-pc-review-pics-specs/
).
On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 10:06 PM Coyote Slinger
wrote:
> Pentium M 1.10GHz
> 512MB RAM
> Phoenix BIOS
>
> I will give that a try, th
Pentium M 1.10GHz
512MB RAM
Phoenix BIOS
I will give that a try, thank you. I'm just confused as it was working
so well just yesterday.
On 12/26/18, Rugxulo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 4:36 PM Coyote Slinger
> wrote:
>>
>> I recently reinstalled FreeDOS on my CF-18 after my tinker
Hi,
On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 4:36 PM Coyote Slinger wrote:
>
> I recently reinstalled FreeDOS on my CF-18 after my tinkering broke my
> old install.
>
> I have a USB 2.0 drive that is formatted to FAT16 and 256MB. It mounts to D:\
>
> After running any command accessing D:\ such as dir or move, th
Hello everyone.
I recently reinstalled FreeDOS on my CF-18 after my tinkering broke my
old install. I had no issues with USB on that. However on my most
recent install, using a USB stick seems to freeze and the system. I
have tried all four boot options to the same result.
I have a USB 2.0 drive
Hi,
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 11:31 PM Tom Schultz wrote:
>
> I have version 1.2-pre22 installed and help mentioned future support for
> local printers prn and lpt1.
I think that was more wishful dreaming, being idealistic, than any
actual plans by anyone.
* http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php
I have version 1.2-pre22 installed and help mentioned future support for
local printers prn and lpt1. Will there be support for USB printers? My
computer doesn't have a parallel port, but I have used USB jump drive and
USB floppy drive successfully. Thanks. TomS.
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> Honestly, I don't understand the need for Win98SE (MS-DOS 7.1) here.
I did not mean to imply that Win98SE was definitely required, just that
I used it in the attempt that ultimately was successful. I likely had
this problem solved a few times without realizing it, since I made
numerous bootable
Hi yet again,
This kind of thing is a bit overwhelming to think about. I just don't
have enough experience to understand or remember every detail.
But I did vaguely remember two old freedos-user messages by Christian
Imhorst that may help even further:
On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 3:23 PM, Rugxulo
Hi again,
On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 7:44 PM, Kevin McCormick wrote:
>
> Upgrade bios for MSI 7677 H61i-e35 (B3) mini-itx motherboard
>
> Here are the steps as best I can recall:
> ...
>
> In conclusion, a working DOS usb boot stick seems to be the key, and it was
> recommended to use the Windows 9
Upgrade bios for MSI 7677 H61i-e35 (B3) mini-itx motherboard
Here are the steps as best I can recall:
First download the Windows98SE image (Win98SE_bootdisk.iso) from
http://www.allbootdisks.com/download/98.html
Second download the bios update .exe (in my case
msi_bios_upgrade_7677v63.zip) and u
I agree, that's the way it should work. Make sure it's formatted in Fat.
Also make sure the file is in the correct folder and has the correct name.
On 04/07/2018 09:08 AM, Eric Auer wrote:
Hi Kevin,
the point was that if you have a modern BIOS, it will
just look for a data file on a FAT-formatt
Hi again,
On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Rugxulo wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 7:54 AM, Kevin McCormick wrote:
>
>> I have created several bootable usb sticks with syslinux and FreeDOS, but
>> they enter the FreeDOS Setup menu when they are booted.
Usually you press F5 to skip startup file
On 4/7/2018 3:07 PM, Rugxulo wrote:
Hi,
N.B. Keep in mind that traditional BIOS (CSM) is going away entirely
in favor of UEFI. So, in future, you'll never have this problem again!
Well, it's just a trade in, you will just get different problems. Just
try to recover a PC (or worse, laptop) that
Hi,
N.B. Keep in mind that traditional BIOS (CSM) is going away entirely
in favor of UEFI. So, in future, you'll never have this problem again!
On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 7:54 AM, Kevin McCormick wrote:
>
> I omitted to say that my operating system is Linux, Slackware 14.2. The
> Windows solutions
Hi Kevin,
the point was that if you have a modern BIOS, it will
just look for a data file on a FAT-formatted USB stick
and then update *itself* - You do NOT have to boot any
DOS from the stick to do that. Of course you can exit
the setup of FreeDOS 1.0 or 1.2 or skip entering it.
Trying to follo
I omitted to say that my operating system is Linux, Slackware 14.2. The
Windows solutions of Rufus or a dos formatted usb stick don't work for
me since these require some form of Windows. Unetbootin also does not
work with FreeDOS I.2, but even with a 1.0 image, the usb stick goes
into the setup
Kevin McCormick composed on 2018-04-06 08:58 (UTC-0500):
> I subscribed to this list because I am having a lot of trouble making a
> simple dos usb stick to upgrade my computer bios. It is appalling that
> the my motherboard manufacturer does not have the tools for linux (or
> windows for that ma
Hello all,
I subscribed to this list because I am having a lot of trouble making a
simple dos usb stick to upgrade my computer bios. It is appalling that
the my motherboard manufacturer does not have the tools for linux (or
windows for that matter) and the AMI bios is equally appalling.
However,
From: Rugxulo
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Ralf Quint wrote:
> On 1/2/2017 12:18 PM, dmccunney wrote:
>>
>>> In particular, here's "Installing Windows 2000 on an SD Card"
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/user/Druaga1/
>>
>> I have Win10 and Ubuntu installed on an SSD on my desktop, and it
From: Ralf Quint
On 1/2/2017 12:18 PM, dmccunney wrote:
>
>> In particular, here's "Installing Windows 2000 on an SD Card":
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-hDOiI0-6s
> I have Win10 and Ubuntu installed on an SSD on my desktop, and it
> speeds things up a treat.
>
> I could install Win2K t
From: dmccunney
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Rugxulo wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:52 PM, dmccunney wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>>
>> My old notebook was set to multiboot, with Win2K Pro, a couple of
>> flavors of Linux, and FreeDOS on separate HD pa
From: Rugxulo
Hi,
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:52 PM, dmccunney wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>
> My old notebook was set to multiboot, with Win2K Pro, a couple of
> flavors of Linux, and FreeDOS on separate HD partitions.
Do you ever watch YouTube? I found a guy
From: Louis Santillan
If the drive (vs. the floppy) itself remains an issue in the 486,
devices like these [0] are becoming popular. Just plugin some old USB
flash drive with the image file and you're good to go.
Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator
[0] http://a.co/48x3vtl
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 6:52 P
From: dmccunney
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Santiago Almenara wrote:
> 2017-01-01 18:52 GMT-05:00 dmccunney :
>> That brings back memories. Back in the day, there was discussion of
>> which *brand* of floppies to use, if you wanted to write something to
>> floppy, put it on a shelf, and be
From: dmccunney
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I never had a USB floppy drive but have experience with regular floppy
drives, 3.5" and 5.25".
>
> In the later years, I had great trouble with floppy drives. Ability to
write was lost before the ability to read. 5.25" fl
From: "Thomas Mueller"
> I was asked why I cannot put FreeDOS on a floppy. Here is the reason. I
> just tried another floppy disk that I found. It is original from before
> 1995, so it may be broken. I can try to check on my 486 once it is up
> and running, but for now this is what I get on Linux
From: Rugxulo
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Sz+agy|-nyi G|ibor
wrote:
> Hi FreeDOS users!
>
> I would like to use pendrive and USB floppy drive under freedos.
Heck, let me just save you the trouble and paraphrase the local cynic:
"It won't work. Just use Linux." (He's 90% right, USB is
> From: Rugxulo
> Having said that, USB floppy drive should automatically work (thanks
> to the BIOS). I have one, it works fine (although I haven't used it
> lately). Of course, I don't have any UEFI machines, so I don't know
> how those would behave.
For the uneducated, what is a "USB floppy d
From: Sz+agy|-nyi G|ibor
Hi FreeDOS users!
I would like to use pendrive and USB floppy drive under freedos. I found an
old article about this.
http://www.freedos.org/history/technote/203.html
My question is: How can I use pendrive and USB mass storage drive under
freedos?
Thanks,
Gabor
Hi,
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Ralf Quint wrote:
> On 1/2/2017 12:18 PM, dmccunney wrote:
>>
>>> In particular, here's "Installing Windows 2000 on an SD Card"
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/user/Druaga1/
>>
>> I have Win10 and Ubuntu installed on an SSD on my desktop, and it
>> speeds thing
On 1/2/2017 12:18 PM, dmccunney wrote:
>
>> In particular, here's "Installing Windows 2000 on an SD Card":
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-hDOiI0-6s
> I have Win10 and Ubuntu installed on an SSD on my desktop, and it
> speeds things up a treat.
>
> I could install Win2K to SSD, but there's
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Rugxulo wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:52 PM, dmccunney wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>>
>> My old notebook was set to multiboot, with Win2K Pro, a couple of
>> flavors of Linux, and FreeDOS on separate HD partitions.
>
> Do y
Hi,
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:52 PM, dmccunney wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>
> My old notebook was set to multiboot, with Win2K Pro, a couple of
> flavors of Linux, and FreeDOS on separate HD partitions.
Do you ever watch YouTube? I found a guy recently (Druaga
If the drive (vs. the floppy) itself remains an issue in the 486,
devices like these [0] are becoming popular. Just plugin some old USB
flash drive with the image file and you're good to go.
Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator
[0] http://a.co/48x3vtl
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 6:52 PM, dmccunney wrote:
> O
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> That brings back memories. Back in the day, there was discussion of
>> which *brand* of floppies to use, if you wanted to write something to
>> floppy, put it on a shelf, and be able to read it again 5 years from
>> now. At the time, the "
> That brings back memories. Back in the day, there was discussion of
> which *brand* of floppies to use, if you wanted to write something to
> floppy, put it on a shelf, and be able to read it again 5 years from
> now. At the time, the "gold standard" was Dysan. Floppy disk media
> varied in qu
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Santiago Almenara wrote:
> 2017-01-01 18:52 GMT-05:00 dmccunney :
>> That brings back memories. Back in the day, there was discussion of
>> which *brand* of floppies to use, if you wanted to write something to
>> floppy, put it on a shelf, and be able to read it a
Excuse me, I don't want to start a flame war but
I always thought that floppy disks production were pretty dead, maybe some
obscure Chinese brand were still making them.
In the other hand, are Imation, 3M or Sony still making floppies???
Happy New Year!
Santiago
2017-01-01 18:52 GMT-05:00
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I never had a USB floppy drive but have experience with regular floppy
> drives, 3.5" and 5.25".
>
> In the later years, I had great trouble with floppy drives. Ability to write
> was lost before the ability to read. 5.25" floppies seeme
> I was asked why I cannot put FreeDOS on a floppy. Here is the reason. I
> just tried another floppy disk that I found. It is original from before
> 1995, so it may be broken. I can try to check on my 486 once it is up
> and running, but for now this is what I get on Linux when I put the disk
> in
On 11/8/2016 7:38 AM, Mike Powell wrote:
>
> For the uneducated, what is a "USB floppy drive"?
A floppy drive connected via a USB port...
Google it and you will find it, for example
https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Floppy-Drive-FL-UDRV/dp/B00E9MD700
Ralf
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Originally to: Rugxulo
> From: Rugxulo
> Having said that, USB floppy drive should automatically work (thanks
> to the BIOS). I have one, it works fine (although I haven't used it
> lately). Of course, I don't have any UEFI machines, so I don't know
> how those would behave.
For the uneducated,
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Szőgyényi Gábor wrote:
> Hi FreeDOS users!
>
> I would like to use pendrive and USB floppy drive under freedos.
Heck, let me just save you the trouble and paraphrase the local cynic:
"It won't work. Just use Linux." (He's 90% right, USB is a complex
mess that
Hi FreeDOS users!
I would like to use pendrive and USB floppy drive under freedos. I found an old
article about this.
http://www.freedos.org/history/technote/203.html
My question is: How can I use pendrive and USB mass storage drive under freedos?
Thanks,
Gabor
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The details I don't know but I have had it higher with FREEDOS
and it works fine. I wish FREEDOS had a xon/xoff with its mode command
When the printer stops to clean its pen it falls behind and screws up.
The adapter is an rs232 to bluethooth and works just like a modem
with AT command set. I pair
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:30:03 -0400, Ralf Quint
wrote:
> On 4/23/2016 6:53 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
>> The copy command is limited to what you set the mode command to.
>> FREEDOS lets you set the baud very high but other dos's and
>> even windows has 9600 baud as the upper limit, well below
>>
On 4/24/2016 7:25 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> I load my software on cf chips so I'm running pure dos
> no windows. When you read the help section it implies
> that 19200 exists but when you try the command
> it comes back not allowed. Even windows 7 has a
> 9600 limit. You can set it in the control
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> I load my software on cf chips so I'm running pure dos
> no windows.
We know. You've said so before. Running from CF card is irrelevant
to the problem.
> When you read the help section it implies>
> that 19200 exists but when you try th
I load my software on cf chips so I'm running pure dos
no windows. When you read the help section it implies
that 19200 exists but when you try the command
it comes back not allowed. Even windows 7 has a
9600 limit. You can set it in the control panel to over 115000 baud
then click ok and it sets
You're right about error correction. It doesn't exist with the copy
command-pity.
But if your software doesn't have high speed serial enabled then you
only have left the dos copy command. Most software will print to a .prn
file.
which you can copy to the printer. Most software targets to the lpt1
On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> The copy command is limited to what you set the mode command to.
> FREEDOS lets you set the baud very high but other dos's and
> even windows has 9600 baud as the upper limit, well below
> the uarts top speed.
It's been too long since I ran
On 4/23/2016 6:53 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> The copy command is limited to what you set the mode command to.
> FREEDOS lets you set the baud very high but other dos's and
> even windows has 9600 baud as the upper limit, well below
> the uarts top speed.
> If I type copy filename.prn com1: in any
The copy command is limited to what you set the mode command to.
FREEDOS lets you set the baud very high but other dos's and
even windows has 9600 baud as the upper limit, well below
the uarts top speed.
If I type copy filename.prn com1: in any other dos besides FREEDOS
its top transmission speed
On 4/23/2016 5:40 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> Its not only MSdos 7.1 but other dos's that limit the uart speed
> to 9600 baud. The mode command doesn't go higher than 9600 baud.
> I use the dos copy command to send the .prn files to a bluetooth printer.
> At 9600 baud you can take a nice long coffe
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