Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

Hi! The trick is that "if errorlevel 42" does not only trigger if the errorlevel is EXACTLY 42, but if it is AT LEAST 42: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/if As you already found out, you could also use == for equality. Of course, FreeCOM only

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

> On Thu, May 08, 2025 at 04:43:29PM -0400, Roger wrote: >> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 02:50:11PM -0400, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user >> wrote: >> >> >>> On May 7, 2025, at 2:17 PM, Roger via Freedos-user >>> wrote: >>> >>> Forgot mentioning, when booting FreeDOS-1.4 from USB flash media, >>> do

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 02:50:11PM -0400, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > wrote: > > >> On May 7, 2025, at 2:17 PM, Roger via Freedos-user >> wrote: >> >> Forgot mentioning, when booting FreeDOS-1.4 from USB flash media, >> doesn't appear for having a method for detecting when booting from b

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

o Done :Done > > Roger > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@list

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

Forgot mentioning, when booting FreeDOS-1.4 from USB flash media, doesn't appear for having a method for detecting when booting from between Qemu or a bare metal PC, as hardware configuration (eg. autoexec.bat) between the two hardware schemes would likely be different. Roger __

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 10:17:10AM +0200, Alex via Freedos-user wrote: >Hello, I wanted to ask if there's a way to install full FreeDOS OS on a >USB stick, not the FullUSB live version, but the full operating system. Works very well, using Qemu on Linux hosts and when booting from a bare metal P

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

urceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/message/59126572/> > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

On Wed, 7 May 2025 at 09:20, Alex via Freedos-user wrote: > > Hello, I wanted to ask if there's a way to install full FreeDOS OS on a USB > stick, not the FullUSB live version, but the full operating system. Yes. I wrote about it here: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/dos_distraction_free

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

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Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-1.4 Networking ODI Driver Setup Corrections

s OS scandisk/chkdisk this, or am I screwed with that file name now until the sector gets overwritten? Roger ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ____

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-1.4 Networking ODI Driver Setup Corrections

perseverance won out in the end! Best Regards, Bill Allen On Sat, May 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM Roger via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I have the following computer and network ethernet card: > DELL OPTIPLEX 755 > Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Con

[Freedos-user] Freedos-1.4 Networking ODI Driver Setup Corrections

I have the following computer and network ethernet card: DELL OPTIPLEX 755 Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) Supposedly the 82566DM is supported by the Intel e1000 driver, however only NDIS drivers, no apparent ODI. (eg. prodos-22.10.exe, prodos-24.30.exe, ...) Regar

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 Mouse

I apologize for my mistake. Lugupidamisega Madis - Siim Kull Mu veebikodu: http://madis-siim-kull.format.com/ telf: +37255597153 On Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 20:03 Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM madis-siim kull vi

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 Mouse problem

Isn't this the same question you asked in the other email discussion thread? Why start a new thread? [**or see below] My reply on the other discussion thread was: : This sounds like a hardware problem. FreeDOS 1.4 uses the same kernel : as FreeDOS 1.3, so this can't be a kernel regression. You sa

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 Mouse problem

I have an issue where the mouse (ctmouse and mouse.com) will lock up programs when I boot into FreeDOS. My setup: Dell Inspiron 530 with an old hard drive 80 gb split into 4 partitions. Usb Keyboard and mouse. Mouse is ps/2 that uses an adapter. What has been tested: ctmouse (default mouse in Fr

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 Mouse

On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM Norby Droid via Freedos-user wrote: > > I have noticed an issue with the mouse in FreeDOS 1.4 that wasn't > there in 1.3. > > Whenever I start FreeDOS with a mouse installed and I use programs, > the program acts as if there is a mouse button held down, and it > pre

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 Mouse

On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM madis-siim kull via Freedos-user wrote: > > Is there any way to install Estonian key map on FreeDos 1 4 and make system > understand Estonian spesal characters (õ ä ö ü) > This is a new topic, so you should start a new discussion in the email list so that others

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 Mouse

Is there any way to install Estonian key map on FreeDos 1 4 and make system understand Estonian spesal characters (õ ä ö ü) On Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 09:05 Louis Santillan via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Do you have this issue with other DOSes? > >

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 Mouse

Do you have this issue with other DOSes? On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM Norby Droid via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I have noticed an issue with the mouse in FreeDOS 1.4 that wasn't there in > 1.3. > > Whenever I start FreeDOS with a mo

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 Mouse

I have noticed an issue with the mouse in FreeDOS 1.4 that wasn't there in 1.3. Whenever I start FreeDOS with a mouse installed and I use programs, the program acts as if there is a mouse button held down, and it prevents me from usin the keyboard as well. I have tested this with both ctmouse and

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.4 PCMCIA CF Card (ATACARD) Support

On 4/16/2025 7:07 AM, Markus Schneider via Freedos-user wrote: Hi all, hope I'm using this channel in the right way, first time :-) I'm trying to setup an Compaq Elite LTE Laptop (486-DX2-75, 16MB) with Freedos and everything is working great after some time, even got WIN3.1 running in standa

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.4 PCMCIA CF Card (ATACARD) Support

helpful, thanks for reading ! Best RegardsMarkus   ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______ Freedos-user mailing list Freed

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.4 PCMCIA CF Card (ATACARD) Support

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:07:58 +0200, Markus Schneider via Freedos-user wrote: > [...] a CF Card via PCMCIA adapter acting as additional hard disk [...] The way it worked for me was that the card needs to be inserted when you boot, and if you swap the card then the change will not be detected. I di

[Freedos-user] Freedos 1.4 PCMCIA CF Card (ATACARD) Support

Hi all, hope I'm using this channel in the right way, first time :-) I'm trying to setup an Compaq Elite LTE Laptop (486-DX2-75, 16MB) with Freedos and everything is working great after some time, even got WIN3.1 running in standard mode on top. What I really would like to have is a CF Card via

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 - why 2 discs, and not one?

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Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 - why 2 discs, and not one?

lable. Not all RAM is allocated to a RAM drive. I forget the exact numbers but a portion is left unallocated for programs to use as XMS. > > In addition, I would suggest some 8086 compatibility updates > and an update to the README to list Bonus space requirements. > > Best regards, E

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 - why 2 discs, and not one?

Hello :-) I've counted that the two images of FreeDOS 1.4, live and bonus, amount to 355567 sectors. This is still within the realm of possibility to fit it all on one CD, as 80 minute CDs can hold 360k sectors. What influenced this decision to make 2 CDs and not one when one? Looking at the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 - why 2 discs, and not one?

t was to occur, it could drastically reduce the size requirements. We would then likely put everything on a single disc. Jerome > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.n

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4 - why 2 discs, and not one?

Hello everyone, I've counted that the two images of FreeDOS 1.4, live and bonus, amount to 355567 sectors. This is still within the realm of possibility to fit it all on one CD, as 80 minute CDs can hold 360k sectors. What influenced this decision to make 2 CDs and not one when one? Best reg

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4-GM

Excellent! Thanks, Jerome! Best Regards, Bill Allen On Tue, Apr 1, 2025, 06:56 Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > The FreeDOS 1.4 “Gold Master” is now available for download at: > > > https://www.ibiblio.org/pu

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.4-GM

Hi All, The FreeDOS 1.4 “Gold Master” is now available for download at: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/ If all is as expected, the plan is this build will become the offic

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

ownloading capability. After the update, all is well once again. :) Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. On Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 at 7:23 PM, Michał Dec via Freedos-user freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Hi, > > I think other people are exaggeratin

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

at 7:23 PM, Micha?? Dec via Freedos-user freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: Hi, I think other people are exaggerating a little bit with YouTube changing all the time with the explicit purpose of thwarting downloaders and here's my 2 cents. First, I highly doubt that Google gives YouTu

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

On Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 at 6:01 PM, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user wrote: > The biggest problem is that youtube is constantly changing their site to foil > downloaders. The program referred to in this thread youtube-dl has an older > version as mentioned, that runs on python 2. something, a

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

e has such a project? A  freedos or other dos port of say something like Yt-dlp? Best, Karen ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _____

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

er wrote: Hi All, Simply curious if anyone has such a project? A?? freedos or other dos port of say something like Yt-dlp? Best, Karen ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://list

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

The biggest problem is that youtube is constantly changing their site to foil downloaders.  The program referred to in this thread youtube-dl has an older version as mentioned, that runs on python 2. something, and that version no longer works, because it hasn't been updated in a very long time

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

wrote: Hi All, Simply curious if anyone has such a project? A freedos or other dos port of say something like Yt-dlp? Best, Karen ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedo

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

freedos or other dos port of say something like Yt-dlp? >Best, >Karen > > > > >___ >Freedos-user mailing list >Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi All, > Simply curious if anyone has such a project? > A freedos or other dos port of say something like Yt-dlp? > Best, > Karen > > ___ Freedos-use

[Freedos-user] freedos and ports of Youtube downloading programs?

Hi All, Simply curious if anyone has such a project? A freedos or other dos port of say something like Yt-dlp? Best, Karen ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS adventures - latest project

an > installation of the 1.4rc3 Bonus CD apps via FDIMPLES to bring my new > installation up to date? > > ~Bill > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> That's a pretty cool project! I l

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS adventures - latest project

t. Is there a way for me to force an installation of the 1.4rc3 Bonus CD apps via FDIMPLES to bring my new installation up to date? ~Bill On Sun, Mar 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > That's a pretty cool project! I like these

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS adventures - latest project

That's a pretty cool project! I like these small systems that can run FreeDOS. I have a Pocket'386 which does the job for me, but the Zimaboard looks very interesting too. Since it's running over a network (VNC) I'm curious what the performance is like for things like games. I'm assuming you don't

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS adventures - latest project

Some may remember that I was working on getting a Zimaboard running FreeDOS onto the network. That was accomplished, but it seems I could not help myself but keep going to see what else I might be able to do. Here is a completed little project of putting a networked Zimaboard running FreeDOS 1.4rc2

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS > 1.3

autodetetion of network cards. When a packet driver is available, load it. When not, load it via MS LANMANAGER NDIS NDISPKT available in the public since 2001 (!), but apparently not sexy enough for anybody to pick up. and saves so much of "Try this, try that" it would also be cool

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS and DOSBox-X

I have been playing around with DOSBox-X under Windows and FreeDOS for the last few days. Everything seems to work and I got as far as getting networking to work. There seems to be good documentation and support within FreeDOS for running on VirtualBOX and QEMU but I didn't find much regarding DO

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS & HP t5745 - WAS: USB to RS-232 Adapters

is 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

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Bug tracking

Hello, There has been a lot of movement on the FreeDOS Sourceforge bug tracker lately. However, as far as I know, since we moved source to GitLab, the official tool for but reporting is there. At least, I just wanted to point out that at some point in the past, I did a revision of whatever was in

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on a Dell Inspiron 1150: safe-mode only?

le to play an MP3, albeit vey slowly. > > > >As it stands, I can run Vim, I can run games, and I can read AMB-format > > e-books, so it is usable for me. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nichola

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on a Dell Inspiron 1150: safe-mode only?

cholas > > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on a Dell Inspiron 1150: safe-mode only?

Hi! I recently pulled a Dell Inspiron 1150 from my local landfill. This is a Windows XP-era laptop... Intel Celeron 2.6 GHz, and I installed 2 GB of RAM. I was able to install FreeDOS... but... https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/report.html Well, if

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS on a Dell Inspiron 1150: safe-mode only?

I recently pulled a Dell Inspiron 1150 from my local landfill. This is a Windows XP-era laptop. It has an Intel Celeron 2.6 GHz, and I installed 2 GB of RAM. I was able to install FreeDOS on it, but it will only run in safe mode. The other options (JEMMEX, JEMM386, etc.) freeze on their

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2670, Issue 2

> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:49:21 -0400 > From: jer...@shidel.net > > Have you considered using EtherDFS or NetDrive? > > https://etherdfs.sourceforge.net/ > https://www.brutman.com/mTCP/mTCP_NetDrive.html > I'

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On at 2024-07-01 20:12 +, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user wrote: On 7/1/2024 7:56 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: The WIN31SUPPORT define is still not enabled/defined by default I believe. Some discussion in [7]. At some point I manually built a kernel including it. I also contributed

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On at 2024-07-01 21:56 +0200, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: Hi ECM, thanks for the explanations! If I understand https://github.com/FDOS/kernel/issues/50 correctly, Windows 386enh support is not part of the automated builds yet because there originally were limitations regarding which com

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

ou now have a usable partition setup and will skip that stage. It will then prompt to format the empty partition to make it usable. Unless you want to run a long slow full format, there is no need to exit the installer or leave normal mode for that. > > > ____

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

> On Jul 1, 2024, at 3:47 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > >  > Hi Jerome, > >>> I basically wonder about something like a third choice, next to >>> "auto-fdisk & auto-format" and "exit to DOS", which lets the user >>> run FDISK interactively and then returns to the installer. >> It

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On 7/1/2024 7:56 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: The WIN31SUPPORT define is still not enabled/defined by default I believe. Some discussion in [7]. At some point I manually built a kernel including it. I also contributed a workaround to allow the gcc build to succeed with WIN31SUPPORT

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On 7/1/2024 7:46 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: Hi Jerome, I basically wonder about something like a third choice, next to "auto-fdisk & auto-format" and "exit to DOS", which lets the user run FDISK interactively and then returns to the installer. It could be a shell to dos instea

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi ECM, thanks for the explanations! If I understand https://github.com/FDOS/kernel/issues/50 correctly, Windows 386enh support is not part of the automated builds yet because there originally were limitations regarding which compilers are supported, which have since been resolved? The secon

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi Jerome, I basically wonder about something like a third choice, next to "auto-fdisk & auto-format" and "exit to DOS", which lets the user run FDISK interactively and then returns to the installer. It only auto partitions in normal mode when no partitions exist. If partitions exist and ar

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

PPS: I do not suggest specific UEFI-BIOS-CSM projects. Anybody? I went searching for some recently, and the only ones I found were pcem (no longer maintained it seems, although there was an update a few months ago, just no new release), and of course, the original pcXT rom from IBM which is

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On at 2024-07-01 13:26 -0400, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote: Hi ECM, On Jul 1, 2024, at 12:51 PM, E. C. Masloch via Freedos-user wrote: On at 2024-06-30 23:32 +0200, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: Remember that Jeremy first posted in 2021-07-26 about his proof of concept demo of

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi ECM, > On Jul 1, 2024, at 12:51 PM, E. C. Masloch via Freedos-user > wrote: > > On at 2024-06-30 23:32 +0200, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: > >> Remember that Jeremy first posted in 2021-07-26 about his proof >> of concept demo of a Windows 386enh install on FreeDOS kernel. >> Kernel ve

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On at 2024-06-30 23:32 +0200, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: Remember that Jeremy first posted in 2021-07-26 about his proof of concept demo of a Windows 386enh install on FreeDOS kernel. Kernel version 2044 exists since 2023-12-02. Since then, we basically have been waiting for people to TE

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 at 16:43, Alvah Whealton via Freedos-user wrote: > > Excellent, Liam, and thanks greatly for posting. I would try keeping up with > all that you write but there are an insufficient number of hours in a day. Why thank you! I can tell you that it frequently feels like there are

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Excellent, Liam, and thanks greatly for posting. I would try keeping up with all that you write but there are an insufficient number of hours in a day. Al Whealton On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 8:23 AM Liam Proven via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On Sun, 30 Ju

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On Sun, 30 Jun 2024 at 23:34, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: > > Interesting that MS Word for DOS looks a bit like EDIT, but > with char style highlighting and a graphical preview :-D Well, yes. They are both Common User Access apps. MS Word for DOS up to v5.0 used its own UI, but 5.5 switche

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

thub.com/FDOS/kernel/blob/master/docs/history.txt > > Note that the current main.c says copyright 1995-2023, while > version.h somehow still says REVISION_SEQ 43 for some reason? > > Either way, given that we HAVE a 386 enhanced mode compatible &

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi Jim, *Installer* the installer tries to do everything for you; the user should just be able to respond to prompts. I basically wonder about something like a third choice, next to "auto-fdisk & auto-format" and "exit to DOS", which lets the user run FDISK interactively and then returns to

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Jim Hall wrote: > > Join us today for the VCF Live Stream, hosted by Jeff Brace from the > > Vintage Computer Federation. Jerome Shidel wrote: > I was tied up (figuratively). So, I missed the first couple minutes. > > I was thinking it was going to be another interview. > > I just found it a littl

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Eric Auer wrote: [..] > Interesting that MS Word for DOS looks a bit like EDIT, but > with char style highlighting and a graphical preview :-D Yes, it's probably not surprising that the company that made MS-DOS Edit and Word for DOS would make them look a bit similar. I used Microsoft QuickC in th

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi Jim, > On Jun 29, 2024, at 5:03 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Join us today for the VCF Live Stream, hosted by Jeff Brace from the > Vintage Computer Federation. > I was tied up (figuratively). So, I missed the first couple minutes. I was thinking it was going to be another

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Eric Auer wrote: > Hi Jim and VCF, thank you for sharing the stream on > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_peIYEAM9pk > > Of course, I have some thoughts about it: > > Earlier in the video, when you present some spreadsheets > and word processors, there is a point where you show the > Windows 3

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Eric Auer wrote: [..] > Unfortunately, the rolling monthly release apparently > uses very OLD FreeDOS core components: > > A 2021 kernel with a copyright message saying 1995-2012 > and a 2021 shell version 0.85a :-( [...] > Remember that Jeremy first posted in 2021-07-26 about his proof > of concep

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Eric, > On Jun 30, 2024, at 5:33 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > […] > > Unfortunately, the rolling monthly release apparently > uses very OLD FreeDOS core components: > > A 2021 kernel with a copyright message saying 1995-2012 > and a 2021 shell version 0.85a :-( What? Those are

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi Jim and VCF, thank you for sharing the stream on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_peIYEAM9pk Of course, I have some thoughts about it: Earlier in the video, when you present some spreadsheets and word processors, there is a point where you show the Windows 3 about screen and it mentions

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Hi and a belated happy 30th birthday FreeDOS! If using freedos exclusively, what tools would allow you to attend this event? As Jim mentioned accessibility (although in another context) it would indeed be a good question whether for example the audio could be provided as a non-https download

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On 2024-06-30 00:37, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: If using freedos exclusively, what tools would allow you to attend this event? It could be downloaded with a browser using an Invidious link (either the audio, the video, or both) and later reproduced using a media player. Has mpla

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

On 6/29/2024 3:37 PM, Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user wrote: Just wondering. If using freedos exclusively, what tools would allow you to attend this event? Again, simply curious. Best, Karen Was this supposed to be a trick question? Ralf ___

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

rded so you can use the same URL to watch it later. Jim ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______ Freedos-user mailing list

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS live stream event with VCF

Join us today for the VCF Live Stream, hosted by Jeff Brace from the Vintage Computer Federation. I'm planning for this to be accessible to non-tech folks, so I'll start with a reminder about what DOS was like in the 1980s and 1990s, and what "Windows" was like. Then I'll talk about how we got sta

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wiki is temporary offline

A hint, microsoft employees are mad, and they're trying to make a living! On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:38 AM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I just realized that someone started spamming our wiki yesterday. So I've > taken that down un

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS wiki is temporary offline

I just realized that someone started spamming our wiki yesterday. So I've taken that down until I can clean it out and apply a patch. Great. Just when a bunch of people would be likely to visit the wiki to learn more about us. ___ Freedos-user mailing li

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS in the news

I wanted to share two articles that ran today, about FreeDOS turning 30 years old on June 29: SourceForge interviewed me about FreeDOS. This is a long read (about 5,000 words) but has a lot of history: https://sourceforge.net/articles/freedos-30th-anniversary-interview-with-jim-hall-from-the-free

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos-user Digest, Vol 2595, Issue 3

> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:56:58 -0500 > From: Jim Hall > > I think you have experienced what is known as "AI Hallucination" where > the AI just makes stuff up. "I asked ELIZA about this in-depth technical question and here's what she babbled, can you tell me if it's anything approaching conven

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

Hi Norby, > Thanks to jerome I believe the issue was tryin to install over the old > copy since i fprmated the drive before the install this time and it > worked. I probably should have tried that before sendin out the long > message. My gremlin there. Glad it worked now. > I cannot use vbox s

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

Thanks to jerome I believe the issue was tryin to install over the old copy since i fprmated the drive before the install this time and it worked. I probably should have tried that before sendin out the long message. My gremlin there. I cannot use vbox since my pc cannot run it, unless there is

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/FDT2404-LiveCD.zip worked for me (in QEMU). I have chosen 'Install to hard disk' from the main menu. Do you install in english? Have you verified the file with https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dis

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Apr 6, 2024, at 8:40 PM, Norby Droid via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > > One issue I find alot when tryin to install FreeDos is that it would g

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

Hi, > On Apr 6, 2024, at 8:40 PM, Norby Droid via Freedos-user > wrote: > > One issue I find alot when tryin to install FreeDos is that it would go most > of the way through the install then without any reason and no explanation as > to why, it just stops and says there is a problem so reboo

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

One issue I find alot when tryin to install FreeDos is that it would go most of the way through the install then without any reason and no explanation as to why, it just stops and says there is a problem so reboot or exit. I have FD in three locations. Second drive in my old desktop, usb drive, a

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS webpage - where can I see more News?

-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS webpage - where can I see more News?

After last changes of the FreeDOS webpage I don't know how to display more "What's new" on the webpage. In the previous designs there was a link like "Older news" but now I do not see it more. I was looking the announcement for the Dosfetch utility but because of this issue I was not able to fin

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Forums

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 5:47 AM Linvel Risner via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I don't imagine we have a forum, just an email list, right? > There are some forums listed here: https://www.freedos.org/forums/ -- andrew fabbro

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 2024 calendar coming soon

Jim Hall wrote: [..] >>> The anniversary is coming up in June 2024. I'm trying to finish a >>> 2024 calendar that you can buy (at low cost, if you want it in print) >>> or download (if you just want the images). I'm trying to finish >>> grading a bunch of university classes that I teach, so I haven

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 2024 calendar coming soon

If the calendar is a bunch of engineers in bathing suits, then I'll take 10. On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 9:02 AM Gabriele Barbone via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Merry Christmas guys and Happy 2024 > > Il dom 17 dic 2023, 20:43 Jim Hall via Free

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 2024 calendar coming soon

Merry Christmas guys and Happy 2024 Il dom 17 dic 2023, 20:43 Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> ha scritto: > (I'm re-sharing this item from my virtual get-together "followup" > email so it gets seen by others) > > > The annive

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