[Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

I recently built Tcl for DOS using DJGPP. This is based on the work of Georg Potthast and Viktor Wagner. These builds include Ck and Sqlite. Below are download links for Tcl 8.5.19 and Tcl 8.6.9. https://archive.org/download/tcl-8.5.19-for-dos https://archive.org/download/tcl-8.6.9-for-dos

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

ZB wrote: On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 12:55:38PM -0700, Ben Collver wrote: I recently built Tcl for DOS using DJGPP. This is based on the work of Georg Potthast and Viktor Wagner. These builds include Ck and Sqlite. Below are download links for Tcl 8.5.19 and Tcl 8.6.9. Interesting. Perhaps it

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

Rugxulo wrote: Hi! On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 2:57 PM Ben Collver wrote: I recently built Tcl for DOS using DJGPP. This is based on the work of Georg Potthast and Viktor Wagner. These builds include Ck and Sqlite. Below are download links for Tcl 8.5.19 and Tcl 8.6.9. https://archive.org

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

ZB wrote: On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 11:52:35AM -0700, Ben Collver wrote: On your suggestion i built Tcl 8.4.20 using DJGPP, but it crashes somewhere in TclpSetInitialEncodings(). It seems to recurse infinitely... Thanks, I already got that one - but this is much earlier version. I'm not

[Freedos-user] Angband for DOS

I recently built Angband for DOS using DJGPP. This is based on the "IBM" display code from version 3.0.6. Below are download links for Angband 3.4.1 and Angband 4.2.0. Version 3.4.1 is significantly faster on older machines. https://archive.org/details/ang341 https://archive.org/details/an

Re: [Freedos-user] Angband for DOS

video_game) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angband_%28video_game%29> Same as the source version here? https://github.com/angband/angband On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 12:31 AM Ben Collver <mailto:bencoll...@riseup.net>> wrote: I recently built Angband for DOS using DJGPP.  This

Re: [Freedos-user] [release] Dr. Mind v1.0

TK Chia wrote: Hello Mateusz, http://drmind.sourceforge.net Well, all I can say for now is, it works and is really cool. :-) Thank you! I tried the lite version. I like how small it is, and the thoughtful touches such as the animated cursor in the menu. Thanks! -Ben

[Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS update

Tcl is a script language originally created by Dr. John Ousterhout, who is currently a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. This updated build adds a rudimentary [exec] command using code from mstcl73. This is based on the work of Tom Poindexter, Georg Potthast, and Viktor Wa

Re: [Freedos-user] CD burner software

Ralf Quint wrote: I was actually able to find a direct download at ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/utildisk/doscdrb3.zip http://bootcd.narod.ru/index_e.htm has some CDRTools, which include a burning program but never used that either. I have not tried it, but found cdrkit here: http://www.ibi

Re: [Freedos-user] Tcl for DOS

Ralf Quint wrote: On 9/29/2019 7:10 PM, dmccunney wrote: What would you be benchmarking? I would benchmark a set of tasks performed on an identical data set. For example, importing the data, doing a bunch of inserts, deletes, random selects, etc. SQLite is a full SQL compliant relational

Re: [Freedos-user] Re : Quick FreeDOS 1.3 Live CD Poll

On the serious side, it's nice to see a project that values user feedback. Many only pay lip-service. -Ben On November 17, 2019 3:57:22 PM PST, Ralf Quint wrote: >On 11/17/2019 3:00 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user >>> >>

Re: [Freedos-user] WebServer in FreeDOS

Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote: Greetings! Old to MS DOS, but newbie to FreeDOS.  Is there a webserver written and run purely on FreeDOS?  I have done a few searches, but don't see anything in the various apps sites.  Thanks. josé Hi, I have seen old NCSA httpd ports lying around in DOS archi

Re: [Freedos-user] qt and DOs?

Mateusz Viste wrote: On 27/01/2020 19:02, Jim Hall wrote: I think a better option to create an ebook reader for DOS is to build one. My thought is most ebooks (at least EPUB) are just zip files that contain a predetermined structure; Yes, ePub files are just zip files with a bunch of xml metad

[Freedos-user] History of Trackers

https://www.musictech.net/guides/essential-guide/history-of-trackers/ The history of trackers === Tim Cant 10th June 2020 Few music-sequencing softwares have a history as distinctive as the tracker.  With the epochal program now arriving in hardware form, we trace the tracker

[Freedos-user] Printing to PDF on FreeDOS

This message is based on a recent log entry of mine. It describes how to print to PDF on FreeDOS. In my example, i take a screenshot and print it using the COPY command. However, the method should work with most DOS programs that can print to an Epson printer. All of the utilities used in this

Re: [Freedos-user] Printing to PDF on FreeDOS

p.s. I should have tested those gopher links. Here are the corrected links. * EscParse Esc/P to PDF/PS/SVG converter by Nikita Zimin   gopher://tilde.pink/9/~bencollver/files/dos/util/escparse/escparse.zip * Filter to fix Epson printer graphics output by NetPBM   gopher://tilde.pink/9/~bencollve

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS ASM resources

I learned DOS asm from the following book, recommended by a friend. Using Assembly Language by Allen Wyatt, published by Que At that time i preferred to use the a86 assembler. http://www.eji.com/a86/ Below is a link to PC Assembly Language by Paul Carter: https://pacman128.github.io/static/pcasm-

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS ASM resources

I made a mistake pasting a URL into my last post. OLD: http://ref.x86asm.net/coder32.htmlhttp://www.eji.com/a86/ NEW: http://ref.x86asm.net/coder32.html ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists

[Freedos-user] clipboard support utilities

Hi, Back in 2019 i tinkered with a few real-mode clipboard utilities and i am sharing them here in case someone might find them useful. gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/util/clip/ * winoldap.com is a TSR that provides the WinOldAp API for a system-wide clipboard on FreeDOS. It is l

Re: [Freedos-user] clipboard support utilities

> And, for those of us not running any kind of Gopher client, I presume the > link > https://gemini.spam.works/x/tilde.pink/~bencollver/files/dos/util/clip/ will > > also work, yes? Yes, that link ought to work. curl and lynx can access gopher if they are present. -Ben _

Re: [Freedos-user] Semware has released TSE as Freeware

I used Qedit (Q.EXE) as my primary editor on my first PC.  It has the same Wordstar key bindings that i grew accustomed to using Borland's Turbo-Basic and Turbo-Pascal in school.  It continued to be my editor of choice until i started using Unix.  So i am pleased that TSE Pro 2.5 has been releas

Re: [Freedos-user] Feelings on lfn

I've seen code will only compile with DJGPP if LFN is enabled. But anyone who is seriously using DJGPP probably knows how to enable LFN. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freed

[Freedos-user] gopherus 1.2.2 DJGPP build

Here's a DJGPP build of gopherus 1.2.2 packaged for FreeDOS.  I did not test it thoroughly.  If you run into any problems, please let me know. https://archive.org/details/gopherus-1.2.2-djgpp ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos, laptops, and the internet?

I realize this is not exactly what you are looking for, but another option is an RS-232 WIFI modem.  Below are eBay links for four ready-made products, plus a link describing how to DIY with a Raspberry Pi.  All of these options are powered by a USB cable. I am guessing that a system with a Pen

[Freedos-user] Printing to USB Printers

On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 13:41:46 +, Michael Perry wrote: > Using FreeDOS 1.3 on bare metal. Yes, I know that USB came well after > DOS's golden years. > > All of the parallel to USB adapters I've seen require Windows > drivers. I tried USBPRINT without success (although USBDRIVE works > grea

[Freedos-user] DJGPP gawk.exe and FAT corruption

Good day, I am writing about a recent experience just in case it helps someone else in the future. I wrote an EPUB to TXT converter and announced it on the DOS Ain't Dead forum. It is an AWK script and it is named epub2txt.awk. It "shells out" to other utilities to do much of the work, includin

[Freedos-user] Copying Files Between Linux And FreeDOS

Copying Files Between Linux And FreeDOS === I boot FreeDOS both on real hardware and on virtual machines. During development i prefer to test DOS builds in a virtual machine for convenience. I often use qemu for this. Up until around 2019, i was using guestmou

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] Copying Files Between Linux And FreeDOS

> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 03:27:18 +0200 > From: Eric Auer > > Even without the effort to create a network between QEMU > and the host Linux, have you considered using DOSEMU2? ;-) > > https://github.com/dosemu2/ I do not like dosemu2. See the [rant] section of the following post for details.

Re: [Freedos-user] Copying Files Between Linux And FreeDOS

> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:49:21 -0400 > From: jer...@shidel.net > To: FreeDOS Users > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Copying Files Between Linux And FreeDOS > > Have you considered using EtherDFS or NetDrive? > > https://etherdfs.sourceforge.net/ I tried Ether

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and the Gemini protocol

Another option is to use a gemini proxy. For example: C:\>lynx https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/geminispace.info/search%3Ffreedos This is an indirect way to access gemini://geminispace.info/search?freedos ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.

Re: [Freedos-user] Epson dot matrix printer emulator?

I wrote a post about how to do this on FreeDOS. It converts Epson printer data to image or PDF. DOSBox-X has similar Epson printer emulation built in, and you can install FreeDOS on that. Basically, the process goes like this: * Run prn2file to capture the printer data to a file. * Print from

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos, or dos based mail clients?

Karen also asked about this on the lynx-dev mailing list. They reported that panix.com tested squirrelmail and roundcube in lynx and found that neither works because certain controls in both apps are proprietary controls not standard web controls. I don't do email on DOS, but if i did, i would

[Freedos-user] Walden for computer programmers

""" If there's a "Walden" for computer programmers, it would be a 4:3 display running DOS where coding can be done without any modern day annoying interruptions. """ From: https://fernandomeyer.com/microblog/2023-12-03-111519076247101245/ ___ Freedos-u

[Freedos-user] jq 1.7.1 for DOS

Greetings, Here is a link to download jq 1.7.1 for DOS built with DJGPP and lightly tested on DOSBox and FreeDOS. jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter and map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep and friends let you play with text. htt

Re: [Freedos-user] Coding in BASIC for Freedos?

> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:26:05 +0100 > From: tom ehlert > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." > > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Coding in BASIC for Freedos? > > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 6:26 AM Liam Proven via Freedos-user > > wrote: > > [..] > >> There are good reasons tha

Re: [Freedos-user] odd news

> Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 00:29:44 +0200 > From: Eric Auer > > and a dos port of gnupg where important features cannot be used > because dos has no /dev/random (see bttr thread) be newsworthy? The DOS port of gnupg should be fully functional now, both on FreeDOS and MS-DOS. When generating keys,

Re: [Freedos-user] PDF documentation

> Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:58:30 +0200 > From: Jose Senna > > Michael Brutman said: > > I feel bad shipping a 3MB PDF file on FreeDOS knowing > > that most people are not going to open it under FreeDOS. > > What are the present means to open a .PDF file > under FreeDOS (or any DOS, BTW

Re: [Freedos-user] Arrow keys in QEMU

> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:59:58 -0500 > From: Jim Hall > ... > If you use QEMU, you can add *-global i8042.kbd-throttle=on* to the QEMU > command line. I haven't experimented with games yet, to make sure it's not > causing issues elsewhere, but so far it seems to work fine with other > regular D