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 1/5/2017 11:28 AM, Gordon wrote:
> Is there an easy way to double the font size? When running Freedos in
> VMWare on a 4k monitor, the window is so small as to be almost unusable.
> None of the VMWare display settings change the resolution of the window.
> Even in full screen mode, the font size
On 1/5/2017 5:24 PM, Gordon wrote:
> That's what I was wondering -- can you install a larger font to get
> larger characters, or will the window still be the same size so you just
> get less lines and characters per line?
That font being used is still a matter of your host environment, and as
far
On 1/19/2017 1:16 PM, Eric Auer wrote:
> Rugxulo, Tom,
>
> DOS files should always use DOS linebreaks,
> even if some DOS apps can deal with Unix ones.
+1
It's just too bad that a lot of people are seeing FreeDOS just as
another (low end) Linux these days...
Ralf
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On 1/19/2017 2:40 PM, Jerome Shidel wrote:
> Eric, You and Tom are correct. But, so is Rugxulo.
Consistency is king...
> Is it a problem?
>
Potentially, yes, as someone might try to open up an LSM file after
install with a real DOS program that does NOT be able to handle LF-only
line endings.
Whe
On 1/19/2017 3:51 PM, dmccunney wrote:
> How many things available as part of FreeDOS *do* have problems with
> LF only EOL markers in text files?
There are several older compiler which will choke big time, so is likely
a lot of shareware stuff like AsEasyAs or older DOS text editors, dBASE,
etc.
On 1/20/2017 1:24 PM, Eric Auer wrote:
> Hi Ira,
>
> if FDAPM APMDOS slows down your FreeDOS (on which hardware?
> or in which environment, if not on bare physical hardware?)
> then you can try FDAPM ADV:REG instead, as APMDOS defaults
> to ADV:MAX which might be "overdoing" the energy savings in
>
On 2/1/2017 9:21 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote:
I also had time to update my VirtualBox images of FreeDOS. So if
anybody liked these images in the past: Here are the new ones: :-)
https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/
Well,...
On the side for the version supposedly without network, you
On 2/1/2017 9:21 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote:
> I also had time to update my VirtualBox images of FreeDOS. So if
> anybody liked these images in the past: Here are the new ones: :-)
>
> https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/
And to add to my last email, the supposedly non-network image start
On 2/2/2017 1:24 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote:
> Hmm. You’ve got a point. The thing is: FTPSRV was for some years the
> fastest way of getting files in and out of the FreeDOS guest. So I
> considered it something most people would want, also in the „normal“
> image without additional networking soft
On 2/2/2017 10:17 AM, Eric Auer wrote:
> By the way, it would be nice to include VMSMOUNT which lets
> DOS mount VMWare shared directories as drives, similar to
> the magic "directory as a drive" function in DOSEMU. Both
> require no network drivers at all, as far as I know :-)
Well, that works onl
On 2/3/2017 5:02 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote:
>
>>> 2017-02-03 Ralf Quint:
>>
>>>> Well, that works only with VMware, but unfortunately not with
>>>> VirtualBox, AFAIK.
>>
>>> Right.
>>
>> As with drivers for other things, it would
On 2/3/2017 12:59 AM, Eduardo Casino wrote:
> I started a VirtualBox version a couple of years ago, but I lost
> interest in it. Maybe one day...
Well, despite being "from Oracle" these, days, it is the best "freely
available" hypervisor out there. The VMware stuff is all for pay these
days, and
On 3/19/2017 9:29 PM, Ira Minor wrote:
I run Turbo C 2.01 on FreeDOS 1.2 and MS-DOS 7.1 with no problems of
any kind.
Do you run the command line compiler or are you using the IDE, as Abe
was trying to do?
I haven't really bothered with TC 2.01 as I own Borland C(++)3.1 and
with that one, the
On 3/24/2017 5:42 AM, Dennis Fenton wrote:
I was just trying to simply copy it. I get an insufficient space message.
That is to be expected.
A disk image is exactly that, a sector by sector image of EVERY sector
on the disk. That includes those of the boot sector (includes the
BPB-BIOS Paramt
On 3/23/2017 9:47 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
It is possible to format a floppy a bit over size. Most drives will
accommodate 2 to 4 extra tracks. Depending on the drive and the
controller it's possible to alter the number of sectors per track, but
all tracks must have the same number of sectors.
On 3/24/2017 4:36 PM, Dennis Fenton wrote:
> I want the fat32 in order to see drives and files on my win98 computer if I
> use Laplink. I was also hoping FreeDOS will do a better job of getting
> Arachne online. It reports low memory with MS-DOS. I have run memmaker
> several times.
Using FAT32
itten in Borland C++ 3.1 and Turbo C++ 3.0.
> According to that document first public release by Ralf Quint for the
> FreeDOS project is done at 2000/05/07.
>
> But i do not found program executables or source files.
> Does anyone knows if and/or where these FreeDos programs/source
On 4/10/2017 6:36 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:56:17 -0500, Rugxulo wrote:
>> It would be interesting to see some benchmark numbers for that (for
>> various specific tools, 8086, 386, etc).
> Just for the fun of it, I did some quick measures on my 386SX PC,
> computing various
On 4/24/2017 11:03 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> What is the difference between Lubuntu & Ubuntu.
> What difference does the L make.
The windows manager used...
Ubuntu, as in the main distro, is using Gnome 3 as the default window
manager (after they finally abandoned that stupid Unity carp), Lubunt
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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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On 8/1/2016 2:14 PM, TJ Edmister wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Aug 2016 05:24:30 -0400, dmccunney
> wrote:
>
>> More to the point, who *needed* it?
>>
>> MNG is PNG with support for animation. PNG was created to be a
>> graphics format unencumbere
From: Ralf Quint
On 8/18/2016 6:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Tom Ehlert wrote on Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:00:55 +0200:
>
>> an amazing amount of effort to get a german keyboard driver
> Not really once you know that you don't need the .kl file.
> According to
> http://help
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 th
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On 2/1/2017 9:21 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote:
> I also had time to update my VirtualBox images of FreeDOS. So if
> anybody liked these images in the past: Here are the new ones: :-)
>
> https://www.lazybrowndog.net/freedos/virtualbox/
And to add to my last email, the su
From: Ralf Quint
On 2/2/2017 1:24 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote:
> Hmm. YouAve got a point. The thing is: FTPSRV was for some years the
> fastest way of getting files in and out of the FreeDOS guest. So I
> considered it something most people would want, also in the anormalo
> i
From: Ralf Quint
On 2/3/2017 5:02 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote:
>
>>> 2017-02-03 Ralf Quint:
>>
>>>> Well, that works only with VMware, but unfortunately not with
>>>> VirtualBox, AFAIK.
>>
>>> Right.
>>
>> As with drivers for othe
From: Ralf Quint
On 2/3/2017 12:59 AM, Eduardo Casino wrote:
> I started a VirtualBox version a couple of years ago, but I lost
> interest in it. Maybe one day...
Well, despite being "from Oracle" these, days, it is the best "freely
available" hypervisor out there. T
From: Ralf Quint
On 2/2/2017 10:17 AM, Eric Auer wrote:
> By the way, it would be nice to include VMSMOUNT which lets
> DOS mount VMWare shared directories as drives, similar to
> the magic "directory as a drive" function in DOSEMU. Both
> require no network drivers at
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On 3/24/2017 4:36 PM, Dennis Fenton wrote:
> I want the fat32 in order to see drives and files on my win98 computer if I
use Laplink. I was also hoping FreeDOS will do a better job of getting Arachne
online. It reports low memory with MS-DOS. I have run memmaker several ti
From: Ralf Quint
On 4/9/2017 12:51 PM, J||rg Jenderek wrote:
> Hello,
> i am looking for FreeDOS versions BACKUP & RESTORE program, but i do not
> found these programs.
>
> After hours of searching i found only 2 html documents.
>
> The first is "brusrman.htm&qu
From: Ralf Quint
On 4/10/2017 6:36 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:56:17 -0500, Rugxulo wrote:
>> It would be interesting to see some benchmark numbers for that (for
>> various specific tools, 8086, 386, etc).
> Just for the fun of it, I did some quick measu
From: Ralf Quint
On 4/24/2017 11:03 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> What is the difference between Lubuntu & Ubuntu.
> What difference does the L make.
The windows manager used...
Ubuntu, as in the main distro, is using Gnome 3 as the default window
manager (after they finally abandoned t
On 6/11/2017 3:27 PM, Jose Antonio Senna wrote:
>> Form security (reCAPTCHA) missing, please submit again
> Nowhere on the original page there was a captcha field.
>
> This looks like another contrivance to keep out users of old browsers.
> ( I am using Firefox 2.0.20 for Windows98)
That happ
On 6/12/2017 7:05 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Actually, if you are having issues with the Captcha, create a support
> ticket.
> they should know it is presenting problems.
> Karen
Well, the problem with the ReCaptcha is that it is not a problem with
the reCaptcha...
I did not get those messages w
On 6/12/2017 3:14 PM, Simon van Meygaarden wrote:
> Greetings, Folks.
>
> One of the things I really like about FreeDOS 1.2 is the incredible
> Help browser: a perfect way to browse through the documentation, and,
> in my opinion, much better then the man-pages in Linux.
> In "How to use the FreeDO
On 6/13/2017 4:02 PM, Simon van Meygaarden wrote:
> Greetings, Folks.
>
> Ralf > First time I hear about those programs, and they are not
> something elementary to (Free)DOS,
> Jiri > All this is essentially for people who already know what's
> there or what should be there, not really for novices.
On 6/20/2017 9:45 AM, Jose Antonio Senna wrote:
>
> So, my conclusion is that the confirmation page really
> was a contrivance to keep out users of older browsers.
>
You don't seem to read the responses you get.
The captcha dialog, without actually showing a captcha, is a bug/quirk
on SourceF
On 6/22/2017 12:39 PM, Santiago Almenara wrote:
> Thanki you Ruxgulo,
>
>
> "-m 64" is fairly low. I usually leave it default (unless needing
> more), which is "-m 128". But even that is fairly low. Hey, you're
> already on x64, give it 512 MB! ;-)
>
>
> Why would I want more than 3
On 7/11/2017 9:45 AM, David wrote:
> Hi.
> I can't seem to get FreeDOS to install or create a boot disk. I've
> downloaded the create a boot disk image from the website but when I
> try to burn a cd windows says it is not a valid ISO file. Linus doen't
> seem to want burn a disk from it either but
On 7/12/2017 8:59 AM, David wrote:
> Hi Ralf
>
> I've tried 2 ways;
> 1) I downloaded the 'CDROM standard installer' and created a cd frok
> that. I tried to install on machine that it didn't matter if it over
> wrote the existing OS or bootloader but it produced errors in the
> install process and
On 8/13/2017 4:56 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> New cameras are using a new format that I can't read.
> I can read FAT 16 & FAT 32. Web search said that
> they are using FAT 64. FDISK doesn't even detect it.
> SD chips go undetected with this new format.
As Dennis already mentioned, newer cameras/SD
On 8/14/2017 9:52 AM, dmccunney wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Ralf Quint wrote:
>
>> And as exFAT is a encumbered with software patents by Micro$oft, there
>> won't be any support in FreeDOS (or any other Open Source OS) in the
>> foreseeable future...
&
On 8/17/2017 9:16 AM, Pierre LaMontagne wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> I'm having a problem reading Cds in FD (1.2, now) that I created
> (burned) on my Win 7 PC.
>
>
>
> I don't understand why. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but what
> I'm doing wrong, I have no idea, hope someone can clue me as I'm
On 8/19/2017 4:52 AM, Pierre LaMontagne wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> First of all, Ralf, thanks for all the great help! I ended up using
> CDBurnerXP first & it worked superbly! :)
>
Glad to hear that! 8-)
>
>
>
> - don't use Windows build-in CD burning tool. It simply s**ks.
>
>
>
> Although I ag
On 10/25/2017 1:22 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> I can reach my bank, amazon and ask.com.
> It started about a month ago with google &
> wikapedia then slowly spread to eveything
> else. Slowly one by one web sites stopped responding.
> Even Juno.com doesn't respond.
> Juno doesn't have anything to o
On 11/1/2017 9:10 AM, Bill Gee wrote:
> If it were truly bothersome, I would just make a filter to shunt the monthly
> reminder off to a folder.
>
+1
Ralf ;-)
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On 11/3/2017 7:19 AM, Tom Ehlert wrote:
>
> just as a tiny side note:
>
> I am only aware of 2 persons THAT CONSISTENTLY SHOUT.
> Jack and the american president.
>
+1 :-P
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On 11/4/2017 4:58 AM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
>
> I too have a couple of old 486 systems and recently also two 286
> laptops (yeah!) but I wasn't yet able to install FreeDOS on them. The
> first reason being that my first project, a desktop 486, doesn't have
> a CD-ROM drive and, natually, n
On 11/4/2017 12:06 PM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
>
> I did install a couple of software too. What good is DOS without
> programs, right? But even deselecting the compilers and the GUI it
> didn't fit. I wanted to select only really relevant packages next, but
> work called and I had to stop th
On 11/4/2017 2:01 PM, userbeit...@abwesend.de wrote:
>
> Well, I don't remember the exact partitioning, but I think that 40 MB
> for each DOS and the rest for Linux was what I could have done. And I
> also repartitioned for a bigger FreeDOS, but then work came along.
>
> To take your car example: I
On 11/7/2017 10:24 PM, Random Liegh via Freedos-user wrote:
> Hello, I'm writing this to see if I'm here.
>
> While I'm here (if I'm here) I'd like to ask if anyone has used the
> Desmet C compiler, and if it would be suitable for including in FreeDOS.
>
> Have you?
> Would it?
>
> Here's a link if
On 11/7/2017 11:54 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Nov 2017 23:28:08 -0800, Ralf Quint wrote:
>> And yes, I would like to see this included in FreeDOS, as it is the only
>> C compiler that both produces 16 bit code and can even run on a
>> minimalistic FreeDOS system w
On 11/8/2017 10:26 AM, Jim Hall wrote:
> Not sure why DeSmet wasn't well received long ago, but I think this is
> a Good Thing to see. I'd love to see DeSmet included in the next FreeDOS.
Well, a lot of people here, in particular Arkady (who hasn't been around
for quite some time, who didn't seem t
On 11/8/2017 6:07 PM, Rugxulo wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Ralf Quint wrote:
>> On 11/8/2017 10:26 AM, Jim Hall wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure why DeSmet wasn't well received long ago, but I think this is
>>> a Good Thing to see.
On 11/9/2017 5:10 PM, Rugxulo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Ralf Quint wrote:
>> On 11/8/2017 6:07 PM, Rugxulo wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Ralf Quint wrote:
>>>> On 11/8/2017 10:26 AM, Jim Hall wrote:
>>>>
>>
On 11/9/2017 7:34 PM, Random Liegh via Freedos-user wrote:
> Hi
>
> I think I have figured out what goes where, though I'm not sure.
>
> I've only done a quick "hello world" test, but it looks like it works
> **if you stay in the same directory.**
>
> Doing "c88 -I " didn't seem to work.
>
> Anyway
On 11/17/2017 4:45 PM, Jim Hall wrote:
> [..]
>
> Reading this thread sucks any joy from me.
>
> Why is this thread still alive?
>
> Jack doesn't like FreeDOS, he doesn't release his drivers so that
> FreeDOS users can use them - and Jack's drivers are proprietary, so we
> cannot include them in Fr
On 11/17/2017 11:36 PM, Random Liegh via Freedos-user wrote:
> Hi, all
>
> I have the zips I posted set up in a freedos vm.
>
> My problem with being unable to compile outside of the desmet folder
> were solved by setting the variable "dinc" to where I am keeping the
> .h files (as well as adding m
On 1/7/2018 3:33 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote:
OSDev wiki has FreeDOS at #1!
Ok, technically, Kolibri out ranks it at #0.
But, we can say it is #1.
http://wiki.osdev.org/Notable_Projects
Well, great. Kind of...
Haven't even heard of any of the others on that list and doubt that any
of those have
On 1/7/2018 10:29 AM, Ivan Ivanov wrote:
doubt that any of those have any real purpose
at least some of these hobby OS could be useful in real life (for
not-hobby purposes) ,
e.g. KolibriOS - many kinds of personal computing including web browsing,
Visopsys - disk partitioning, 9front - modern
On 1/12/2018 2:15 PM, Ercan Ersoy wrote:
Hello,
I'm Ercan Ersoy (creator of DOS Coreutils and FreeDOS TUI Shell) and
this e-mail address that I use general purpose.
I have an idea.
FreeDOS is a operating system that has some advantages. But, FreeDOS
only runs PC platform. I think, FreeDOS c
On 1/13/2018 1:30 AM, Ercan Ersoy wrote:
For FreeDOS Arduino Port needs major source code changes.
Arduinos' microcontrollers (AVR and ARM) based on Harvard
Architecture. For this reason, FreeDOS Arduino port can needs less
resources.
Sorry to be this blunt, but this is simply bollocks!
Just
On 1/13/2018 9:06 AM, Ercan Ersoy wrote:
FreeDOS Arduino Port doesn't have to graphics. For managing shell, we
can use only a UART on Arduino. We needn't 8k RAM for managing
standard input, standard output and standard error.
You don't need graphics, but even to manage a 80x25 text screen, you
On 3/9/2018 6:00 AM, Patrick wrote:
Hi Everyone
I fooled around with FreeDos years ago. I have always loved the logo !
I didn't see any reason to move from Linux but now I see reasons to
use both.
IMHO, nowadays, they simply serve different purposes. As things have
advanced in the 20+ years s
On 3/9/2018 6:24 PM, Patrick wrote:
I found a cross compiler, pre-compiled for 64bit Linux.
I just need to figure out the best way to network between dos and
linux to transfer the executable.
FreeDos starts so fast I might try transferring to a qemu image via an
iso image. Preparing an
On 3/20/2018 2:38 AM, Jim Hall wrote:
Yes, HP is one of the computer manufacturers that includes FreeDOS in
their standard builds. If you go into their laptops and desktops, and
search for FreeDOS, you'll get a list of devices that can be
configured with FreeDOS as the default operating system.
On 3/21/2018 5:42 AM, Rugxulo wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 2:05 PM, Zbigniew wrote:
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 09:20:39PM -0500, Patrick wrote:
I am thinking about giving FeeBSD a try in the next few months. I am running
away from systemd.
Wait, whoa? BSD isn't "free" anymore?!? Time to
On 3/21/2018 11:46 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
I've used ios (junked it), Android & Freedos. Freedos is not too far
behind those two. Android is fine but is always being upgraded.
I think I'm on my 10th tablet. They work for awhile but then
soon need a upgrade - buy a new tablet time is about every
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
On 4/26/2018 1:34 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
Can I ask what country you live in.
I hope that doesn't happen in the US.
Well, his email address is kind of a clear indicator that he's living in
Brazil...
Ralf
PS: It helps a lot in emails to a mailing list if one is actually
putting something ap
On 6/21/2018 2:04 PM, Schoenfelder, Tim M wrote:
I am having difficulty getting serial communications to work on
FreeDOS 1.2 using new style PCs such as HPs, Dells, etc. The software
fails to communicate. To test, I have attempted to use:
">echo hello > com1"
to verify that serial communi
On 6/21/2018 3:45 PM, Schoenfelder, Tim M wrote:
Good point, this appears to be the crux of my issue.
Any suggestions/ideas as how to do this? Based on your reply, one
would expect that a TSR or similar is required to handle this if the
UEFI cannot be configured directly to do so.
I did con
On 6/21/2018 5:12 PM, Schoenfelder, Tim M wrote:
How are you booting FreeDOS on a UEFI PC in the first place?
UEFI has a legacy boot mode which apparently uses regular bios ROMS
according to literature. It also shuts off the secure boot mode though.
Ok, that's fine. I was just curious, after
On 6/21/2018 5:36 PM, Schoenfelder, Tim M wrote:
I am currently away from my FreeDOS programming stuff, I could send
you some diagnostic tool either tomorrow or over the weekend...
Is it a known tool?
To me, yes ;-) I have written it, but haven't used it in years, the
last time to track dow
On 6/25/2018 4:34 AM, Schoenfelder, Tim M wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thank you for your reply.
Sorry, the “>” is the DOS prompt.
I pretty much assumed that much...
Anyway, I checked my FreeDOS stuff this weekend and my diagnostic tool
is unfortunately not among the stuff I was able to restore previous
On 6/25/2018 1:14 PM, Schoenfelder, Tim M wrote:
Ralf,
Anyway, I checked my FreeDOS stuff this weekend and my diagnostic tool
is unfortunately not among the stuff I was able to restore previously.
I do know that I have another computer where this is on, but that is
in my storage and as I am
On 6/28/2018 8:24 PM, David McMackins wrote:
I managed to get a copy of MS-DOS Kermit. Think that'll work?
It's a long time since I had to use it, but I think for transferring
stuff between such dissimilar systems, Kermit is the best choice...
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On 7/2/2018 7:58 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote:
> Which doesn't explain why the copywright
> office didn't find anything for "Crosstalk"
> which was after 1978.
Which is nonsense to begin with, as there simply can't be any DOS
software before 1981, the year the first MS/PC-DOS version came out.
That m
On 7/8/2018 3:07 AM, Bruce Sommerset wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm a new user to FreeDOS.
I have some questions that perhaps more experienced users might be
able to help me with. I am trying to get two computers to communicate
with one another (Basically a small network) I have been skeptical
ab
On 7/9/2018 8:56 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote:
Newer computers will not in general be able to use Crynwr packet
drivers, but some (I believe many) motherboards support booting by PXE
over the Ethernet.
In that case, would it be possible to so boot FreeDOS and have Ehternet support
from the BIOS/UE
On 7/9/2018 9:37 PM, Thomas Fritsch wrote:
im trying to optimize the use out of my old 486 for realtivly older
things including Win 3.1 Software, am i best sticking to MS-DOS 6.22
or will freedos on such an old ram starved system proove to run
better? (20MB SIMM memory)
FreeDOS doesn't inhere
On 7/19/2018 10:49 PM, Random Liegh via Freedos-user wrote:
To the best of my knowledge, it only emulates IBM compatible machines.
Well, no, it emulates for example an Olivetti M-24, which isn't really
an IBM compatible PC. Unfortunately, the list of provided ROMs isn't
very descriptive to te
On 9/29/2018 6:14 AM, dmccunney wrote:
IIRC, the FreeDOS kernel is written largely in C, so the ASM source
isn't directly usable. It may be useful to go spelunking for the
algorithms used and how corner cases were handled.
It certainly can help to deal with issues that arise out of undocumented
On 9/30/2018 10:18 AM, geneb wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018, Ralf Quint wrote:
I couldn't care less about .NET, it's pretty much a non-portable,
dead-end technology, just years behind the curve. A lot of former
Java fanatics (for which .NET became a substitute once M$ could not
get to
On 9/30/2018 1:34 PM, geneb wrote:
Visual Studio for Macintosh will handle the issue for MacOS, Xamarin
will handle the issue for Linux and I don't know of anyone that uses a
GUI on FreeBSD. :) Yes, I know ARM isn't an OS. That's not the
point. The .NET Micro Framework specifically targets AR
On 10/1/2018 10:14 AM, Cuvtixo D wrote:
Brand new to this mailing list, but I wanted to respond to a
conversation about Open source licences, and apologies to the authors,
I lost track of who said what in the following:
>>> (Speaking personally, I'd love to see *FreeDOS* re-licensed under
>>> s
On 11/6/2018 6:49 AM, Raymond Bathurst wrote:
Using a bootable USB stick 'USBANY' with miscellaneous FreeDOS 1.1
working files on it and following Tom's short notes I made the fixed
disk bootable. "Fine". But the nasty sting in my question was how does
one install *FreeDOS 1.12 *on a virgin fix
On 1/8/2019 12:13 PM, Thomas Vetere wrote:
Hello FreeDOS community,
I have an old IBM Thinkpad 600e that I am trying to refurbish for fun.
With a Pentium 2 processor and 256 MB of RAM, I am considering using
FreeDOS. I would like for this computer to be able to connect to the
Internet via Wi
On 1/12/2019 6:08 AM, Steve Owens wrote:
I reloaded everything with VBox 5.2 and it works like a charm. Thanks!
Which means you should file a bug report with the folks at Virtual Box.
Good luck!
Ralf
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On 5/8/2019 1:37 PM, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote:
Before Windows 2000, even in Windows 95, FAT32 was introduced with
supported for longer filenames than the 8.3 limit of Dos 6.22.
Sorry, but this not correct. FAT32 doesn't know anything about long file
names.
Long file names where fir
On 5/8/2019 3:30 PM, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote:
Does Freedos have the ability to read long filenames and write long
filenames or is Microsoft's patent an issue?
You would need the DOSLFN program to support long file names. And the
programs you are using need to be able to support them
On 6/13/2019 5:20 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
First, Bret would you write me off list?
I have access to a utility of yours slow down, which I am wanting
to use with a single program.
That leads me to my broader question.
If I can recall how to post at dos ain't dead might be an interesting
On 6/13/2019 5:38 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
okay,
Runtime error 200 at 187b:0efb
that is it exactly.
Kare
Ok, that means that you are running an unpatched Turbo-Pascal 7.0
program on a computer on which the clock frequency is to high. Sloppy
programming as the fix for that came out shortly a
On 6/13/2019 6:27 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
and you feel this would impact a single program?
Yes, it impact each single program that is written using that compiler
with an unpatched runtime library linked in...
I have no idea if anyone patched readit in this way, would be terrific
if that woul
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