Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-21 Thread Tom Ehlert
> More detail: > The rs232 port Com1: is connected via a Null modem cable to an Adam 232 to > 485 converter. > In the Bios I have Com2 to 3 disabled. > An IRQ clash is possible if Cutemouse uses IRQ4 from Com1. > My next step is to try different mouse drivers, unless I get more > suggestions. th

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Tom Ehlert
> The serial port is opened in FreeBasic with : > Open Com "COM1:38400,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs" For Random As #CP FreeBasic doesn't support FIFO, and most likely no IRQ. try Open Com "COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs" For Random As #CP and see if that changes your problem. Tom

Re: [Freedos-user] Com1: corruption from PS2 mouse

2014-11-22 Thread Tom Ehlert
> FreeBasic doesn't support FIFO, and most likely no IRQ. > try > Open Com "COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,rs" For Random As #CP > and see if that changes your problem. sorry, not true. FreeBasic seems to use IRQ, but not FIFO. anyway, try Open Com "COM1:600,n,8,1,cs0,ds0,cd0,r

Re: [Freedos-user] Quickview ver 2.60

2014-12-02 Thread Tom Ehlert
> DOS might have problems with SATA drive. DOS reads from the harddrive a > lot. > Since SATA is serial (just one bit at a time) The data ransfer rate might > be too slow for DOS to live with. I know I can't get it to run on a SD card > because one bit at a time is just too slow. back in the good

Re: [Freedos-user] Shaw's Nightmare

2014-12-29 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I've released alphas and beta versions of the game. > http://www.mediafire.com/download/36t9ql7z19x14i8/SN0_1.ZIP: tech demo. > http://www.mediafire.com/download/ddem9tk51xdaidu/SN0_3.ZIP: alpha 0.3 > http://www.mediafire.com/download/u7hdsdtevhv4omt/SN0_6.ZIP: alpha 0.6 > http://www.mediafire.c

Re: [Freedos-user] Loading UIDE with devload

2015-01-04 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Is it safe to load UIDE in FDAUTO.BAT with DEVLOAD.COM, instead > of loading it in FDCONFIG.SYS as recommended in the > instructions? yes, this is save. Tom -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Paral

Re: [Freedos-user] [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.2 and 2.0 roadmap discussion

2015-01-08 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Now the new multi-TB hard drives have 4096-byte physical sectors, > at least some of them try to act as if sector size were 512 bytes. virtually ALL disks act as having 512 byte sectors, even if they have internally 4096 byte ('advanced format'). search for '4K native' drives, and you will see

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-18 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode. has been discussed multiple times. conclusion: forget it Tom -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitorin

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS wishlist

2015-05-19 Thread Tom Ehlert
> On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Rugxulo wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:42 AM, Tom Ehlert wrote: >> >>> Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode. >> >> has been discussed multiple times. conclusion: forget it > > Okay, but

Re: [Freedos-user] Getting any CD player to work

2015-06-08 Thread Tom Ehlert
> On 6/8/2015 7:27 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: >> For printers its usually easy to find the control commands but >> for cd units I've never seen them made available to the public. >> Is there a command list published anywhere for cds. >> > Yes, it's called ATAPI and there exist a lot of different do

Re: [Freedos-user] Doom unstable with LBACACHE or RDISK

2015-06-27 Thread Tom Ehlert
edos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 -- Monitor 25 network device

Re: [Freedos-user] Rugxulo IS A FRAUD!!!

2015-06-30 Thread Tom Ehlert
I recommend to ignore this thread. Tom -- Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your

Re: [Freedos-user] How to make the R-Alt key act like L-Alt?

2015-07-16 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr John Hupp, am 16. Juli 2015 um 01:48 schrieben Sie: > For a US layout keyboard and the default BIOS keyboard driver: I brought > this issue up a long time ago and learned that by design R-Alt is a dead > key and does not duplicate the functionality of L-Alt. > I have always found it t

Re: [Freedos-user] picoTCP: a modern, open-source TCP/IP stack for DOS

2015-11-20 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hello Mateusz, a) you forgot to publish the source for picotcpl.lib and picodosl.lib b) the only provided example program PING.EXE is HUGE (120K/63K when compressed) when compared to mTCP ping.exe (40K/28K compressed) what exactly is the advantage of 'pico'TCP? Tom am 19. November 2015 um

Re: [Freedos-user] UltraDMA warning corrected

2016-01-14 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I am concerned by this statement from Jack's email: "Take a look at > the sources for Microsoft HIMEM or EMM386, as I have…" This is the > first I was aware that Jack had reviewed any source code from > Microsoft. Microsoft made the source for HIMEM.SYS available to programmers in 1988. "Febru

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> Just want to know if FreeDOS can run interlink.exe and intersrv.exe >> If FreeDOS is compatible with interlink, then what steps should follow? interlink/intersrv are part of msdos. this should work in theorie, but you are probably the first to test this on FreeDOS. > As far as I remember, tho

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-05 Thread Tom Ehlert
Bret, > Eric/Tom: > I used to use INTERxxx a lot many years ago using the special > parallel cables designed for that purpose (I think I still have a > couple of those cables in my "spare cable box"). Parallel is MUCH > faster than serial (null modem) cables. I also used it *A LOT*. in times whe

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-11 Thread Tom Ehlert
ly tested this with softice himem interlnk what is your crashing configuration? Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application

Re: [Freedos-user] INTERLINK

2016-02-12 Thread Tom Ehlert
> The patched version of ITERLNK leads to problems if I still have a line > version=3.31 version=3.31 is lying about location and size of a couple DOS datastructures. don't do this, or expect trouble. use /low or a new kernel to run interlnk. tom --

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 Package LSM Data Verification

2016-05-17 Thread Tom Ehlert
> CRYNWR - Unknown License, Dropped. > GCDROM - Listed as GPL, No Sources, Based on XCDROM, Removed. GCDROM sources are available. > UIDE - Free for non-commercial, Removed. > UMBPCI - Listed as free, No sources, Dropped. > XCDROM - Removed. an operati

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.2 Package LSM Data Verification

2016-05-18 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> Without DOSLFN, no support at all for long filenames? > Correct. Although, I hear the was another very buggy one that was > around before DOSLFN. I don’t know the name. THIS.IS.RIDICULOUS. one of the worst manifestations of Stallmanitis ever. bye Tom. -

Re: [Freedos-user] JimDOS 1.0

2016-05-18 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> an operating system without CDROM and network drivers doesn't sound >> very useful to me, even if everything has the correct license. YMMV. > I think that the key is to perceive FreeDOS as a replacement to MSDOS, > nothing else (that is, "BASE"). after 10+ years advertising that FreeDOS is bet

Re: [Freedos-user] command / shell conflict

2016-05-23 Thread Tom Ehlert
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Re: [Freedos-user] command / shell conflict

2016-06-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
> What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic > patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are > consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, > J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity

Re: [Freedos-user] command / shell conflict

2016-06-08 Thread Tom Ehlert
> What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic > patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are > consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-

Re: [Freedos-user] Games

2016-06-20 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I'm building the new website. I'll update the notice to encourage new > users to install FreeDOS in a virtual machine. any reason why we don't provide ready to run virtual machines as .VHD images? Tom -- What NetFlow

Re: [Freedos-user] Games

2016-06-20 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> I'm building the new website. I'll update the notice to encourage new >> users to install FreeDOS in a virtual machine. > > any reason why we don't provide ready to run virtual machines as .VHD > images? > > Tom > Hmm... I don't know why we haven't. I don't know anything about VHD > though

Re: [Freedos-user] a unique directory tree question?

2016-06-26 Thread Tom Ehlert
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Re: [Freedos-user] upper memory trick

2016-07-22 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> Has anyone tried "Installhigh=C:\FDOS\COMMAND.COM" >> I have that working for a few apps (including DP and so far no issues, also >> am loading CDROM drivers earlier in autoexec.bat and I can cram nealy >> everything into upper memory. > No, I never use INSTALL, though I'm vaguely aware of it.

Re: [Freedos-user] upper memory trick

2016-07-22 Thread Tom Ehlert
> On 22/07/2016 10:34, Tom Ehlert wrote: >>> (Honestly, FreeCOM needs to be better optimized for size and then we >>> wouldn't have to worry at all. That is one of our weakest links.) >> >> seriously: command.com has ~3 K resident size. what are you >>

Re: [Freedos-user] How to use German keyboard layout with FreeDOS?

2016-08-15 Thread Tom Ehlert
ce, and I recommend to remove KPDOS from future releases of FreeDOS > I don't need it now anymore it seems. But still wondering if it's really > not available from anywhere. >> Viel Spass! > Gleichfalls, von Berlin nach Berlin :-) > Kai instead I recommend http://ww

Re: [Freedos-user] How to use German keyboard layout with FreeDOS?

2016-08-18 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr Kai Schaetzl, am 18. August 2016 um 15:31 schrieben Sie: > 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 >

Re: [Freedos-user] dma crosses 64k boundary error

2016-08-23 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I keep getting the error dma crosses 64k boundary when using tools > like rawrite3 or hard drive manufacturers tools floppy creation > software. I need to boot from Windows 98 bootdisk to get rid of it. > Please let me know if there is a way to get rid of this problem under FreeDOS. MSDOS redir

Re: [Freedos-user] Ynt: Urgent FreeDos Keyboard Layout Hardware Help

2016-09-10 Thread Tom Ehlert
imem.exe version 3.26, Aug 25 2006 > 15201 USBUHCI.OVL overlay for usbuhci > 16799 emm386.exe version 2.26, Aug 25 2006 > 20776 USBUHCI.COM version 0.14, apparently 2010 > 30250 country.sys data file for nlsfunc country specific settings > Maybe the others have additional comments on the used file versions!

Re: [Freedos-user] Ynt: Ynt: Ynt: Ynt: Urgent FreeDos Keyboard Layout Hardware Help

2016-09-11 Thread Tom Ehlert
> On physical machine any of keyboard layouts not work. In Virtualbox every > keyboard layout is working. > > We think real machine memory side has a problem with loading keyb.exe. there is a tool called MEM.EXE where you can detect if KEYB is loaded or not. it may be as well that MEM gets loa

Re: [Freedos-user] Ynt: Ynt: Ynt: Ynt: Urgent FreeDos Keyboard Layout Hardware Help

2016-09-11 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hello Salih, did you try to boot your image on real, but different hardware, like a standard PC? Tom -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https:

Re: [Freedos-user] Ynt: Ynt: Ynt: Ynt: Ynt: Urgent FreeDos Keyboard Layout Hardware Help

2016-09-21 Thread Tom Ehlert
as usual. urgent problem. even 'Solver of this problem will be rewarded with 500$.' a lot of more or less helpful messages exchanged. then all of sudden the original poster vanishes, without any feedback if all the given advice helped, or not, and how he solved his problem (or not). after wast

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos 1.2 install

2017-01-17 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hi, to reproduce this FIND problem, I tried to setup a new FD1.2 machine. what I did: download FD12LGC.ISO create a new virtual box machine with 512 MB disk use FD12LGC.ISO to boot the machine. boot machine. 'Unfortunately, this method of installation is not supported on this hardware platfor

Re: [Freedos-user] after find, Error reading from drive A: DOS area: general failure.

2017-01-17 Thread Tom Ehlert
I could reproduce this. it happens in/after findnext() this error is related to the compiler. if the source is compiled using TurboC 2.01 the error occures. compiling the exact same source with TCPP the error is gone. try www.drivesnapshot.de/freedos/findtcpp.com and www.drivesnapshot.de/free

Re: [Freedos-user] after

2017-01-18 Thread Tom Ehlert
Originally to: ALL I could reproduce this. it happens in/after findnext() this error is related to the compiler. if the source is compiled using TurboC 2.01 the error occures. compiling the exact same source with TCPP the error is gone. try www.drivesnapshot.de/freedos/findtcpp.com and www.

Re: [Freedos-user] freedo

2017-01-18 Thread Tom Ehlert
Originally to: ALL Hi, to reproduce this FIND problem, I tried to setup a new FD1.2 machine. what I did: download FD12LGC.ISO create a new virtual box machine with 512 MB disk use FD12LGC.ISO to boot the machine. boot machine. 'Unfortunately, this method of installation is not supported on

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos 1.2 LSM files without CR

2017-01-19 Thread Tom Ehlert
in the APPINFO directory, the LSM files are formatted UNIX style LF, and not DOS style CR LF btw: I'm no longer able to locate FreeDOS sources for FIND and it's maintainer from freedos.org. Tom -- Check out the vibran

Re: [Freedos-user] Bug with FreeDOS 1.2 and "find"?

2017-01-20 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> Am 16.01.2017 um 13:12 schrieb BlameTroi : >> I got this after a FIND command. >> >> C:\ELVIS\DOC>find /i "env" e*.htm >> file list ... >> Error reading from drive A: DOS area: general failure >> >> I've triple checked and I have nothing in my autoexec or config that >> points to drive A

Re: [Freedos-user] freedo

2017-01-23 Thread Tom Ehlert
__ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 -- Check out the vib

Re: [Freedos-user] freedo

2017-01-26 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hello again, > Do you want to load FreeDOS High, UMB? there is no good reason (for normal use) to have ever DOS=HIGH,UMB disabled. if no HIGH or UMB memory is found, it is silently ignored. Tom -- Check out the

Re: [Freedos-user] EtherDFS - a network drive for DOS

2017-02-02 Thread Tom Ehlert
ck out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >

Re: [Freedos-user] bsum - compute BSD checksums of your files

2017-04-11 Thread Tom Ehlert
>>> Unless I'm mistaken, conditional jumps on 8086 don't go beyond -128 .. >>> 127 (signed) byte range. Hence the billions of workarounds (TASM >>> "jumps", MASM "option ljmp", etc). right. >> I won't argue about what opcode is or is not available on 8086, since I >> did not bother decoding their

Re: [Freedos-user] Ynt: Y

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert > On physical machine any of keyboard layouts not work. In Virtualbox every keyboard layout is working. > > We think real machine memory side has a problem with loading keyb.exe. there is a tool called MEM.EXE where you can detect if KEYB is loaded or not. it may b

Re: [Freedos-user] Ynt: Y

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert Hello Salih, did you try to boot your image on real, but different hardware, like a standard PC? Tom -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] Ynt: Y

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert as usual. urgent problem. even 'Solver of this problem will be rewarded with 500$.' a lot of more or less helpful messages exchanged. then all of sudden the original poster vanishes, without any feedback if all the given advice helped, or not, and how he solved h

Re: [Freedos-user] Ynt: U

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert Dear Eric Auer, could concentrate ONCE on the problem at hand, and not on all this blablabla about file versions? the problem seems to be that this freedos.img, booted in VirtualBox, is able to generate funny characters (i without dot, C with hook, ...) and not on real

Re: [Freedos-user] How to

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert Kai, an amazing amount of effort to get a german keyboard driver :<< > Hi Eric, > thanks for the quick reply. In the meantime I found out that I can load a > German layout with just "keyb gr", just not the layout file itself or the > /E swit

Re: [Freedos-user] How to

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert Hallo Herr Kai Schaetzl, am 18. August 2016 um 15:31 schrieben Sie: > 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. >

Re: [Freedos-user] dma cr

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert > I keep getting the error-adma crosses 64k boundary when using tools > like rawrite3 or hard drive manufacturers tools floppy creation > software. I need to boot from Windows 98 bootdisk to get rid of it. > Please let me know if there is a way to get rid of this p

Re: [Freedos-user] freedo

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert Hi, to reproduce this FIND problem, I tried to setup a new FD1.2 machine. what I did: download FD12LGC.ISO create a new virtual box machine with 512 MB disk use FD12LGC.ISO to boot the machine. boot machine. 'Unfortunately, this method of installation is not support

Re: [Freedos-user] after

2017-05-06 Thread TOM EHLERT
From: Tom Ehlert I could reproduce this. it happens in/after findnext() this error is related to the compiler. if the source is compiled using TurboC 2.01 the error occures. compiling the exact same source with TCPP the error is gone. try www.drivesnapshot.de/freedos/findtcpp.com and

Re: [Freedos-user] freedo

2017-05-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
From: Tom Ehlert > Why not use the CHOICE option-a to let the user decide? because 99,9 % of all user have no need for SHARE. > I have a > menu system which is designed to be used on a network and requires share to be loaded are really multiple machines accessing the same files at

Re: [Freedos-user] freedo

2017-05-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
From: Tom Ehlert Hello again, > Do you want to load FreeDOS High, UMB? there is no good reason (for normal use) to have ever DOS=HIGH,UMB disabled. if no HIGH or UMB memory is found, it is silently ignored.

Re: [Freedos-user] EtherDFS - a network drive for DOS

2017-05-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
From: Tom Ehlert Mateusz, really cool. unfortunately I don't have a linux machine around, so testing must wait. may I suggest to use UDP/IP instead of raw packets? UDP/IP requires just a few bytes set up in the right way, and the calculation of the IP checksum; shouldn't be too

Re: [Freedos-user] bsum - compute BSD checksums of your files

2017-05-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
From: Tom Ehlert >>> Unless I'm mistaken, conditional jumps on 8086 don't go beyond -128 .. >>> 127 (signed) byte range. Hence the billions of workarounds (TASM >>> "jumps", MASM "option ljmp", etc). right. >> I won't argue

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS as a everyday/common-use system; Pros of making FreeDOS and Windows3 more compatible

2017-07-31 Thread Tom Ehlert
> It's more possible than ever [0] to compile the kernel with GCC. 'This part of DJGPP is dedicated to the 16-bit tools that have been developed to assist in using DJGPP. Note: I lost interest in these projects before I completed them.' > Yes, it would be a large under taking but maybe a long t

Re: [Freedos-user] V8Power Tools -- Update

2017-08-01 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> Hi Jerome, >> I've just tried your veach.com utility and it looks like it shall really >> come in handy! I was missing a program capable of appending a command to a >> sorted list (like a | in Unix ) . >> Nice job, and thanks for your effort > Thank you. > Just like you, I would find mysel

Re: [Freedos-user] New FreeDOSers Monthly Reminder

2017-11-01 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@list

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-03 Thread Tom Ehlert
Dear Eric, > Hi :-) Quick news from Jack's drivers: He has a closed > source update for XMGR (more fail-safe 386 XMS move) > and UHDD: The new UHDD has the interesting feature of > read-ahead for cache sizes of at least 20 MB. It is > a simplified version without I/O overlap and DOS RAM > search

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-03 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Also, did you know that UMBPCI is actively maintained > and more reliable in finding out which areas can be > used for UMB etc. than JEMM / JEMM386? So it can be > a good idea to use explicit EMM options based on what > UMBPCI detected: This avoids more conflicts than the > easier method of letti

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
during the time that all these responses were written AND READ, competent programmers could -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
during the time that all the contributions in this thread were written AND READ, competent programmers could have ported the kernel to GCC, with some time left to save the planet, and fight for peace on earth. just my 2 cents. Tom --

Re: [Freedos-user] Some driver updates

2017-11-17 Thread Tom Ehlert
> What do these "Jack's Drivers" actually do? nothing as they no longer work on FreeDOS. btw: NEVER fullquote. Tom -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org!

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH - unsupported remote protocol version

2018-01-02 Thread Tom Ehlert
> On 12/31/2017 10:47 AM, Robert Riebisch wrote: >> From SSHDOS source code: >> ### >>if(remote_major != 1 && remote_minor == 0) >> fatal("Unsupported remote protocol version\n"); >> ### > What a weird check. So version 2.1 would work? Shouldn't the check be not only a weird and buggy

Re: [Freedos-user] counterproductive UPX usage for loadhigh display /maybe other drivers also/?

2018-01-02 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hi, > Hi, I just tried to 'lh display', but it always ends in conventional > memory (code, codepages are perhaps in XMS): ... > I myself explain this that the UPX-ed program is probably going to UMB, > but after its decompression, its resident part will no longer fit there > for some reason and i

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH - unsupported remote protocol version

2018-01-02 Thread Tom Ehlert
> We did talk at length about it almost exactly a year ago.  The tldr > version is that you would need ssh2d386 and you have to have access > to modify the ssh config on the server to support older ciphers.  there are GOOD reasons to not allow outdated protocols to be used. on what planet have yo

Re: [Freedos-user] You think BETA testing means you're brave?

2018-01-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
> It's not FOSS but source is available here [0][1][2] for IMD. > [0] http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/index.htm > [1] http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/imd.zip > [2] http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/imdsrc.zip besides other restrictions, this does not allow distribution. so thi

Re: [Freedos-user] Now it gets odd Re: FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I used CloneDisk to rip a RAW image of the booting DOM with > FreeDOS. Mounted that with Qemu. Booted Qemu with the FreeDOS > install image and installed FreeDOS to the image copied from the > DOM. Then I used CloneDisk to write that image back to the DOM. "Missing > Operating System". forget

Re: [Freedos-user] Would you use a native 32/64-bit FreeDOS/BIOS system?

2018-01-08 Thread Tom Ehlert
> There already is FD32 which puts FreeDOS and > a 32-bit DOS extender into the same file, I missed this. If you mean FreeDOS-32, they put 'FreeDOS and a 32-bit DOS extender' in the project name, but the source is unrelated to FreeDOS. If I'm wrong, please correct me. > but the improvements > c

Re: [Freedos-user] Now it gets odd Re: FreeDOS workaround for hidden IDE controller?

2018-01-12 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I used CloneDisk to rip a RAW image of the booting DOM with > FreeDOS. Mounted that with Qemu. Booted Qemu with the FreeDOS > install image and installed FreeDOS to the image copied from the > DOM. Then I used CloneDisk to write that image back to the DOM. "Missing > Operating System". I just

Re: [Freedos-user] Trying to run a Dell bios update exe in FreeDOS 1.2

2018-01-16 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Hi, >   I'm trying to run a Dell bios update file for my Inspiron 7520. >   I've created the FreeDOS usb stick, copy the bios update file to > it, can boot into it, return to DOS Prompt without installing, but > when I try to run the exe file all I get is (reproducing the FreeDOS screen > belo

Re: [Freedos-user] Trying to run a Dell bios update exe in FreeDOS 1.2

2018-01-17 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr Jim Hall, am Dienstag, 16. Januar 2018 um 22:17 schrieben Sie: > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Mario Menezes wrote: >> >> I've to say that using a Windows PE iso (got from here >> https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/255-winpese-x64/) and LiveUSB >> tool (http://live.lear

Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

2018-04-23 Thread Tom Ehlert
> DOSEMU2 (Linux-hosted) is still being worked upon, and there have been > efforts to port the current FreeDOS kernel to GCC (with 16-bit support > patches). Since that (also) works on x64, the latest efforts should > again continue to prolong the lifetime of DOS programs, which is good > since eve

Re: [Freedos-user] [Announce]E100PKT 0.2 (stable)

2018-06-14 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr Seth Simon, am Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2018 um 03:27 schrieben Sie: > I've released version 0.2, which I consider stable, of E100PKT. > This version uses less memory, supports interrupt sharing, and > fixes many bugs. If you plan to upgrade from 0.1, please note > that version 0.2 cannot

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr David McMackins, am Mittwoch, 1. August 2018 um 03:48 schrieben Sie: > Ah, it appears I should've looked past my nose. FreeDOS's own Crynwr > package has a SLIP driver. > Is using it as simple as just running SLIP8250.COM? If you don't know how to use a SLIP driver you most likely do

Re: [Freedos-user] Memmaker

2018-08-03 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hi Eric, >>   0aa5 10,464   (10K)    IBMDSS14    device driver >> installed DEVICE=IBMDSS14 >>   0d34 25,824   (25K)    IBMDOSCS    device driver >> installed DEVICE=IBMDOSCS > What is the purpose of those

Re: [Freedos-user] MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0 ...now open source?

2018-09-29 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> 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 > features/bugs/issues, which

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on SSD

2018-11-05 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> Can anyone recommend an IDIOT-proof method of installing FreeDOS 1.2 on >> a fixed SSD drive (with no OS) via one of several USB ports ? 1st, a fixed SSD behaves *exactly* like a ((fast) rotating disk. 2nd, I have no idea how much IDIOT you are, but most likely ANYDOS is not your best option

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on SSD

2018-11-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
For some > applications DOS is far faster than the pixel-mapped systems. You > don't need a luxurious Mercedes to move a box of chocolates down the > road. Thank you for your comments. FDISKto create an active partition reboot FORMAT C: SYS C: Tom > De : Tom Ehlert > E

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS on SSD

2018-11-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
>> Trim sounds like the old standard "defrag program" which should >> be unneeded for flash since all bits get accessed at the same speed. >> No spinning disk to move around on. wrong. > Trim is used for equal usage of memory-cells. It is a mechanism to > support round-robin usage of those cells.

Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to FreeDOS wiki

2018-11-10 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Not sure how to fold in the "16bit v 32bit" section or the "UEFI" > section, but I may add a section at the bottom of "Releases" that > talks about this (probably "Features" or "Assumptions") just to have > everything in one page. "16bit v 32bit": I took the time to look into what the night d

Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to FreeDOS wiki

2018-11-10 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hi Eric, >> I took the time to look into what the night dos kernel... >> what they describe as goal is some sort of OS/2, WINDOWS 3.11 > While their goals are noble, I doubt that they will achieve good > compatibility with most DOS stuff. And I agree that they should > use more C in their code t

[Freedos-user] MKEYB 0.43 has been updated

2018-12-04 Thread Tom Ehlert
MKEYB has been updated, the slovenian keyboard has been corrected and verified by Fritz. http://www.drivesnapshot.de/freedos/mkeyb.htm Tom ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a timer with an ISR in watcom

2018-12-31 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Just out of curiosity, if I write something for a DOS4GW 32bit > environment, would I choose the same way for having a timer or are there > better ways for having a timer callback function? the idea will be the same, the routines to use are different. > For a later experiment project I want to

Re: [Freedos-user] Agilent e5061a and e5071b...

2019-05-08 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hi, > The Agilent e5061a belongs to the company I'm working for and is > only two channel. this mailing list is about FreeDOS, and not the Agilent e5061a or Windows 2000 support group. you may help him, but please do so on private channels; the FreeDOS community is not going to learn anything

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 2000 fat32 and freedos...

2019-05-21 Thread Tom Ehlert
> FreeDOS began as an effort to create an open source version of 16 bit > DOS, compatible with what Microsoft issued. It largely succeeded in > that effort. exactly. > Providing the support you want is serious system level programming. > The folks who *can* do that get *paid* for it. Tell me w

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 2000 fat32 and freedos...

2019-05-21 Thread Tom Ehlert
> The two aren't currently compatible. Any chance of lfndos getting > the bugs ironed out? lfndos is known to be buggy. use doslfn http://sta.c64.org/dosprg/doslfn.zip instead. Tom ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net h

Re: [Freedos-user] New FreeDOSers Monthly Reminder

2019-06-16 Thread Tom Ehlert
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Re: [Freedos-user] Find command and a drive

2019-07-03 Thread Tom Ehlert
Hallo Herr Jim Hall, am 25. Juni 2019 um 22:16 schrieben Sie: > I don't see this bug reported in the bug database, so you seem to > be the first person to discover this bug? That's pretty amazing, > since the bug appears to have been in there since at least 2007 (latest > version). > https://sou

Re: [Freedos-user] why isn't anyone answering my question?

2019-07-17 Thread Tom Ehlert
> On 7/17/2019 4:41 AM, kaye n wrote: >> My apologies.  Wrong choice of words.  I am aware that this is not a >> paid support line. >> >> Anyway, here's my question. >> >> I have a desktop computer running a Linux distro. In this LInux distro >> I have installed VirtualBox, and in this VirtualBo

Re: [Freedos-user] HP laptop touchpad

2019-08-06 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I agree about trackpads, they’re awful. The only port this thing > has is a USB port and a usb mouse didn’t really fare any better than > the trackpad, and I don’t think cutemouse supports usb mice either. most likely your trackpad is connected to the motherboard via an internal USB port, jus

Re: [Freedos-user] bugs in XDEL command included with 1.3 RC1

2019-08-28 Thread Tom Ehlert
> I assume these are known problems with the XDEL command in version > 1.3 RC1, but this regards two situations: not at all. at least some of these problems seem to be introduced during port Borland C --> Watcm C (in 2005; XDEL seems to be not so intensly used) > 1) where you want to delete

Re: [Freedos-user] bugs in XDEL command included with 1.3 RC1

2019-08-30 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Example of the exact command that failed was "xdel /s *.uni\*.de": I located the original 22 may 2002 from original author even this can't XDEL /d *.uni and xdel /s *.uni\*.de > Definitely broken command, seems like. exactly. should be fixed by someone with more motivation then me,

Re: [Freedos-user] Source code to Windows 9x and ME...

2019-09-27 Thread Tom Ehlert
> Freedos should be capable of supporting Windows 3.1, at least in > standard mode. AFAIK it does (not that it was ever important for the developers). > Wouldn't it be great if freedos could support that better and 3.11 as well > along with a lot of programs from that era? just organize your

Re: [Freedos-user] Source code to Windows 9x and ME...

2019-09-28 Thread Tom Ehlert
> The comment that a pick and place machine designed around MS-DOS 6.22 > and Windows 9x/ME is a funny machine is a little disingenuous. > Freedos didn't exist in a useable form back then and Windows 9x/ME in > it's day was dominant. I surely didn't want to insult your amazing machine; sorry.

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