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pcem (no longer maintained it seems, although there was an update a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
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
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
Not sure how they're doing 1.0 hosting, with limited ip addresses, 1.1
is needed for hosting multiple domain names on a single IP address,
guess they're not sharing IP addresses, wonder how they're sourcing all
the hosts, might be interesting to look into it.
Always did like squirrel mail thou
You could try No Starch Press, they might take a look at it.
If you self publish, I'd suggest using the calibre program to offer
formats other than pdf, many folks like epub files these days (myself
included of course), and while I've been told that smashwords isn't the
platform it once was, a
Also, forgot to mention, pact publishing is another publisher that might
be willing to publish the book, they do a lot of computer book
publishing, and I'd think your book would qualify.
On 8/4/2024 5:14 AM, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote:
Will do! I'm planning to get most of the book written
Only one correction.
Windows and MacOSX are certainly graphical by default, though both have
text terminals very similar to the dos prompt.
On the other hand, Linux, bsd, and other unix versions are also text
interfaces by default. If you don't install a windows manager (such as
gnome), the
It's possible windows 95/98 won't run on freedos due to some
undocumented dos call. I recall there was some problems with both amd
processors, and with another dos, although I don't recall if it was
drdos or the opendos equivalent, where windows wouldn't run, but you
would get a message saying
On 2/8/2024 3:34 PM, tom ehlert via Freedos-user wrote:
Hallo Herr Thomas Cornelius Desi via Freedos-user,
am Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2024 um 13:18 schrieben Sie:
Hi,
is it possible in DOS (using BIOS?) to implement a tsr or so which allows the
following:
holding a key longer to return a SHIF
It would help if you could point to the compiler in question, and give
some background on what has been done, and what doesn't work. Don't
know if you'll get any help even then, but the chance is much better.
On 2/24/2024 3:03 AM, Everaldo Bernardo Cunha via Freedos-user wrote:
Hello! I've
Yes, you should be able to rerun grub, and have it fix the boot
problem. Another option is to just make the linux partition the active
partition using fdisk. It's likely the dos boot somehow made the dos
partition the active partition. I know grub is supposed to handle this,
but if grub got
There should be only one active primary partition at any given time.
That's what the boot menus handle for you. They set the active flag,
then allow that partition to boot. I don't know what kind of chaos will
ensue if you have multiple active partitions, but it probably won't be
very helpfu
Others will give you different advice, but if you're already familiar
with basic, then by all means, use basic.
There's a couple options.
Firstbasic (the precursor to powerbasic) is a shareware package, though
I have no idea where to download it, or what it's limitations might be,
(I did have
Typically, that is the correct address for com1. Com 2 is IRQ 3, and
2F8. Com 3 and 4 if they are supported by the bios are 3E8, and 2E8
generally.
I've unfortunately never had a dos machine with all 4 com ports active.
I've used com 3 or 4 periodically with an additional com card, but it
Actually, I did find one article that explains the multitasking versions
of dos quite clearly.
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/4363978/myth-dos-does-not-multitask
it doesn't cover all the versions of dos, but it does a good job of
hitting most of the major ones that did multitask dos programs.
The original version of open dos (when it was still caldera dos version
7.01), had a multitasking program you could load on top of the base dos
system that allowed multitasking. I don't recall the name of the
program, and I have no idea if it could be made to run on freedos or
not, but my gues
On 4/24/2024 11:33 PM, Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user wrote:
I'm not looking for anything out of Qmodem specifically. I'm searching
for a TSR that handles dial-up networking in the background while I
use TCP/IP utilities like PING, TRACERT and FTP; and/or a web browser
like Arachne.
In tha
Does spinright still have a dos version of their software posted
anywhere? I seem to recall, that was a really good utility. I
unfortunately never had the money to purchase it, and I gave up on
Norton Utilities after paying 50 bucks more for the advanced version of
4.5, then got the same upgra
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El sáb., 18 de may. de 2024 a la(s) 9:15 p. m., tsiegel---
Don't know if it helps, but I've found that if you want *just*
directory names, and you don't have a directory program that allows you
to set flags, so it only shows directories, then the best way to get
them is to do something like:
dir *.
Since most directory names don't have extensions, t
Regardless of whether they're files or directories, if there is no file
extension, then don't put on the second star, just a *. will do the
search for you. By placing the second star, you're making the os search
for extensions by default. Leave it out, and it will search for just
files w/o th
Actually, I'd say that's better behavior than I get from a command line
in windows 10.
When I create the structure you showed below, I do indeed get all the
files/directories (made them all directories except the .asm files),
then I get output equivalent to your first listing.
When I change
I'm not sure about porting espeak to dos, I'd be inclined to believe it
would take a heck of a lot of work if it's even possible, since for the
most part, it depends on linux api calls and kernel functions to do most
of it's work. Not to say it couldn't be done, but it wuld be a quite
differen
Yeah, all of the x86 single board computers are well over the $100 mark,
and some are as high as 400, so that's a nonstarter. I have yet to find
one that is an X86 SBC for a lower price point. If I was going to spend
400 bucks, I'd not bother with a single board computer, I'd get a real one.
No they aren't. Most raspberry pi computers are considerably less than
100 bucks.
You can order a pi4 with 1GB of ram for just $35 from digikey, and a pi4
with 8GB of ram for $75 from adafruit. Obviously the ones with 2GB and
4GB are going to priced in between these two extremes. The over 1
On 10/18/2024 8:07 AM, Mateusz Viste via Freedos-user wrote:
I am *not* planning to transform a RPi into a standalone "DOS computer
that talks". That was Eric's idea. A perfectly valid idea with
possible practical applications, but outside of my specific interest.
Won't work. Dos itself us
Sat, 19 Oct 2024, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user wrote:
... That one the guys on that forum made is (currently) the only
one I've found that doesn't cost more than 100 bucks for an X86 SBC
capable of running dos. ...
I don't know if you're looking for something you can buy o
Check the archives. You'll see this isn't the first time this
topic has been mentioned. Apparently, multiple folks really like this
scripting language.
On 10/24/2024 11:51 AM, Alexander Walz via Freedos-user wrote:
Hello,
I would like to introduce you to a programming language ca
Me personally, I turn most pdf files into html or plain text before
viewing, since it loads my browser to view the stupid thing, I figure it
may as well be in a native format. The only problem is, the pdftohtml
program puts each page in it's own file, which is fine for some things,
not so much
Why not just include a txt version of the documentation, then mention
the url for a full featured version of the manual in pdf format. That
would help those that can't get to the pdf, but allow those wanting the
formatting/colorization/so on to grab the documentation in pdf format.
The text d
To solve the whole time/date problem, I never understood why they don't
separate the two. Time could then be a regular integer, since there's
only 86,400 seconds in a day. Then simply make the date the number of
days (instead of number of seconds) from some arbitrary start date.
This would s
That particular screen reader (as far as I know), only worked on os/2.
There was no windows/dos version of that particular screen reader.
The Dos screen readers that I personally used were: iartic Technologies
artic vision, business vision (artic vision's big brother), ASAP, jaws,
and a coupl
You could use the open source version of caldera dos (as long as the
customer is the one to install it, then you can provide them fixes if
necessary).
Or, if you need a commercial offering, PTS dos from paragon has source
code, and it's free to use in any environment, though I can't find any
Having used dos with screen readers for nearly 20 years, I can honestly
say, if you get a plain dos install working, you will run into programs
that work well, some that work enough to get the job done, and some that
won't work at all, (just like on any other platform). Generally, if
they use
The one I have (well, had, that computer got lost in my last move,
unfortunately, since it had all of my dos stuff on it), is called
provox. The zip file name you want to search for is provox7.zip.
It comes with two parts, one of which is the synthesizer driver, and one
that is the screen rea
Found the english/ebook addition here:
https://www.amazon.com/Developing-Multi-threaded-Kernel-Scratch-multitasking-ebook/dp/B0CMK2PM3J?ref_=ast_author_mpb
It's even in the kindle unlimited program, which is really nice, but
unfortunately, it doesn't allow text-to-speech, so reading it on the
o the list and go on about my day.
On 11/15/2024 1:15 PM, Liam Proven via Freedos-user wrote:
On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 at 15:53, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user
wrote:
To solve the whole time/date problem, I never understood why they don't
separate the two. Time could then be a regular integer,
stility here.
On 11/15/2024 11:39 AM, tom ehlert via Freedos-user wrote:
Hallo Herr tsiegel--- via Freedos-user,
am Dienstag, 12. November 2024 um 16:39 schrieben Sie:
To solve the whole time/date problem, I never understood why they don't
separate the two. Time could then be a regula
The answer to both of your questions is yes.
Jaws for dos is free for dos use, and can be installed, though I don't
know where to obtain it, no idea if fs still has it on their site or
not, but a search of google should turn it up somewhere.
There is an opensource screen reader, but it requir
The answer to both of your questions is yes.
Jaws for dos is free for dos use, and can be installed, though I don't
know where to obtain it, no idea if FS still has it on their site or
not, but a search of google should turn it up somewhere.
There is an opensource screen reader, but it requir
The answer to both of your questions is yes.
Jaws for dos is free for dos use, and can be installed, though I don't
know where to obtain it, no idea if FS still has it on their site or
not, but a search of google should turn it up somewhere.
There is an opensource screen reader, but it requir
Are you selecting number 3 from the menu when it boots?
It looks like that's the only option that loads all the drivers you need
for xms capabilities.
I don't have a machine here where I can test this configuration, but
just looking at the file you provide, selecting option number 3 should
d
There's no xms memory, because you still haven't run an xms memory
manager from what I can tell. I'm not familiar with freedos, since I
have opendos and pts dos, both of which allow for multitasking, so I
typically use those instead of freedos, but as mentioned before, you
need to load a memor
Are you selecting number 3 from the menu when it boots?
It looks like that's the only option that loads all the drivers you need
for xms capabilities.
I don't have a machine here where I can test this configuration, but
just looking at the file you provide, selecting option number 3 should
do t
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
which part is incorrect?
The need to use review mode?
the not meant to be serious?
If it isn't making sense to the screen reader, because things are coming
across out of order, because how they're put on the screen, then you're
going to have to do more than just adjust your screeen reader. T
Karen.
It's not making sense to your screen reader, because it's putting things
on the screen where they need to be, and not always in the order the
line is created, that's why it doesn't make sense to you. You'll need
to make liberal use of the review screen commands to play this one.
Were
You're correct in that most screen readers can load configurations based
on the name of the program.
Generally, bios screen writes are exactly what a screen reader wants,
because that's the easiest way to get things to the screen in a way they
understand since they monitor those interrupts to
For what it's worth, lynx 2.8.4 (the latest one I have on windows) only
shows the first page where you can select a language,
I can't get past that page.
However, on linux where I have version 2.9.2 installed works just fine.
Thanks for doing the work for that, it makes a difference to some of
Does changing to 40 columns just use half the screen, or does it make
the font larger to accommodate?
If the latter, it might be a way to make the font larger.
Only ever used 40 columns on apple II/E computers that only had 40
colomn screens, never used it in dos where 80 column modes were ava
On 6/21/2025 10:23 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote:
On Jun 21, 2025, at 4:12 AM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user
wrote:
This doubles the width, not the hight: (at least on my machine/display)
what does „co“ stand for?
color screen, instead of monochrome.
___
On 6/20/2025 9:07 PM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user wrote:
Am 19.06.2025 um 22:19 schrieb tsiegel--- via Freedos-user
:
Does changing to 40 columns just use half the screen, or does it make the font
larger to accommodate?
It makes the font larger (like „double“)
If the latter, it might
In answer to the question of whether you need to continue providing iso
images in the archive, For what it's worth, my opinion is: yes,
absolutely, and here's why.
99 percent of the time, when someone comes to the dos archive to grab a
dos distro, they're downloading the iso image. Why? becau
On 7/2/2025 3:46 PM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user wrote:
rst the CD and USB installers Require a 386 or better CPU. CDs were
not really available until 486 machines. Even then they were not
common until Pentium based machines arrived. USB came after CD-ROM.
Not exactly true, but understa
Not very useful these days, but yes, some areas of the 640-1MB range
were indeed usable for dos ram. One particular was if you had a
monochrome monitor, you could allocate the other portion of ram that
color monitors used. I don't recall how much that added, but then there
was certain hard di
On 7/3/2025 2:04 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote:
**Of course, in my situation, I eventually just made a copy of the INI
after running it for the first time, and copied that backup file over
GALAXY.INI whenever I wanted to reset the count. :-)
I did the same thing for the lemmings game tha
8088 isn't the same as 8086. It's similar, but internally, the 8088 is
different than the 8086, so that might influence the
capabilities of the program. You'll need to emulate a straight 8086 to
get the full picture as to whether it can handle them or not.
the 8088 chips (at least the nec V
On 7/30/2025 6:41 AM, Ralf Quint via Freedos-user wrote:
Sorry to disappoint you, but you can't run a "80826 specific programs
on a V20".
Wrong.
I've done it, multiple times.
More than likely, those programs didn't use any of the extended mode
functionality available on a 286, but nonet
On 7/28/2025 6:55 PM, Ralf Quint via Freedos-user wrote:
On 7/25/2025 2:17 PM, tsiegel--- via Freedos-user wrote:
the 8088 chips (at least the nec V20 my xt machine had) could handle
the 80186 command set, this allowed it to run (some, most?) 80286
programs. I was able to run 286 specific
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