I tend to use the three Megabyte high density IBM diskettes.They are pretty good quality,and they are GREAT for booting into DOS (and storing old apps).They can be found pretty much anywhere that has vintage computer equipment.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Chelson Aitcheson < chelson.aitche...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is like wanting Netflix on a dial up modem lol. > On Oct 21, 2015 14:35, "Mateusz Viste" <mate...@viste.fr> wrote: > >> Well, I'd say it's rather likely to be the other way around - your >> massive zip is an incorrectly formatted version of the things I already >> maintain since many years through the FDNPKG repo :) >> >> But I can't really say more about your massive zip, since I hadn't >> analyzed it, I once quickly looked into it and stopped after seconds >> when seeing that it has no chance to work (and I think I shared my >> concerns with you then). >> >> I cannot guarantee it's all the 'latest and brightest' versions of >> everything, since it's something I do with very little time, so it might >> happen some of the packages are one version off sometimes. It's surely a >> greatly updated version of the stock FreeDOS 1.1 though. >> >> Mateusz >> >> >> >> On 20/10/2015 21:31, Mercury Thirteen wrote: >> > So the link you gave is the complete set of everything that will be >> > included with FD1.2? Basically a correctly formatted version of the >> > massive ZIP I assembled previously, no? >> > >> > Merc >> > >> > On 10/20/2015 3:26 PM, Mateusz Viste wrote: >> >> On 20/10/2015 20:29, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: >> >>> At present, I know very little about the FDNPKG. However, I thought it >> >>> was 32-bit+ only. >> >> The tool itself - yes. The package base is just that - a package base >> >> with software. >> >> >> >> Here are all the repos: >> >> >> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/ >> >> >> >> And the "all_cd.iso" file present at the above link is an ISO CD with >> >> everything already, it "only" needs an installer before we can call it >> >> FreeDOS 1.2. >> >> >> >>> I do know that the new version needs to support 16bit >> >>> legacy systems. >> >> The installer certainly do. FDNPKG being 16bit sure would be "cool", >> but >> >> I don't see it happening any time soon. I might do some ultra-light >> >> 16bit version at some point, that would support only installation from >> a >> >> zip file (ie. without any network support, no repository support etc). >> >> Such version could then be used by installers that do not want to >> >> reimplement package format support.. >> >> >> >> >> >> Mateusz >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> On 20/10/2015 16:44, Jerome Shidel wrote: >> >>>>>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Mercury Thirteen < >> mercury0x0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Greetings! My apologies for not answering sooner, but I was slated >> to >> >>>>>> assemble the new release. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> If we are not in a hurry, I will continue to do so as planned. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> If we want this sooner than later, I will gladly transfer this to >> >>>>>> another person as my free time is slim due to family and work, and >> I do >> >>>>>> not wish to unnecessarily delay the release date when someone with >> fewer >> >>>>>> pressing responsibilities is able and willing to do the work. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I'd be glad to hear some constructive feedback on this. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> I'd be more than happy to not have to assemble it. If I must do it, >> release time will range from late 11/15 to mid to late 2016. Mostly, this >> is due to my "work" week being on average 80+ hours and other commitments. >> With "free" time coming in small to large chunks. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>>>> On 10/20/2015 9:21 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote: >> >>>>>>> I don’t see any volunteers for assembling the next release of >> FreeDOS. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> So, as my limited free time permits this is my roadmap. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Complete version 1.0 of V8Power Tools. >> https://github.com/LoopZ/V8Power <https://github.com/LoopZ/V8Power> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Implement items remaining on FDI Roadmap. >> https://github.com/shidel/FDI <https://github.com/shidel/FDI> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Begin work on assembling packages for FreeDOS 1.2. >> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > >
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