Well, you had given me good advice, and I was trying to be supportive of your point that people have reasons for what they do and I shouldn't feel compelled to make them feel imbecillic for making the choices they made.
I meant no offence. I was actually trying to support your point. I'll just bow out and let you fight your own battle. > On 02/27/2024 10:25 AM PST Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > and that is fine for you...your point? > > > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2024, DAMON GRAY wrote: > > > Karen, my hardware choice (old Pentium II) is because the motherboard has > > an ISA slot that I want for the Gravis Ultrasound sound card. Otherwise, > > I'd be fine with current generation hardware. > > > > > >> On 02/24/2024 12:01 PM PST Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hi Liam, > >> I have a question about this advice? > >> granted, I have made no secret of my using, having specific computers > >> built to construct DOS, rather than simply choosing older hardware. > >> Perhaps that care makes a difference. > >> However, I am, right now, using full DOS booted from my harddrive typing > >> with a USB keyboard. I have experienced no problems, am not even running > >> an extra USB driver yet, its simply done from the bios. > >> Is there a pattern others should seek in hardware, companies, motherboards > >> and the like that can lead to comparative results for them? > >> Its more of an intellectual question to ask, I realize I take greater care > >> than many here with my hardware choices. > >> Best, > >> Karen > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, 24 Feb 2024, Liam Proven via Freedos-user wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 at 03:21, DAMON GRAY via Freedos-user > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I'm working on the assumption that FreeDos will handle the USB mouse and > >>>> keyboard. > >>> > >>> No, it won't. > >>> > >>> But in my limited testing, what I found that might is this: > >>> > >>> Install DOS onto a USB key, and boot from that, not from a HDD partition. > >>> > >>> On some firmware, this makes the BIOS do lots of USB handling and > >>> emulation and things work better. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > >>> Email: [email protected] ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: [email protected] > >>> Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > >>> IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 > >>> Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Freedos-user mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Freedos-user mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
