Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support
On Tue, 01 May 2012 21:16:35 -0400, Mark LaPierre marklap...@aol.com wrote: Hey Y'all, Does FreeDOS provide support for USB ports? There were no such thing as USB ports back in the MS-DOS days. ;-) My friends on the rotary engine mail list want to know so they can use it to control the engine ignition and fuel injection systems. Another awesome use for FreeDOS. Hi, hope you don`t mind if I ask which system it is? Were they thinking about running FreeDOS on the actual engine controller, or on a PC that interfaces with it? I have tinkered with some aftermarket engine electronics (MS, megajolt, ostrich) and they all used RS232 to communicate, but sometimes with a RS232-USB adaptor in between. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support
On 05/02/2012 02:08 AM, TJ Edmister wrote: On Tue, 01 May 2012 21:16:35 -0400, Mark LaPierremarklap...@aol.com wrote: Hey Y'all, Does FreeDOS provide support for USB ports? There were no such thing as USB ports back in the MS-DOS days. ;-) My friends on the rotary engine mail list want to know so they can use it to control the engine ignition and fuel injection systems. Another awesome use for FreeDOS. Hi, hope you don`t mind if I ask which system it is? Were they thinking about running FreeDOS on the actual engine controller, or on a PC that interfaces with it? I have tinkered with some aftermarket engine electronics (MS, megajolt, ostrich) and they all used RS232 to communicate, but sometimes with a RS232-USB adaptor in between. As I understand it the plan is to run DOS on an older tablet and use USB to interface directly with the sensors and actuators. Hardware interrupts will be used as timing events to keep everything in sync with the engine. -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registerd Linux user No #267004 www.counter.li.org -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support
Mark LaPierre wrote: Hey Y'all, Does FreeDOS provide support for USB ports? The DFSee boot CD runs FreeDOS. It can access thumb drives and USB connected HDDs. Dies that prove anything where you are concerned? Ray -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
