Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS is slow in Raspberry 4

2020-03-19 Thread David McMackins
On 3/18/20 12:21 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 3/18/2020 10:02 AM, Swap Jim via Freedos-user wrote: >> >> And in the meantime I'll try Fedora ARM, just in case it matters on >> the RPi4. > FAIK, Rasbian is the best supported distro on the RPi4B+ (hardware > wise). And beside that Raspberry.org

Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

2019-08-19 Thread David McMackins
vmdk is a virtual machine image for VMWare. You want to use the img file. Use a disk imaging software to image your drive using the img file as the image. Regards, David E. McMackins II www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com On 8/19/19 5:39 AM, kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends > > In 

Re: [Freedos-user] HP laptop touchpad

2019-08-06 Thread David McMackins
I will throw in my own experience here in case it is relevant. I have a 1999 Sony Vaio with a built in trackpad. If I load ctmouse with no external hardware, the trackpad works fine. If then connect an external PS/2 mouse, that mouse will work fine too. If, however, I load ctmouse with both

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

2019-07-17 Thread David McMackins
Yes, that is the correct list, but it didn't come through. When you send something to the mailing list, you should get it in your own inbox when it is forwarded from the list. If you did get that, then maybe something happened on the mail server at just the wrong time. Happy Hacking, David

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

2019-07-17 Thread David McMackins
I don't see any question from you in my several years of email history, so perhaps your question never made it to the list. Furthermore, this is not a paid support line. Nobody here owes you an answer to your question. Most people are willing to help, but if nobody knows an answer or is

Re: [Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-07 Thread David McMackins
, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 2018-08-07 07:05, Mateusz Viste wrote: On Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:45:33 -0500, David McMackins wrote: Why does your "copying policy" say MIT but the license in RCAL.TXT is GPL?

Re: [Freedos-user] rcal v1.0

2018-08-07 Thread David McMackins
Why does your "copying policy" say MIT but the license in RCAL.TXT is GPL? Confusing. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org

Re: [Freedos-user] Choosing an interrupt number

2018-08-04 Thread David McMackins
ProtonMail Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On August 4, 2018 11:40 AM, David McMackins wrote: > >> I'm wanting to set up a packet driver, but it asks for which packet int >> number to use. From the packet driver specification, I see this is >> s

[Freedos-user] Choosing an interrupt number

2018-08-04 Thread David McMackins
I'm wanting to set up a packet driver, but it asks for which packet int number to use. From the packet driver specification, I see this is supposed to be between 0x60 and 0x80, but how can I tell if any of these are already taken? Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member,

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread David McMackins
: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 05:42:45AM -0500, David McMackins wrote: > >> I knew how to use a SLIP driver, I wouldn't have asked, but since I >> don't know, I asked, and you take that as an indication that it's of no >> use to me. How does that help anyone? > > If you googled

Re: [Freedos-user] SLIP packet driver

2018-08-01 Thread David McMackins
ww.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 08/01/2018 02:46 AM, Tom Ehlert wrote: > 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 d

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking without ethernet?

2018-07-22 Thread David McMackins
Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 07/10/2018 03:11 PM, geneb wrote: >> On Jul 10, 2018, 1:23 PM, David McMackins wrote: >> >>> Even if I did, that doesn't answer my question. Even if

Re: [Freedos-user] Tandy 1000 compatibility

2018-07-22 Thread David McMackins
> It looks pretty obsolete I'm not running DOS for its relevance... > Even the floppy drive is not compatible with standard. Yeah, I know. I was thinking about seeing what that would take. Isn't the floppy disk management all done from software, though? > Where would you get Tandy 1000 and

[Freedos-user] Tandy 1000 compatibility

2018-07-21 Thread David McMackins
Has anyone here ever tested FreeDOS on a Tandy 1000? I've been considering getting one for some software testing, but it occurred to me that its slight differences might not be compatible with FreeDOS. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Re: [Freedos-user] Global preferences for EDIT

2018-07-16 Thread David McMackins
. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 2018-07-16 10:28, dmccunney wrote: On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 8:18 AM David McMackins wrote: I

[Freedos-user] Global preferences for EDIT

2018-07-15 Thread David McMackins
I would like to save my settings for EDIT in such a way that they take effect everywhere. Seems to me, when I choose to save, it puts a file in the current directory, and the settings only work when launching from that directory. Is there a way to do this? Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking without ethernet?

2018-07-10 Thread David McMackins
, as long as it presents the packet interface which TCP/IP expects. Sent from ProtonMail mobile Original Message On Jul 10, 2018, 1:23 PM, David McMackins < cont...@mcmackins.org> wrote: Even if I did, that doesn't answer my question. Even if I get connected to dial-up, will

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking without ethernet?

2018-07-10 Thread David McMackins
, Jul 9, 2018 at 9:10 PM David McMackins wrote: I have a 1998 Sony Vaio running FreeDOS. This model did not include an ethernet controller (or wlan), but it does have an old modem in it. I've been going through the networking guide referred to by Rugxulo, and I got down to running NICSCAN.EXE only

[Freedos-user] Networking without ethernet?

2018-07-09 Thread David McMackins
I have a 1998 Sony Vaio running FreeDOS. This model did not include an ethernet controller (or wlan), but it does have an old modem in it. I've been going through the networking guide referred to by Rugxulo, and I got down to running NICSCAN.EXE only to realize *oops!* this computer doesn't even

Re: [Freedos-user] Please remove me from your mail list. No longer active. Thanks

2018-07-01 Thread David McMackins
Hi, Tony. I'm not on the mailing list staff, but you can unsubscribe here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos/lists/freedos-user/unsubscribe Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation

Re: [Freedos-user] DISKCOPY to disk larger than image

2018-06-29 Thread David McMackins
Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 2018-06-29 09:18, geneb wrote: On Fri, 29 Jun 2018, David McMackins wrote: But if I use dd on my Linux box, DOS sees it as a 720k filesystem

Re: [Freedos-user] DISKCOPY to disk larger than image

2018-06-29 Thread David McMackins
Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 2018-06-29 08:30, geneb wrote: On Fri, 29 Jun 2018, David McMackins wrote: DISKCOPY throws an error if I try to copy a 720k image to a 1.44M diskette. I couldn't find a flag that could do it. I tried

[Freedos-user] DISKCOPY to disk larger than image

2018-06-29 Thread David McMackins
DISKCOPY throws an error if I try to copy a 720k image to a 1.44M diskette. I couldn't find a flag that could do it. I tried setting the size to 720, but that threw a different error. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate

Re: [Freedos-user] XMODEM-compatible terminal software

2018-06-28 Thread David McMackins
I managed to get a copy of MS-DOS Kermit. Think that'll work? Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II Supporting Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On

Re: [Freedos-user] Connecting to a BBS via a modem

2018-04-13 Thread David McMackins
ite an xtalk > clone extended to other ports - usb etc. Xtalk with usb would > be useful in testing ports. > > > cheers > DS > > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:37:49 -0500 David McMackins > <cont...@mcmackins.org> writes: >> I have a late 9

Re: [Freedos-user] Connecting to a BBS via a modem

2018-04-13 Thread David McMackins
Foundation (#2296972) Associate Member, Free Software Foundation (#12889) www.mcmackins.org www.delwink.com www.eff.org www.gnu.org www.fsf.org On 04/13/2018 12:12 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > from David McMackins: > >> I have a late 90s vintage laptop running FreeDOS, and I'd like to use it &

[Freedos-user] Connecting to a BBS via a modem

2018-04-12 Thread David McMackins
I have a late 90s vintage laptop running FreeDOS, and I'd like to use it to connect to a BBS system directly over a phone line using its modem. Even if it turns out that this modem in particular won't work, I'd still like some help finding software for this. My cursory web search led me to a

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

2017-12-31 Thread David McMackins
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 if (!(remote_major == 1 &&

[Freedos-user] Rolling up from 1.1?

2017-05-06 Thread David McMackins
From: David McMackins <cont...@mcmackins.org> Call me a noob, but is there a preferred way to upgrade from FreeDOS 1.1 to 1.2 while keeping configurations intact? I haven't personally loaded the new installer yet, but I wanted to check before I tried, since my FreeDOS installation is o

[Freedos-user] Rolling up from 1.1?

2017-02-08 Thread David McMackins
Call me a noob, but is there a preferred way to upgrade from FreeDOS 1.1 to 1.2 while keeping configurations intact? I haven't personally loaded the new installer yet, but I wanted to check before I tried, since my FreeDOS installation is on real hardware. Happy Hacking, David E. McMackins II