Re: [Freedos-user] HTTPS and DOS browsers

2016-07-26 Thread Dan Schmidt
>You talk as if you know for sure there is one. >Is this the case ? I use two that do SSL/TLS quite adequately: Links2 http://links.twibright.com/download.php lynx also does ssl, but this version takes some work to get going:

Re: [Freedos-user] HTTPS and DOS browsers

2016-08-07 Thread Dan Schmidt
nline commerce but not banking, and not recently. > >I, too, used this port of Lynx as my main browser, > inclusive for e-commerce, until 2014. During past > year access problems did increase a lot. > > Dan Schmidt said: > > > I use two that do SSL/TLS quite ade

[Freedos-user] Lynx DOS

2017-01-21 Thread Dan Schmidt
FYI - I have found this new compile of Lynx to be very stable/compatible. If you have an old computer and want to put it to good use, FreeDOS with lynx is an excellent option. It's a very fast way to read weather/news without ads.

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-01-24 Thread Dan Schmidt
They deprecated that cipher - you can make it work, but it is vulnerable. Also, ssh2dos is very unstable in my experience. I wish somebody would write a decent ssh for dos. On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:21 AM, Ulrich Hansen wrote: > Update: > > The solution I found last night

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-01-30 Thread Dan Schmidt
> Am 28.01.2017 um 06:23 schrieb Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net>: > > To answer your question for myself, I never have this issue. No crashes, > and i can spend hours working on line. Further I have done more than my > share of downloads with sftpd386 as well. >

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-01-27 Thread Dan Schmidt
to a Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server with OpenSSH 7.2 > Client is a fresh install of FreeDOS 1.2 where I installed ssh2dos with > "FDNPKG install ssh2dos" > > Thank you very, very much! > > Ulrich > > > > Am 27.01.2017 um 06:39 schrieb Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-01-26 Thread Dan Schmidt
I am unsure what it is that makes ssh2dos so unstable for me - nobody else has this issue? I would like to answer Ulrich on how he can modify his Ubuntu server, but first, a warning: These algorithms were disabled because they are obsolete and insecure. Using a token based login, such as

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-01-26 Thread Dan Schmidt
I forgot - you may need to regenerate your keys with "ssh-keygen -A" after modifying the server. On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am unsure what it is that makes ssh2dos so unstable for me - nobody else > has this issue? >

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a DOS bootable USB drive

2017-03-17 Thread Dan Schmidt
Unetbootin will work for disk or iso, however, I have come across usb that simply will not work for some strange reason. I have to wonder if anybody has ever had any success simply sys-ing the usb? On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:05 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote: > Some Windows users

Re: [Freedos-user] WIFI on DOS (was: bsum - compute BSD checksums of your files)

2017-04-23 Thread Dan Schmidt
Is this thread still about wireless for Dos? If not, sorry for posting. If so, I bought a wireless to ethernet bridge - smaller than a deck of cards, runs on usb power - works great for my Dos machine. I tried a wifi card that supposedly supported dos - never could get it working, threw it away

Re: [Freedos-user] WIFI on DOS (was: bsum - compute BSD checksums of your files)

2017-04-24 Thread Dan Schmidt
machine. (can be powered by usb) On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 3:39 PM, Ulrich Hansen <my.gr...@mailbox.org> wrote: > > > Am 24.04.2017 um 07:07 schrieb Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com>: > > > > Is this thread still about wireless for Dos? If not, sorry for posting. &

Re: [Freedos-user] WIFI on DOS (was: bsum - compute BSD checksums of yo

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===8759580214405937345== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1140137c0b54bd054df6b1bf --001a1140137c0b54bd054df6b1bf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 That is a router, I can't guarantee it would work. (unless y

Re: [Freedos-user] WIFI on DOS (was: bsum - compute BSD checksums of yo

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===2885374890722544653== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113c05a850355e054de294d9 --001a113c05a850355e054de294d9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Is this thread still about wireless for Dos? If not,

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a DOS bootable USB drive

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===1609859276591360949== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113bcaa218afcb054aeddd77 --001a113bcaa218afcb054aeddd77 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unetbootin wil

Re: [Freedos-user] HTTPS

2017-05-06 Thread DAN SCHMIDT
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===1367417055986599984== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c05d174565b21053980b67a --94eb2c05d174565b21053980b67a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > Under plain DOS ? On what kind of machine ? Sry, didn't

[Freedos-user] Lynx DOS

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===7049781051341746116== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c00ea612c01505469d6090 --001a11c00ea612c01505469d6090 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 FYI - I have found this new compile of Lynx to be very

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===8947666473291029551== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c00ea612aad70546e511ab --001a11c00ea612aad70546e511ab Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable They depr

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===0780098062071741077== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1142b0eecdb1c005470cdeeb --001a1142b0eecdb1c005470cdeeb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am unsur

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===5135558072373083799== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f403045fc1c842840405471fe722 --f403045fc1c842840405471fe722 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am equally as s

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===5733539331453050794== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114057c24860b105475c76bb --001a114057c24860b105475c76bb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I didn't try t

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===3214343721392351354== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c1a162021ee2705470ce377 --94eb2c1a162021ee2705470ce377 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I forgot - you ma

Re: [Freedos-user] SSH2DOS - no connection with recent servers

2017-05-06 Thread Dan Schmidt
From: Dan Schmidt <helpdesk...@gmail.com> --===5744745932746269668== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f403045ebac61b89f70548629728 --f403045ebac61b89f70548629728 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I hop

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

2018-01-02 Thread Dan Schmidt
Drat! Somebody finally caught onto to my evil plan to covertly make Linux servers insecure! Foiled again! You will this one, Tom, but I'll be back!! Oh, I'LL BE BACK!! On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 9:03 AM, Tom Ehlert wrote: > > > We did talk at length about it almost

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

2018-01-02 Thread Dan Schmidt
We did talk at length about it almost exactly a year ago. The tldr version is that you would need ssh2d386 and you have to have access to modify the ssh config on the server to support older ciphers. All my attempts to get a decent C coder interested in updating the project have failed.

[Freedos-user] Lynx Live

2019-12-01 Thread Dan Schmidt
In an effort to demonstrate Lynx (ie - a text web browser) on Dos as a viable, fast and fun option, I created a boot img to do so and squirreled it away in the forgotten tunnels of the gophernet where I hope it shall only be found by people who will not unduly pester me.

Re: [Freedos-user] Only Get Black Screen with Blinking Cursor following Installation of FreeDOS to my Machine

2020-03-05 Thread Dan Schmidt
Try the utilities fdisk and format, I've not had any luck using Gparted to make anything FreeDos can reliably read. On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 3:25 PM Jen via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I’m trying to install FreeDOS onto the SSD hard drive of my ThinkPad W520 >

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos USB Pendrive

2020-03-07 Thread Dan Schmidt
I have had luck with the following: Insert the USB pendrive BEFORE boot. Use FDISK/FORMAT to properly format the usb. Shut down and remove the usb. Put files on usb, then insert the pendrive back in before boot. After boot, you should be able to access the file on usb. I'm not sure if this

Re: [Freedos-user] networking/wifi

2021-03-20 Thread Dan Schmidt
Long time ago, I had an orinoco card that was 802.11b that was supposed to work with DOS. Could never get it to work, eventually threw it out in frustration. Some very good and interesting suggestions have been made. However, I believe the cheapest/easiest may be a simple wireless bridge. An

Re: [Freedos-user] ANN: lynx2.9.0dev.8

2021-08-02 Thread Dan Schmidt
Quick FYI: Dos lynx is still available. Tried it - still works. https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.msdos.djgpp/c/4GGhcKL_ZPQ/m/cTmonuz4BQAJ That FTP server doesn't seem to work, none of the mirrors seem to work, so I found it here: https://mirrors.fe.up.pt/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/ Last I

Re: [Freedos-user] Netgear LNE100TX

2021-07-26 Thread Dan Schmidt
Well, I can tell you this much isn't right: >My Ethernet Address Is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF That driver doesn't like or can't find your card. On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 4:25 AM Richard Hoffman < richardhoffman2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been having trouble setting up my ethernet card on my

Re: [Freedos-user] Video complains that DOS should not be mantained

2022-01-12 Thread Dan Schmidt
me. > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 8:17 PM Dan Schmidt wrote: > >> Have you tried links -g ? >> >> On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 10:11 PM Louis Santillan >> wrote: >> >>> I haven’t had many crashes in Links2 in normal browsing. I have been >>> able to m

Re: [Freedos-user] Video complains that DOS should not be mantained

2022-01-10 Thread Dan Schmidt
hu, Jan 6, 2022 at 7:17 AM Dan Schmidt wrote: > >> Links and Lynx both do TLS currently on DOS. Links will even do images, >> but it's prone to crash in gui mode. >> >> On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 2:09 AM Louis Santillan >> wrote: >> >>> Doesn't Links2

Re: [Freedos-user] Video complains that DOS should not be mantained

2022-01-08 Thread Dan Schmidt
an 6, 2022 at 10:12 PM Louis Santillan wrote: > 2.25 is latest version > http://links.twibright.com/download/binaries/dos/ > > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 3:31 PM Jose Senna wrote: > >> Dan schmidt said: >> >> | Links and Lynx both do TLS currently on DOS. >

Re: [Freedos-user] From BTTR: FAT32 ramdisk, SvarCOM shell, Doszip commander

2022-06-15 Thread Dan Schmidt
Off topic and flagrant necromancy, yet I'll briefly note somebody (kind of) did. * (Disclaimer: "correct" loosely defined)* https://bestofcpp.com/repo/AnttiTakala-SSH2DOS P.S. Thanks Eric On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 5:45 PM Karen Lewellen wrote: > Seems like some fine efforts. > Speaking

Re: [Freedos-user] New mTCP available

2022-07-15 Thread Dan Schmidt
Indeed good news, and would be swell if Brutman compiled an ssh client with his excellent library as well. :-) On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 3:49 AM Lukas Satin wrote: > Hi, perfect! Good news! > > So, in the future, I could modify this RLoader DOS game browser library to > include some IRC chat with

Re: [Freedos-user] New mTCP available

2022-07-16 Thread Dan Schmidt
Thanks all for your comments, I'm aware of the ssh2dos project and suggested noise.sys to help with security. I'm glad to hear Unicode in mTCP Telnet is on the table and would like to thank Mike for his continued work. (PC fished from trash + FreeDos + mTCP Telnet = quick, cheap terminal for lab

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos, laptops, and the internet?

2023-06-03 Thread Dan Schmidt
https://github.com/AnttiTakala/SSH2DOS Unfortunately, it did not seem to work anymore last time I tried it. It may be possible to enable some legacy ciphers on the ssh server to make it work. Personally, I telnet to another PC and and ssh from there. On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 7:42 PM tauro via

[Freedos-user] One use case for FreeDos

2024-01-27 Thread Dan Schmidt via Freedos-user
Now, that's an interesting use for a Dos/FreeDos retro computer: https://www.theverge.com/2014/5/14/5716232/george-r-r-martin-uses-dos-wordstar-to-write How many computers destined for the landfill still have perfectly good screens and keyboards? (Recalling those heavy, grey, indestructible PS2