from Rugxulo and my previous post: > > On Mar 18, 2015 11:32 PM, "Thomas Mueller" <mueler6...@twc.com> wrote:
> > When the first FreeDOS package installer/updater came out, > > it messed up on my system. > > I hope you can do better! > Always back up important files. > > Many DOS software links in recent years have been no good > > as DOS software development declines. > The main problem is probably unclear (or bad) licensing. You could also say > that web hosts and popular mirrors need to be easier to contribute to. > > As newer Ethernet chips no longer come with packet drivers > > for DOS, that makes it much more difficult to use mtcp > > or anything for DOS-based (inter)networking. > Bug the manufacturers. Or pay them. Or port it over from FreeBSD or > whatever. Yeah, it's a long shot, but there's only so many ways to make it > work. > > That's why I never downloaded mtcp or Glenn McCorkle's > > latest Arachne, wouldn't be able to use it. > Again, the easiest answer to all of the above is to use a VM like > VirtualBox or QEMU. You don't have to worry about hosing your system with > buggy programs, everything is self-contained and easy to replicate and > backup, and packet drivers do work there. I don't think seriously that I will ever be in a position to use or test a FreeDOS package installer/updater. I'd really like to see if I can run FreeDOS or other OS that can't connect by Ethernet, if I can boot by PXE and access the intranet and internet that way. By the way, I see that Net-Tamer shareware internet suite is still available for download, same version as in 1999. I can't see how such old internet software can still be seriously useful (PPP dialup only), even Netscape or MS Internet Explorer from that time would be of very limited functionality. Dave Colston should have released Net-Tamer to open source years ago, now is too late to matter. Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
