> had to run the install CD twice to get FreeDOS installed on the hard drive.
Known problem, the 1.0 distro is obsolete and buggy ... > My experience was that about half of the ones i tried on FreeDOS worked. Make sure to update the kernel, HIMEM to HIMEMX, EMM386 to nothing or JEMM, CTMOUSE, ... > Forget to check if there was a wave file player that came installed with > FreeDOS. > What do others use to play those files? MPXPLAY. > Also, could not play MOD files. My favorite program sound2 (based on > SoundTracker), just hangs. Any recommendations on a good mod file player? On the wishlist for MPXPLAY. > I couldn't help thinking Timidity++ would be great for playing midi and mod > files. > It works even without a sound card How ? PC speaker ? WAV file output ? > I have a ton of old BASIC programs. Any recommendations on a good BASIC > interpreter? No, get FreeBASIC compiler. There are some interpreters but AFAIK they are de facto unusable. > Is there a good way to slow down old DOS games like pinball? * "SLOWDOWN" (at your risk, I don't use it) * BOCHS emulator (host OS = emulated OS = DOS) > My favorite DOS programming editor > (ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/editor/edwin15c.zip) > fails and won't run. Has anyone been able to get edwin working on FreeDOS? NO (no test), I prefer KINESICS, INFOPAD, FASM IDE. > Is there a PNG viewer for FreeDOS? YES: http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.GraphPaintCAD > I tried an old copy of Pictview and it seems to work well on most > graphics types but lacked PNG support. It DOES support PNG. Update. > Is there a good forum or mailing list for discussing > porting/compiling Open Source applications to DOS? This one ;-) & BTTR . > Still trying to get my bearings with FreeDOS, so any pointers to > documentation, how-to's, etc. greatly appreciated. freedos.org drdos.org -- ~~~ wow ~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
