Tom Fuck You! 2015-05-19 20:22 GMT+02:00, Don Flowers <donr...@gmail.com>: > What a killjoy! Tom it was a wish list after all & from my personal > experience on FreeDOS 1.0 with the unstable kernel where crashes were few > and far between in standard mode, it seems possible if not practical. > > C'est la vie! FreeDOS is not my life, just something to obsess about, > ironically speaking. > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Tom Ehlert <t...@drivesnapshot.de> wrote: > >> > My reason for wanting to use Windows 3.1 in FreeDOS is for some >> > very specific apps (yes among them are a couple of bible programs) >> > and just having access to some utilities such as Winimage Winzip, >> > etc. That said, since 1993 I have always had Compaq DOS/Windows 3.1 >> > on at least one of my PCs so, I can always fall back to that - just a >> bit inconvenient. >> >> whatever your reason is: forget it. >> >> this would be a lot of work, and the developers find it more then >> 'a bit inconvenient' to put much effort in things that they aren't >> interested in. >> >> Tom >> >> >> >> >> > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 4:42 AM, Tom Ehlert <t...@drivesnapshot.de> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Ability to run Windows 3.1 in 386 enhanced mode. >> >> >> >> has been discussed multiple times. conclusion: forget it >> > >> > Okay, but let's be clear here: >> > >> > 1). It's proprietary, so it's not redistributable. >> > 2). It's old, so most people don't have (nor want) it. >> > 3). It used undocumented MS-specific data, so it's fairly hard to be >> compatible. >> > 4). It's harder (maybe impossible) to run on even semi-modern machines >> > due to its own bugs and design limits. >> > >> > However, that doesn't mean it's totally not worth supporting. In fact, >> > I could be wrong (never cared much personally, thus never tested, I >> > prefer "real" DOS, not Win16 GUI apps), but I think DOSBox claims to >> > work with Win 3.x (or maybe even Win95). I know for a fact that DR-DOS >> > 7.03 fully works, but I'm not sure about OpenDOS or EDR-DOS. >> > (Obviously those have different licenses, but I know it's not [always] >> > totally illegal to reverse engineer or clean-room, esp. when dealing >> > with explicit compatibility problems like this.) >> > >> > Regarding DOS apps themselves, the only real reason to use Win 3.1 >> > would be for something like multitasking (or maybe some obscure >> > drivers??). In that case, it's probably easier to instead just use >> > DOSEMU under Linux. >> > >> > So, summary: it's hard to support but not impossible, but the simple >> > answer is to look elsewhere at pre-existing solutions (or similar). >> > >> >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > One dashboard for servers and applications across >> > Physical-Virtual-Cloud >> > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications >> > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable >> > Insights >> > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. >> > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Freedos-user mailing list >> > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> > >> >> >> >> >> Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards >> Tom Ehlert >> +49-241-79886 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud >> Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications >> Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights >> Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >> >
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