Maybe the people who have produced the mini also wrote some software to make it useful. I like DOS I hope it moves foreward. Windows is so single PC oriented. I've tried moving windows to a twin PC - same everything and it somehow knew it was different and didn't want to run. DOS has no such problems. DOS finds its legs and wants to run.
cheers DS On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 15:07:35 -0400 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Dale E Sterner > <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote: > > I see that someone on Ebay is selling an HP mini > > with a FREEDOS os installed. All the HP minis that > > I've seen have wifi & bluetooth built in. That would > > mean an 802.11 client to do it. The ad doesn't > > mention wifi or bluetooth but every mini that I've seen > > has it. > > The machine may have the *hardware*. Whether the hardware will be > *usable* will depend on software. > > MSDOS was written back before Wifi and Bluetooth *existed*. FreeDOS > tries to be compatible with MSDOS, which means "support for what > existed when MSDOS was current." > > I would *not* expect Wifi or Bluetooth to be usable on the machine > in > FreeDOS, because the drivers don't exist. If you want to use Wifi > or > Bluetooth on that hardware, you'll need to install another OS that > supports them. (Depending on exactly which HP mini model it is, > there > might be a flavor of Linux that can do it.) > ______ > Dennis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ The Easiest Way To Shed Deep Fat? 3 Harmful Foods http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/58f7bb5e84cae3b5e7b11st02duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
