For reference: this idea came from a "bug" that was reported in the tracker - but it's not really a bug, but a feature request. I moved it to the 'feature request' section on the tracker: https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/feature-requests/74/
On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 9:00 AM Jim Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looking for feedback on creating a "software compatibility" list on > the FreeDOS wiki. > > > Sometimes, people say they have problems running some game or other > software on FreeDOS. Recent examples include Windows 3.11, and some > CD-based games that use copy protection. > > What would be the best way to track these issues, and provide a way > for people to find a fix or workaround? > > I'm thinking of a "software compatibility" page on the wiki. I don't > think this should be a huge list of "this software works" but a > shorter list of "this software doesn't run (with default config?) on > FreeDOS" and some workarounds (if we know them). > > Searching for "compatibility" in the wiki doesn't find an > already-existing "software compatibility" page, but I did find a > "hardware compatibility" page from 2014 that I'd completely forgotten > about: (that page is pulled from tests that Mark Aitchison had done) > > http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware_compatibility > > > (that page isn't formatted well, probably because I just dumped/copied > Mark's notes into a technote, and later into a wiki page - should get > cleaned up for readability) _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
