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)


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