Hi All, If you follow the developer mailing list, you would have heard me mention the development of the new version 3.x of FDRepo.
For those who don’t follow that list, FDRepo is the server side software that manages the FreeDOS software download and update repositories. Those repositories are what network aware package managers like FDNPKG communicate with to fetch package updates and new software over the internet. Among the many things FDRepo does, it also provides a web interface for visitors to browse and download packages. There are a few more things which I want to finish before it “officially” replaces the old version. However, I also run it on my personal server and it is already replaced it at https://fd.lod.bz/repositories <https://fd.lod.bz/repositories> Today, I kind-of when down a rabbit hole in it’s development. I decided to visit the repository through the dos accessible sub-domain using a DOS web browser. That sub-domain does not force a https encrypted connection. The results were mixed and it was enlightening to see what the different browsers could and could not handle. One browser stood out above the rest. It was the text only Lynx browser (not Links). It was almost usable. Looking at the problems it had, I thought “I bet I can fix that”. I jumped down that rabbit hole head first, did some experiments and made a couple changes. Many hours later, voilà the site now works reasonably well in DOS text only mode with Lynx. So, if you want to feel like the 1980's, install the lynx browser and fire it up using: lynx.exe http://dos.lod.bz/repos <http://dos.lod.bz/repos> :-) Jerome
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