Re: [Freedos-user] My curiosity
Yes, Dan: Tasks that could be completed in seconds now take minutes in Windows. This is a major cause of physician burn-out with electronic health records. I hated Aussie social security. It required using a Web form. That was very complex. I found it infuriating! https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/ -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] My curiosity
Re: the Compaq, in the late 80's, with the bus expander and a multi-port serial card, we ran a 6-user Pick system application using wyse-60 terminals. Also ran a 10-user version on an AT. Tasks that could be completed in seconds now take minutes in Windows. This is a major cause of physician burn-out with electronic health records. On Wed, Jul 26, 2023, at 5:47 AM, Bryan Kilgallin via Freedos-user wrote: > Hey Dan: > >> That's great info! I glad to see so many getting use ouf of old >> hardware. I, myself, have a whole load of old hardware. > > If it still works, or can be made to work, there's no need to chuck it! > >> In particular I have >> a T40 and, perhaps more interesting, A Compaq Portable III. > > Get them going, then. > >> I even have, in a flip-top jewel case, a 5-1/4" floppy + manual for a >> strange little app called Microsoft Access. > > I used to design databases in that! > -- > members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ > > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] My curiosity
Hey Dan: That's great info! I glad to see so many getting use ouf of old hardware. I, myself, have a whole load of old hardware. If it still works, or can be made to work, there's no need to chuck it! In particular I have a T40 and, perhaps more interesting, A Compaq Portable III. Get them going, then. I even have, in a flip-top jewel case, a 5-1/4" floppy + manual for a strange little app called Microsoft Access. I used to design databases in that! -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB serial & DOSBox
Yes, Louis:
Very cool!
In my Ubuntu Home directory is the hidden directory ".dosbox".
And within that, is the latest-version configuration file
"dosbox-0.74-3.conf".
At the end of that, I have edited a section thus.
{[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# Belkin F5U409 Serial-USB interface.
serial1=directserial realport:ttyUSB0
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
# Mount POLAR heart-monitor software directory. Change to it & run POLAR.
mount c ~/snap/dosbox-jz/108/DOS/POLAR/
C:
POLAR}
So now launching DOSBox, changes to the heart-monitor software
directory. Then that application opens.
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