Re: [Freedos-user] Zork for Free!

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan W.
I have been using the DOS TADS interpreter and compiler in FreeDOS, and both work fine. I don't know about other interpreters though. Skyler On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Chris Schumann wrote: > Thanks for the clarification. I'm late to the party. > > BTW, these work fine for me in FreeDOS. C

Re: [Freedos-user] Zork for Free!

2009-05-21 Thread Chris Schumann
Thanks for the clarification. I'm late to the party. BTW, these work fine for me in FreeDOS. Checking out ifarchive right now. Chris On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Jonathan W. wrote: > Ditto: http://infocom-if.org/disclaimer.html -

Re: [Freedos-user] Zork for Free!

2009-05-21 Thread Jonathan W.
Ditto: http://infocom-if.org/disclaimer.html It's not affiliated with Infocom, and Zork has been out for a while. If you like those games, though, check out the IF archive at ifarchive.org; they have a TON of interactive fiction games. Skyler On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Robert Riebisch wro

Re: [Freedos-user] Zork for Free!

2009-05-21 Thread Robert Riebisch
Chris Schumann wrote: > http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html > > Infocom has released Zork I, II and III for free download. 1) infocom-if.org is not Infocom! It's "just" a fan site. Infocom was sold to Activision in 1986. 2) Activision offered Zork 1-3 for free download in 1996. R

[Freedos-user] Zork for Free!

2009-05-21 Thread Chris Schumann
http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html Infocom has released Zork I, II and III for free download. Anyone tried them in FreeDOS? I'm firing up my FreeDOS machine. Chris -- Register Now for Creativity and Tech

Re: [Freedos-user] Using Perl IN FreeDOS

2009-05-21 Thread Inna Karapetyan
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi! > > > 1. I am trying to run my very simple Perl script in FreeDOS which > > opens a file and read from it. I have perl5 for MS-DOS. > > So when I am running the script it gives an error saying: > > > > Can't locate SelectSaver.pm in @INC

Re: [Freedos-user] Using Perl IN FreeDOS

2009-05-21 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > 1. I am trying to run my very simple Perl script in FreeDOS which > opens a file and read from it. I have perl5 for MS-DOS. > So when I am running the script it gives an error saying: > > Can't locate SelectSaver.pm in @INC (@INC contains: c:/perl/lib/perl5 > c:/perl/lib/perl5/site C:/pe

Re: [Freedos-user] Basic sound access in DOS.

2009-05-21 Thread dos386
> Key words are: closed source. Bad idea. There is not much choice around ... > The problem is that apps working with SB cards usually do this by > accessing hardware ports directly (in/out instructions). You can't "hook" This is a non-issue affecting legacy crap only ;-) > and having a .sys dr