Theoretically, freedos could support an open source replacement.
And in my opinion, the only involvement FreeDOS should have is to
ensure that any such open source project would have access to whatever
they need to run, just like any other DOS application. That is, it
should be a separate
Hi guys,
I agree here. A new GUI should not run exclusively on FreeDOS...
I think asking the FreeDOS (kernel) developers to provide technical
information about DOS, while not tying the program to FreeDOS...
I would recommend to program your GUI in a way which makes in run
on any DOS, using
Hi everybody,
There is a new sourceforge file release of the FreeDOS kernel:
Version 2038 is now available with OpenWatcom 8086 FAT16 and
FAT32 binaries and as source code download. No 386+ or Turbo C
binaries this time, but please email if you want / made those.
Bart is already working on
Hi,
I have an old DOS application that I want to run with FreeDOS. The DOS
app uses a memory stick for storage and has a custom USB driver. The
driver is due to be retired for a variety of reasons including that it
doesn't support modern memory sticks.
I'm aware that USBASPI.sys and
Hi David,
I have an old DOS application that I want to run with FreeDOS. The DOS
app uses a memory stick for storage and has a custom USB driver. The
You mean your DOS app also uses USB? Is it possible to put the
thing accessed by the DOS app on another controller than the
USB stick? Then
Hi D Z,
I tried that already. I got the EMM386 to load which is required for the
Sound Blaster drivers to load correctly in DOS, but it fails when I ran the
SBTEST exe. I already tried adjusting the the IRQ, Address, etc., nothing
I guess it is more useful to try the actual game ;-)
same
