Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
On 28 Jan 2021 at 21:42, Šimon Dobeš wrote: > > Well it's like this.  > > For me it's too hard to orientate in command line interface such as > dos. For better orientation I prefer some sort of grafical user > interface (GUI) I do not know anything other except for Windows. It > is the best env

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Aitor Santamaría
Hi, On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 at 21:12, tom ehlert wrote: > > > "MS-DOS 7.x" doesn't exist for all but the initial boot process. As soon > > as the Windows 9x boot logo comes up, there is no longer any "MS-DOS > Well, I tend to disagree with this, but by a semantic question :) In my opinion, VMM32 and

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Šimon Dobeš
Well it's like this. For me it's too hard to orientate in command line interface such as dos. For better orientation I prefer some sort of grafical user interface (GUI) I do not know anything other except for Windows. It is the best environment for me since when I was a child we had an 486 dx2 wit

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread tom ehlert
>>> **Win95 is an operative system (no comment). **There is no DOS. >> Win95 is a desktop environment that lives on top of a MS-DOS 7.0 foundation. >> Win98SE is a desktop environment that lives on top of a MS-DOS 7.1 >> foundation. >> WinME " " " " " "

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Felix Miata
Ralf Quint composed on 2021-01-28 10:57 (UTC-0800): > "MS-DOS 7.x" doesn't exist for all but the initial boot process. As soon > as the Windows 9x boot logo comes up, there is no longer any "MS-DOS > foundation" active. Somebody ought to fix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows: "..

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/28/2021 9:22 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Bonaventura de'Vidovich composed on 2021-01-28 16:29 (UTC+0100): **Win95 is an operative system (no comment). **There is no DOS. Win95 is a desktop environment that lives on top of a MS-DOS 7.0 foundation. Win98SE is a desktop environment that lives on

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread tom ehlert
>> **Win95 is an operative system (no comment). **There is no DOS. > Win95 is a desktop environment that lives on top of a MS-DOS 7.0 foundation. nope. starting with Windows 3.11 for workgroups, most work is done by Windows. Win95: Only if necessary work would be delegated to the 16Bit DOS fou

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Felix Miata
Šimon Dobeš composed on 2021-01-28 09:18 (UTC): > I tried to install windows 95 on my PC. But it ended up with an error. How old is that PC? Unless it was made in the early to middle 1990s, you can't expect it to support your PC's hardware. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religio

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Felix Miata
Bonaventura de'Vidovich composed on 2021-01-28 16:29 (UTC+0100): > **Win95 is an operative system (no comment). **There is no DOS. Win95 is a desktop environment that lives on top of a MS-DOS 7.0 foundation. Win98SE is a desktop environment that lives on top of a MS-DOS 7.1 foundation. WinME

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread dmccunney
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 10:47 AM Bonaventura de'Vidovich wrote: > > Win 3.11 is a interface, in that case DOS is the real operative system. > Win95 is an operative system (no comment). There is no DOS. Er, no. Win 3.1 was a multi-tasking, 16 bit, protected mode shell running on top of DOS, and u

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Ralf Quint
On 1/28/2021 7:53 AM, Šimon Dobeš wrote: Oh. Um well. OK. What about installing windows nt3.51 on my system? What about it? It is another, completely self-standing OS, which doesn't have any relation to FreeDOS. Therefor, it would be off-topic here... ;-) Ralf -- This email has been chec

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Šimon Dobeš
Oh. Um well. OK. What about installing windows nt3.51 on my system? On the other way: I don't want to use virtual machines because my pc is freezer and it runs only on some 21 frames per second which is poor. But thanks. Simon Dňa št, 28. jan 2021, 16:46 Bonaventura de'Vidovich napísal(a): > Hel

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Simon, > I tried to install windows 95 on my PC. But it ended up with an error. > So I installed Windows 3.11. Is anyone able to make zip file of C: drive > with Windows 95 and send me link to download. Nice try, but that would be illegal. If you want to run Windows applications for Windows

Re: [Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Bonaventura de'Vidovich
Hello *Win 3.11 is a interface, in that case DOS is the _real_ operative system.** **Win95 is an operative system (no comment). **There is no DOS. * You should install Win95 in a empty disk. It is not possible to copy files from an other installation because some files have to be placed in spec

Re: [Freedos-user] program installation (files from floppies)

2021-01-28 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Tomas, > If I have a PC with Freedos as OS, and a USB drive with a series of > directories, each containing the files from one floppy of a > multi-floppy program distribution, so that e.g. there is an > INSTALL.EXE on the first floppy, and at some point it is going to say > please insert floppy

[Freedos-user] Windows 95

2021-01-28 Thread Šimon Dobeš
Hello, I tried to install windows 95 on my PC. But it ended up with an error. So I installed Windows 3.11. Is anyone able to make zip file of C: drive with Windows 95 and send me link to download. Then I can unzip it to my c: and it should work. Thanks, Simon___