Re: [Freedos-user] 4DOS - license issue, not included in FreeDOS 1.3?

Robert Riebisch said: Nevertheless, I was looking for a "pixel painter" (= bitmap> manipulation program for PCX, GIF, PNG, or JPEG files), which is EVE not. How about building on LXPIC ? It is already in FreeDOS repository, so probably has no license issues. I know it is a viewer,

[Freedos-user] 4DOS-license issue (Sideline)

Robert Riebisch said: >I had a look at PAINT2 and it's a real mess! :-( >I was unsuccessful to convince makers of NeoPaint >(NeoSoft Corporation) or Desktop Paint (Alchemy Mindworks) > to release their products under a FOSS license. Does any one of them still offer their DOS products whatever

[Freedos-user] DOSBOX Isn´t for everyone (off-topic remark)

Today userbeit...@abwesend.de (Robinson West ?) said: >Afaik there is no Linux that will run with only 8 MB of RAM. About 1998 I did run (plod was a better description) Red Hat 5.0 (kernel 2.0.32) in a 486 DX-50 with 4 MB of RAM, but in text mode only. The machine and the installation CD

[Freedos-user] Keyboard configuration

Phil Reynolds asked: > How would I configure and compile a new keyboard layout, > if for reasons of having a non-standard one I need to? XKEYB configuration files are text-only and well explained in the documentation for this software. You can configure nearly any keyboard layout using it. .

[Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from floppy

from: Jose Antonio Senna <jasse...@vivointernetdiscada.com.br> While it is no longer of use in the present case, I would like to add that I have a small (~2k) utility to write the boot sector on a floppy, and have used it for some 4-5 years. It is quite crude, as I wrote it for

Re: [Freedos-user] Preloa

from: Jose Antonio Senna <jasse...@vivointernetdiscada.com.br> userbeit...@abwesend.de said: > The PC I will install on, is a Pentium-D, has >2 GHz and >3GB RAM Mateus Viste said: > You have to make sure tough that both computers use the exact same > CHS

[Freedos-user] Preload an

from: Jose Antonio Senna <jasse...@vivointernetdiscada.com.br> <userbeit...@abwesend.de> said: > I have an original Intel 80486 with 50 MHz that I want > to try FreeDOS on. I still haven't found the time so far > and my first attempt came to an early halt bec

[Freedos-user] HTTPS and

from: Jose Antonio Senna <jasse...@vivointernetdiscada.com.br> On 26 july, Thomas Mueller said: > ...(I) also have run Links with graphics > in DOS, but that was years back. Do you remember on what machine you did this ? > I used Doug Kaufman's DOS port of Lynx for &g

[Freedos-user] Booting FreeDOS from floppy

While it is no longer of use in the present case, I would like to add that I have a small (~2k) utility to write the boot sector on a floppy, and have used it for some 4-5 years. It is quite crude, as I wrote it for my use only but, if is anyone is interested, I may attach it to an e-mail.

Re: [Freedos-user] Easy GUI desktop enviroment install

On 2016-01-27 Don Flowers XFDOS is the best GUI i have use. >https://code.google.com/archive/p/ > nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/downloads I followed this link and all I got was a blank page. I don't know whether this is an issue with my browser or my

[Freedos-user] Lynx latest versions

On 12/22/14 Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net said: Latest stable and development editions of lynx. Karen On Sun, 21 Dec 2014, Thomas Dickey wrote: The current version of lynx is 2.8.8 It's available at http://lynx.isc.org/ ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx2.8.8/ The last

Re: [Freedos-user] HTML5/Javascript/Flash (was: Re: Quickview ver 2.60)

Thomas Mueller mueller6...@twc.com said: There are some Linux distros for older computers, and NetBSD and FreeBSD can be installed on older computers. But building packages or the system from source is likely to be prohibitively slow on older machines. But these distros do not run newer

[Freedos-user] Quickview 2.60 (digressions)

On the matter of browsers for DOS, Lynx, which I am using now, supports https and has done so for 10+ years. What is not available in any DOS browser is javascript. Much of javascript in web pages is to load and reload advertising, which I don't miss at all. However, the (action) in many html

[Freedos-user] TCP/IP TSR's

Yesterday, Matej Horvat matej.hor...@guest.arnes.si said: (And while we're at it, let's create a modern standard for TCP/IP TSRs.) Who are we ? JAS -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT

[Freedos-user] Internet tools

On 12-7 dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com said: Do a ping, whois, traceroute, or nslookup on it. They are highly useful tools, and available online as well in addition to being local commands. I have a copy of ping, and know whois as a site (whois.net), but are the other commands

[Freedos-user] beyond config.sys

Miguel Garza garz...@gmail.com wrote: ...Honestly, seems to be easier to run stuff in a DOS window in XP than booting straight to DOS... and Dennis McCunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com replied: It's not really a DOS window. Run a 16 bit DOS program, and Windows spawns NTVDM to provide an

[Freedos-user] Lynx, links, elinks

On March 2 Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net asked about a DOS port of elinks. My question is: What advantage(s) links/elinks have over lynx (I ask just about their DOS ports, not versions for other OS'es)? I did not yet find any, on the contrary, lynx has had https/ssl capability for

Re: [Freedos-user] Boot floppy image files

Ricardus Vincente wizardofg...@gmail.com said: While I understand that FreeDOS is a modern DOS not meant just for older hardware, I thought that one of the purposes for FreeDOS was to make older hardware relevant again. From the looks of it, I can't see any reasonable way to get FreeDOS working

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

Christian Masloch said: Don't read Dissecting DOS though. Why not? -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers

Re: [Freedos-user] a creative situation?

Karen Llewelen wrote: I use links as well, but on a shell service which is has compiled it with spider monkey to increase the java script friendly nature. Not under DOS, it seems. Weren't you who did post very similar questions on this list in February 2010 ? I would like to know how did

[Freedos-user] Lynx and DHCP issues

cordat...@aol.com said: WATTCP will access one and only one config file. First it looks at the environment variable WATTCP.CFG which represents a directory (not a file name!) if this environment variable does not exist it uses the current directory. It looks first for the file name

Re: [Freedos-user] lynx

On March 14 Jim Collins wrote: I don't think the wattcp.cfg file is a problem, at least judging by the error messages I have been getting (even though I did copy wattcp.cfg into the directory where the lynxbat.bat file is located) an error I get often is: Configuration file

Re: [Freedos-user] lynx

In reply to my suggestions, Jim Collins wrote: set HOME=. set wattcp.cfg=%HOME% set wattcp_cfg=.\ with an underdash, not a dot. I edited lynxbat.bat to have the underscore with no luck Did you try set HOME=.\ set wattcp_cfg=%HOME% I am not sure whether . only shall work, or

Re: [Freedos-user] lynx

James Collins said: I looked at lynxbat.bat and the batch files says: set HOME=. set wattcp.cfg=%HOME% so is the batch file expecting to find wattcp.cfg in the current directory? It is telling lynx to search for wattcp.cfg in the current working directory. Note that (at least for the version

[Freedos-user] CD drivers

I said Is XCDROM expected to write ? Robert Riebisch answered: No. So, another question: Is there any CD-RW driver for DOS ? (That is, one that reads and writes). BTW, Is there any such DVD driver ? Regards JAS - This

[Freedos-user] XCDROM

Is XCDROM expected to write ? I am experimenting with a CD-RW drive in my computer and XCDROM does install correctly and allow reading (with shsucdx) but issues an I/O error in writing to device when cdmake tries to write to a CD-R in the drive. My computer has an ISA bus and so, neither UDMA

[Freedos-user] X-comment to Accessing custom ISA cards

Eric Auer said: PS: Another nice way to connect custom made hardware is to use the printer port. Luckily that stays available longer than the USB lobby wants ;-). The USB lobby does not worry about the printer port for they did already succeed in discontinuing all peripherals that used to

[Freedos-user] UNRAR

Ray Davison said: Can you point me to an unrar utility that will work with DOS or OS\2. I have tried several and gotten nowhere. I can see the directory but cannot read or extract any of it. Try this: ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/pack/unrar343.zip JAS

[Freedos-user] e-mails from DOS

Alain M. escreveu: What would I use for sending emails (with attachement file) I use (including for this message) TCPMAIL, a DOS program I found at http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jchap/tvde.htm Attachments are OK, but you must mime-encode and attach them yourself. It has no automation at

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS dialup

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, dima wrote: Long time I used dosppp and lsppp while had real IP the address. Recently ISP has placed the users behind NAT and now users have grey IP addresses. The problem since then has begun - dilal-up connection is established, ping - is present, but TCP connection

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS dialup

Jeremy said: (At least this is what I generally see it referring to) Network Address Translation, commonly seen in home/small office type broadband router/switches [e.g. Linksys, Dlink, Netgear, Belkin products], it allows multiple (usually private) IP address to masquerade as a single

[Freedos-user] EMM386

As everybody probably knows by now, EMM386 works with the 386-optimized freedos kernel. I am currently using it with kwc38616 build of 20 September. Stability with Lynx also improved . It seems that in this respect the classification of EMM386 shall now be useable. A problem that appeared with

[Freedos-user] (no subject)

Eric wrote: PPS: Acrobat/DOS can do PDF 1.1-almost1.2? Indeed old. But most current are 1.4 / 1.5? I do not think so. My up-to-1.3 acroread/Linux displays all files so far. Probably some companies thinking it is new so everybody must use it to force all others to use it as well, without thinking

Re: [Freedos-user] re: FDISK MBR and FORMAT questions

Aitor Santamaria wrote: One book I read (I think Dissecting DOS) was considering the MBR as part of the OS itself. I think Dissecting DOS it is not. It explains the MBR but says it is something independent form the O/S. JAS --- SF.Net

[Freedos-user] Re: FreeCOM + Win98

It did appear yesterday on this list: sure whether Win98's COMMAND.COM can be configured to default to insert mode instead of overwrite. I do not have the MS-DOS version which comes with Win98, but MS-DOS 5 can be so configured by using DOSKEY /INSERT or DOSKEY /OVERWRITE BTW, I would

[Freedos-user] SHSUCDX and other split-version programs

Jim Hall wrote: Does Jack's version have any extra benefits over Jason's original? AFAIK,only smaller executable and resident sizes. Sounds like there isn't a difference in functionality or bugs between Jason's and Jack's SHSUCDX. That may be the deciding factor here. I did not yet find

[Freedos-user] HIMEM versus FDXMS

Eric Auer wrote: Finally, HIMEM versus FD*XMS*: This is simple, HIMEM is better and only HIMEM supports EMS/XMS memory pool sharing (as does e.g. MS HIMEM, it is only that FD*XMS* saves a bit of space by not having the support). Other than support for memory pool sharing, what are the advantages

[Freedos-user] ynx,Links... (x-comment Eric Auer message in fd-user list)

Eric Auer said: We dropped LYNX when it became outdated. A LINKS port would be nice. Two questions: 1) Why,exactly,is Lynx outdated (in comparison with other DOS browsers) ? 2) What is LINKS ? Thanks for the atention JAS --- SF email

[Freedos-user] Flashplayer?

Does anybody know of a Flash player for DOS ? I ask because many websites now have just an .SWF animation as their home page and so are impenetrable to DOS browsers. Regards JAS --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read

[Freedos-user] x-comment to Michael Devore's message of 18 March

MDGNU-ish type stuff suffers from the we despise everything related to MDMicrosoft and Not Invented Here syndromes, and its relationship with DOS MDis often uneasy. That said, DJGPP has never given me a problem when MDtesting recent EMM386 versions. I never compiled anything using DJGPP,but

[Freedos-user] TEE truncates file

I have been using Tee to display and save output of a SMTP/POP client named TCPMAIL. One example of command line is: C:\!NET\TCPMAIL.EXE /q /d [EMAIL PROTECTED] |C:\UTLS\TEE .\MAIL.LST and noticed that it truncates the file (that is,some lines - perhaps 10 - that appear last on screen are

[Freedos-user] Tee

Would anybody provide a link to the FreeDOS tee utility ? There is no file by that name in ibiblio.org directory Regards JAS --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases.

[Freedos-user] Other FreeCOM nonconformity

I noticed another behavior difference between DRDOS and FreeDOS: If,in a batchfile there is the line: IF %1==XYZ GOTO LABEL and no argument is passed in command line when calling the batch file, Then DRDOS acts as if the comparison failed (that is,does not goto LABEL with above line,but goto

[Freedos-user] problem with Pictview under FreeDOS

Michael Devore wrote: You wouldn't happen to be using SHARE would you? I found and fixed a bug in SHARE having to do with read-only files mid-late 2004. Earlier SHARE versions than that can fail. No,I never used SHARE while testing Pictview. JAS

[Freedos-user] problem with Pictview under FreeDOS

I merged in this message feedback I got from people at fd-user list about my comment that Pictview does not work under Freedos. EAHi Jas, Arkady, the described problem (on freedos-user) sounds like EAthe findfirst/findnext has the wrong treatment for attribute selection EAversus disk label

[Freedos-user] COPY user-unfriendly feature

Concerning COPY command in FreeCOM (noticed in latest versions;may do so or not in former versions): If one issues copy filename.ext d: and filename.ext does not exist in current directory but already exists in destination directory, FreeCOM responds with D:\FILENAME.EXT Already exists.Overwrite?