Re: [Freedos-user] How can I make FreeDOS correctly display the "ã" character?

Hi Davi, > The "ã" is a very common character in Portuguese. It shows up in words > such as "não", "alçapão", and "órgão". > > The system's keyboard and layout are already configured to "br" (for > Brazilian Portuguese) and working perfectly. Other accentuated > characters display just fine.

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation

Hi Jose, > Tomas said: > > network card =/= modem > > I never said nor implied they are the same. What you said is: "Anyway, you will still need a **modem driver** for DOS." (** added by me to emphasize) You continued with: "There used to be many of them in old software repositories as the

Re: [Freedos-user] Dial-up emulation?

Hi Brandon, > Since FreeDOS doesn't support physical network hardware (even if it's > emulated in a program like PCem or 86Box), I figure there's no way > FreeDOS is gonna be able to connect to the Internet, right? Well... Says who? Cheers, Robert -- BTTR Software

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS install

Hi Norby, > Thanks to jerome I believe the issue was tryin to install over the old > copy since i fprmated the drive before the install this time and it > worked. I probably should have tried that before sendin out the long > message. My gremlin there. Glad it worked now. > I cannot use vbox

Re: [Freedos-user] Writing date and time into log file

Hi Osman, > I just can't figure this one out: From a .bat file, I want to write > entries to a log file. Each entry should have a date and time in the > form MMDD:HHMMSS I have searched the internet for solutions on how > to do this, but none of the solutions work (I think they are for >

Re: [Freedos-user] Feelings on lfn

Hi Ralf, >> On Linux, you can mount a FAT filesystem with the mount option >> "nonumtail", where you don't get the trailing "~1" at the end when it is >> still possible, e.g. when there are no other files with the same name. > > How is any Linux feature possibly helping me with running an

Re: [Freedos-user] Feelings on lfn

Hi Joseph, > I’m just curious about how you all feel about the use of lfn in FreeDOS > (or any real DOS). lfnwhat? :-D Cheers, Robert -- BTTR Software https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ ___

Re: [Freedos-user] How to properly use "search"?

Hi Michał, > Wolf, wish they could have. My idea is that I could put a Batch script > in every game's directory where we can do simple things like start the > game or run the setup, or regenerate the config to a known working > state. In order to find games dynamically, rather than have a list

Re: [Freedos-user] How to unload a driver?

Hi Michał, > I load drivers for SoundBlaster AWE64 by means of putting CTMM.SYS, > CTSB16.SYS and CTCU.EXE in DEVICE= parameters in FDCONFIG.SYS. However, > that leaves me with 570KB free. I know that I can free some of that > memory if only I can unload the drivers once the card is

Re: [Freedos-user] keyboard spacecharacter automatically repeated

Hi Thomas, >> Does this also happen, when you press F5 at the FreeDOS boot menu to >> skip loading any drivers, specifically a keyboard driver? >> > I use the same USB Stick with my Autoexec.bat in FreeDOS to boot on > three different computers, using the same cables, same keyboard, same > HASU

Re: [Freedos-user] keyboard spacecharacter automatically repeated

Hi Thomas, > Might be the BIOS differences, or is the keyboard controller > automatically sending a "space" character somehow or the FreeDos > interprets some signal from the keyboard controller as a Key-Press Does this also happen, when you press F5 at the FreeDOS boot menu to skip

Re: [Freedos-user] keyboard spacecharacter automatically repeated

Hi Bret, > I would suggest starting with my SCANTEST program (attached) and see > what the keyboard is actually sending to the computer (SCANTEST is one > of the test utilities that is included with my USB drivers). Rename > SCANTEST.CO_ to SCANTEST.COM and run it. This sounds like a keyboard >

Re: [Freedos-user] How to obtain LPR - or is there a way to use IPP?

Hi Phil, >> > would certainly help. However, the other alternative in my case >> > would be LPR. I have not found a package with LPR yet, and most >> > links I have found around the web either include anything but a >> > binary or are broken. I see mention of a source file for it as part >> > of

Re: [Freedos-user] Ré : Networking FreeDOS 1.3 on QEMU

Hi Bryan, >> This is itself an adaptation from: >> http://www.freedos.org/books/get-started/june14-manual-install.html > > {That page does not exist > > Sorry, but we can’t find the page you are looking for.} Wasn't hard to find .

Re: [Freedos-user] How to obtain LPR - or is there a way to use IPP?

Hi Phil, > would certainly help. However, the other alternative in my case would > be LPR. I have not found a package with LPR yet, and most links I have > found around the web either include anything but a binary or are > broken. I see mention of a source file for it as part of WATTCP but > have

Re: [Freedos-user] Ré : Networking FreeDOS 1.3 on QEMU

Hi Phil, > It seems I have broken packages - got networking now but having a lot > of problems otherwise. Any easy way to square it all up again? Recommended reading: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Cheers, Robert -- BTTR

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS music creation software?

Hi Rugxulo, > What about a so-called "tracker"? > > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_tracker > > Here's a few links that I found (off the top of my head): > > * https://hornet.org/music/programs/trackers/scrmt321.zip > * https://hornet.org/music/contests/mc6/files/it214p3.zip > *

Re: [Freedos-user] Retire from sending monthly reminder message

Hi Jim, > With these changes, do we need a monthly list reminder anymore? No. Cheers, Robert -- BTTR Software https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSshell replacement

Hi Liam, > I am looking for a fairly simple, ideally text-only, app menu system. [...] > Is there anything dead simple that isn't broken and is totally free? "free" as in "free beer"? Or do you mean FLOSS? Maybe you want to try Chris Long's DOS Menu Creator:

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSshell replacement

Hi Robert, > If there is a link to Mark's Menu, I'd love to see it! I think, it's called MarxMenu, not Mark's Menu. https://www.ctyme.com/marx.htm https://www.ctyme.com/download/real/ https://eideard.com/2018/08/27/remembering-marc-perkel/ Cheers, Robert -- BTTR Software

Re: [Freedos-user] Creating a minimal freeDOS bootable image that runs a single application

Hi Nico, > I'm only interested in the files on the USB drive. Also, I'm not sure if > this will have to run on EFI machines, my main target is like the > 2000s-early 2010s laptops that some people seem to have lying around. My > main main target is specifically my laptop from that time period,

Re: [Freedos-user] NDCONFIG.SYS

Hi tom, >>> If you want to have FreeDOS look for NDCONFIG.SYS, you will need to edit >>> the FreeDOS kernel source code and recompile. It does not look for >>> NDCONFIG.SYS on its own. > >> It maybe easier to use a hex editor on kernel.sys & command.com. ;-) >> Just my two cents ... > >>

Re: [Freedos-user] NDCONFIG.SYS

Hi Jim, > If you want to have FreeDOS look for NDCONFIG.SYS, you will need to edit > the FreeDOS kernel source code and recompile. It does not look for > NDCONFIG.SYS on its own. It maybe easier to use a hex editor on kernel.sys & command.com. ;-) Just my two cents ... Cheers, Robert -- BTTR

Re: [Freedos-user] Shared folders in VirtualBox

Hi Javier, > I have recently been working on making a VirtualBox shared folders > client/redirector. I tested it on FreeDOS 1.2 and it seems to work. > > See https://git.javispedro.com/cgit/vbados.git/about/ I tested VBSF.EXE 0.54 on stock FreeDOS 1.3 and SvarDOS (uses an older FreeDOS kernel

Re: [Freedos-user] Shared folders in VirtualBox

Hi Eduardo, > I almost finished a version of vmsmount for VBox two or three years ago, > but I abandoned it because I lost interest. Now that you have a working > redirector, I see an opportunity to contribute to it. I'll mail you > privately to see if we can work it out. UTF-16 support and basic

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing freedos to virtualbox them copying dice contents to an actual computer

Hi John, > So, I've got the 486 computer working and am ready to install freedos > and wordperfect. What do *you* really need from FreeDOS to run WP? Probably just the BASE packages. Or maybe the kernel + FreeCOM only. You may also want to look at SvarDOS' floppy images:

Re: [Freedos-user] GNU Cobol in the FreeDOS ...

Hi Travis, > Is there no longer a gcc toolchain that runs under dos? There still is. > I know there used to be a version of gcc and it's collective utilities > that ran on dos, because I used to have it installed, many many years > ago, but still. That's probably DJGPP:

Re: [Freedos-user] how to get dosemu working under ubuntu installed in wsl

Hi Liam, > A VM doesn't do that. It is a virtual PC with a virtual HD and inside > that a FAT filesystem. My Linux apps can't see into it. My DOS apps > can't see Linux files. Bochs has vvfat mode for that: vvfat: local directory appears as VFAT disk (with volatile redolog / optional commit)

Re: [Freedos-user] how to get dosemu working under ubuntu installed in wsl

Hi Travis, > (probably a silly question, but it would help me to be able to run dos > apps this way, unless someone has another free alternative that is > accessible). Maybe http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/msdos/ is already enough on Windows 10 x64? DOSBox is no option? Cheers, Robert --

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

Hi Jim, > One program to fix the "runtime error 200" is Robert and Marek's TSR > tool, which we include in FreeDOS 1.3: > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.3/pkg-html/tp7p5fix.html Robert here. I noticed, TP7P5FIX is not working for all software, but I didn't

[Freedos-user] KERNL86.SYS vs. KERNL86N.SYS

Hi, the differences seem to be: 1) Support for LFNs with KERNL86.SYS, because of kernel compatibility level 7.10 (vs. 6.22). 2) Support for FAT32 partitions with KERNL86.SYS. Anything else? Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

Hi tom, >> Once you have debugged ALL your batch files you can place `CTTY >> NUL' before the command(s) and `CTTY CON' after to avoid output to screen. > > > excellent idea. > > now you have exchanged the annoying > > echo off > > for the much better > > CTTY NUL Indeed. > in

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

Hi Travis, > I don't know if paragon still offers PTS dos for sale or not, but since > it is one of the few commercial dos clones that comes with source, it > may be worth asking them if you're interested. I've had my version for > many years, and I'm always paranoid of loosing my source

Re: [Freedos-user] Lilo, GRUB etc.

Hi Travis, > You can have up to 4 primary partitions on an hd, there's no need for an > extended partition at all. That way, you only need to make the > partition you want to boot the active partition. This may remove the > need to have a linux install on the machine at all, (unless of course >

Re: [Freedos-user] DN /2, File Wizard 1.35 etc.

Hi Jerome, >> Any suggestions ? thankfull for advice. >> >> >> *Bear* > > As for installing, assuming you have the LiveCD inserted. You can run > FDIMPLES and select to install it. > If for some reason that doesn’t work you can try installing the package > using FDNPKG or FDINST from the

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSHEXED - memory bug

Hi Michał, > I'm trying to edit different files with DOSHEXED from FreeDOS 1.3RC5 CD > and it's just disappointing. This editor will complain it's out of > memory if we're trying to open a file that won't entirely fit into the I had a look at the DOSHEXED source code, because it doesn't have

Re: [Freedos-user] Country Code

Hi Liam, >> > Nothing you've said is remotely persuasive, IMHO. >> >> I'm not here to convince you. But thanks for sharing your opinion. > > I am not attacking you here! :-( > > I'm just trying to warn you that you're doing something dangerous > that's risky to your computer and your data, the

Re: [Freedos-user] Country Code

Hi Liam, [...] > Nothing you've said is remotely persuasive, IMHO. I'm not here to convince you. But thanks for sharing your opinion. Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/

Re: [Freedos-user] Country Code

Hi Liam, >> This message is written on virtual Windows XP using Thunderbird 2.x from >> 2010. ;-) > > I have to ask: why run this old version? It's a bit dangerous to let Because I *can*. :-D > such an old app connect to the internet, especially on a very old, TB2 as a target for remote code

Re: [Freedos-user] A new (?) DOS web browser

Hi Liam, > https://github.com/jhhoward/MicroWeb No, nothing new. It was already mentioned here some month ago. Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/

Re: [Freedos-user] Country Code

Hi Travis, > Reminds me of my last XP machine, supposedly, XP could handle up to 4GB > of ram, but when I installed 4GB in my machine, XP only saw 3.5GB. No > idea why, I never did find out what the technical reason was, but it was > a commonly known problem, since almost everywhere I tried

Re: [Freedos-user] reminder reminder?

Hi Jim, > Interesting. So far, Eric, Bryan, Angel, and Bonaventure received > multiple copies (I'm assuming 3 for freedos-user and 3 for > freedos-devel?) but I only received one. Received six of these mails to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net. (Nothing to free-devel, as usual.) Cheers,

Re: [Freedos-user] Video and Blog: FreeDos with QBASIC From a Single Floppy

Hi Carsten, > I just found this nice blog post on how to create a "cyberpunk" style DOS > machine with FreeDOS and QBasic > > FreeDos with QBASIC From a Single Floppy > For clarification: QBASIC means QuickBASIC 4.5 here. Cheers,

Re: [Freedos-user] Which paint programs and image viewers for DOS do you prefer?

Hi Eric, > The list on BTTR only has closed source freeware image > viewers, but maybe one of the authors would be willing > to release sources. Which ones should be asked and is > any of you feeling like doing that? I will do that, as I already mentioned via PM. > # PictView (Jan Patera) > #

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.3 driver selection, configuration and packaging wish list

Hi Eric, > And why are LHA and UNRAR not included at all? > Any license problems I have overlooked? http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Releases/1.3/Packages > PS: I would have included 386SWAT (debugger) and DPMIONE > (DPMI host for DOS extenders etc.) but those are closed > source:

Re: [Freedos-user] Forwarding and commenting a FreeDOS 1.3rc3 critical review

Hi Eric, > Hi Robert, thanks for the reviews and details :-) You're welcome. :-) > In short I suggest to add INFOPLUS, DOSZIP and DN to default install... Big +1 from me. Once I received (TASM) source code for

Re: [Freedos-user] Forwarding and commenting a FreeDOS 1.3rc3 critical review

Hi Mercury, >> ... >> MSD? >> ... > > Microsoft System Diagnostics > > A pretty handy little system evaluation tool Microsoft made back in the day. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Diagnostics Thanks, but I know MSD, as you can see in my posting you replied to now. ### 2) Here's a

Re: [Freedos-user] Forwarding and commenting a FreeDOS 1.3rc3 critical review

Hi Eric, >> Once I received source code for >> >> under "do whatever you want this it, but don't bug me". >> >> I think, it's a 1.75 WIP version, so I'm not sure, it works or even >> builds. (Requires TASM to

Re: [Freedos-user] Why do you use DOS

Hi Darrin, > How is EIDL (claims to mimic IDLE.COM ) different from > FDAPM (which is basically POWER.EXE)? Exactly in that way! (EIDL doesn't mimic MS POWER.EXE.) Quoting myself from : ### Recently I wanted to know,

Re: [Freedos-user] Forwarding and commenting a FreeDOS 1.3rc3 critical review

Hi Eric, > Yes, I mean that post. However, I have only quoted part of > the post and not mentioned the name because my impression > was that just publicly shouting how horrible and disgusting > FreeDOS is cannot be the start of a productive discussion: ACK >

Re: [Freedos-user] DSMI for DOS - Source Code available

Hi Martin, > Some years ago the author of DSMI released the source code of it on Github. > https://github.com/ochrons/dsmi Nice find! Thanks for sharing. :-) > " *Digital Sound and Music Interface *is a fully digital audio interface > for games and multimedia programs. It provides a unified

Re: [Freedos-user] Why do you use DOS

Hi Thomas, > Thank you, Mateusz! > > Let’s save the planet with FreeDos! There also is my tiny EIDL: Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead:

Re: [Freedos-user] Print via USB

Hi Bryan, >> Without any additional software, >> a printer being used from DOS needs to be able to receive plain text, >> with additional capabilities either through the industry standard ESC/P >> (developed by Epson, who was for a long time the leader in printers >> before laser printers

Re: [Freedos-user] Print via USB

Hi Eric, > PS: We have GhostScript for PostScript processing and > our "print screen hotkey" TSR exist for HP PCL, ESC/P > and PostScript output. We have PDF viewers and it might > be possible to use GhostScript to create PDF? Not sure. > Some text editors also have built-in output converters. I

Re: [Freedos-user] Diskman in our Ibiblio collection

Hi Eric, > interesting that the DISKMAN website just WORKED. > The idea to view it using archive.org came from > Robert, maybe it did not work from his area? Odd. It's not odd: In private mail, at first, I cited something from . Then I sent two archive.org links,

Re: [Freedos-user] Package discussion

>>> googling "Andreas Bauer", first hit: >>> https://www.bauer-kirch.de/kontakt/details/andreas-bauer/ >>> >>> which is about as plausible author as it goes. >> >> At least, it's a trace. We'll see. :-) >> >>> has anybody tried to contact him? >> >> I'll do so now. > > Got a reply today.

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

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

Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?

Hi Jim, > Let me know what you think will make the website easier to use. I'll > plan to tackle this in February or March, with plans to deploy in March > or April. Sounds good to me. Just keep an eye on bandwidth for the front page. Not everyone has VDSL or a leased line. ;-) Cheers, Robert

Re: [Freedos-user] Which C compiler for targeting DOS?

Hi Mateusz, >> Can anyone recommend a good C compiler for DOS? > > Turbo C 2.01 (gratis, very good software) and OpenWatcom (open-source, > tend to produce heavier binaries than OW, but comes with a more complete > libc). AFAIK Turbo C++ 1.01 has less bugs than Turbo C 2.01, because it's

Re: [Freedos-user] Xcopy

Hi Bryan, >> Try XCOPY C:\GAMES\*.* D:\GAMES /E /S > > That worked fine. > >> */E* >>Copy subdirectories, even if empty. >> >>*/S* >>Copy subdirectories, except empty ones. > > I hadn't realised the need for those options. Just from the help text I would think just /E is

Re: [Freedos-user] formatting disk

Hi Tomas, > On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:46:39 +0100, Eric Auer wrote: >> Looking around on the internet a bit, it seems that if >> you use Linux, you can install a PXE TFTP server [...] > > Yes... of course, but I needed Serva for Windows, so it is easier to > get everything in the same menu. An

Re: [Freedos-user] Any Gui?

Hi Ray, >> I have to agree that a GUI mnakes life a bit easy when envolving a tyask >> with a lot of files. > > I disagree. You want to copy, move or delete files or whole trees? A > two panel, filemanager like Norton Commander and it's clones. Move - on > the same HDD, and I believe

Re: [Freedos-user] Problems with FDISK?

Hi Eric, > On BTTR, there is a thread about FDISK problems: Link to the thread: Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS software

Hi Ray, > However, I have about fifteen linear feet of software and third party > books that I may have used but mostly acquired because I thought it > might be useful someday - including a two pound, still skin-packed, > package to connect DOS to a 3270. > > I need the shelf space. Does

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS software

Hi Eric, >> However, I have about fifteen linear feet of software and third party >> books that I may have used but mostly acquired because I thought it >> might be useful someday - including a two pound, still skin-packed, >> package to connect DOS to a 3270. > > I doubt that all software still

Re: [Freedos-user] Package discussion

>> googling "Andreas Bauer", first hit: >> https://www.bauer-kirch.de/kontakt/details/andreas-bauer/ >> >> which is about as plausible author as it goes. > > At least, it's a trace. We'll see. :-) > >> has anybody tried to contact him? > > I'll do so now. Got a reply today. Wrong Andreas.

Re: [Freedos-user] Package discussion

Hi Tom, > googling TPPATCH easily leads to > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/devel/tppatch.zip Correct. > looking into this, IMO Andreas Bauer just throws this at the world > with a 'here it is. do with it whatever you want, but of course there > are

Re: [Freedos-user] Package discussion

Hi Eric, > I would strip DJGPP-on-ISO to the minimal C, maybe C++ infrastructure > (not sure what BN, BS, DB, FQ, FX, GC, GP, MK, OB, RH, TX are, would >From "FD13LIVE.ISO\PACKAGES\DEVEL\INDEX.LST": djgpp_bn2.21.1 DJGPP binutils: linker, assembler, etc... 65b9df0a djgpp_bs

Re: [Freedos-user] Package discussion

Hi Mateusz, >> In my scheme the system would only have two ISOs: the basic, >>and >>a TBD "extras". > > Myself I do not have a very fast internet connectivity. When I download DOS, > I prefer to download the strict minimum (MSDOS equivalent, ca 5MiB) and then > fetch the 2 or 3 extra things

Re: [Freedos-user] Virtual get-together

Hi Jim, > I announced the virtual get-together here a few weeks beforehand, in > several places: email list, website, Facebook, Twitter. For example, the > website still shows the announcement from " 2020-11-28 4:47pm " to say > the virtual get-together will be " Sunday, December 13 at 11am >

Re: [Freedos-user] AMB, Ancient Machine Book format and FreeDOS Help

Hi Mateusz, > On 08/12/2020 22:44, Robert Riebisch wrote: >> We could probably only catch those by starting to wrap all URLs in <> at >> the document source level manually. > > Yes, that would be a very good compromise. Not my own idea: <https://tools.ietf.org/ht

Re: [Freedos-user] AMB, Ancient Machine Book format and FreeDOS Help

Hi Mateusz, >> 1) Clickable web links, please? E.g., http://www.trumpet.com.au/ at >> . >> 2) A back to home function by clicking on "FreeDOS help system (hhstndrd >> 1.0.8 en)". >> 3) A search function. > > All very

Re: [Freedos-user] AMB, Ancient Machine Book format and FreeDOS Help

Hi Mateusz, > Update: this evening I created an AMB reader for PHP. This allows one to > host AMB books on a web server and read them with a browser, the > conversion being performed on the fly. > > The FreeDOS help that I have earlier converted to AMB can now be read > on-line. Here's how it

Re: [Freedos-user] VDE editor and variety of other interesting tools

Hi Dennis, > You're quite welcome, and your response is a major reason why I did > it. It provides value to folks who visit. There may not be a lot of > them, but that's not the point of the exercise. (I also maintain the > TextEditors.org site, that tries to list and document everything used >

Re: [Freedos-user] Floppy fetish search

Hi Eric, > As Microsoft software has been sold with the vast majority > of all computers ever sold, I expect enough of the dozens > of millions of German MS DOS 4.01 and Windows 3.1 manuals > to be available as historical documents so the world could > get by without mine, but if anybody wants

Re: [Freedos-user] Floppy fetish search

Hi Eric, >> I don't need the actual floppies - but I'd love to have a photo of >> them. > > Interesting thought :-) Might take a moment, but good idea. I also like > the hard blue plastic boxes in which Inmac sold the floppies. I always liked the red box from Dysan:

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

Hi Dale, > I got it working. Changed port from ECP to SPP. > The laserjet is now working on DOS. Glad to hear that. But always think about the environment before printing... ;-) > Thanks. You're welcome! Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page:

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

Hi Dale, > I think you're an expert on DOS. > Can you tell me if there is a way to get DOS to detect 2 > printers on 2 different ports? > It can only see 1 printer, the second is ignored. How are the printers connected to the computer? Centronics? Serial? How do you check, that DOS only sees

Re: [Freedos-user] Multi-Boot with Windows 2000 and FreeDOS

Hi Marv, > I spent the last 3 days fooling around with several ways to set my > Windows 2000/FreeDOS machine set up with a multi-boot menu. I tried GAG, > Grub4Dos, and the boot.ini file that Windows 2000 uses. Many years ago I had the DOS/Win2000 combo working on a single drive using our:

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS Software Catalog? Open sourcing DOS Apps?

Hi Martin, > I had been contacting OS/2 developers that no longer support their software > and asked them to open source their software. Sometime I have luck, > sometimes not, but I have been consolidating the source code on Github for > some years now. > https://github.com/os2world I did

Re: [Freedos-user] Configuration options for DOS beep

Hi Mateusz, > Look for MUTE110.ZIP: > > https://www.sac.sk/files.php?d=16=48 > > "Mute is a small TSR that, once it is installed in memory, will > continuously scan the PC Speaker and reset it to 'No Sound' state." Mute is clearly shareware: "The registration fee for this program is 40 french

Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?

Hi Jim, > If you want a distraction-free word processor, you might also try Microsoft > Word for DOS 5.5. Microsoft released this as a free (gratis) download from I'm not sure about "free (gratis)". IIRC Wd55_ben.exe was released to fix a y2k bug. So one would still need a license (real,

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos for IBM PCDOS 3.30 software

Hi Mattia, > I am a new user of the FreeDOS world, and I have a question. I would > like to install FreeDOS 1.2 on an old PC that we have at work because > we have to create a backup system for our 1987 IBM Personal System 2, > currently running IBM PCDOS 3.30 OEM. We still have this machine >

Re: [Freedos-user] SHSUCDX Updated to 3.07

Hi Eric, >> SHSUCDX was updated to 3.07 recent it looks like. See >> http://adoxa.altervista.org/shsucdx/index.html > > "SHSUCDX v3.07 (56k). Fixes some programs not > finding the CD (e.g. Quake will now play audio)." File `shsucdx.txt' says: v3.07 - 8 April, 2020: - fixed the first drive

Re: [Freedos-user] paint programs for DOS - was 4DOS...

> So the task would be to translate 5000 snippets of > French, are there any GrafX2 fans who feel in the > mood to help FreeDOS as source "interpreters"? :-) Nobody? Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead:

[Freedos-user] HWiNFO (for DOS) version 6.0.4 available

Hi! After almost a decade, HWiNFO author Martin Malik decided to give the DOS version of HWiNFO a new refresh. See thread "HWiNFO for DOS resurrected !" at Vogons for the changes and recent discussions: (Martin's user name at Vogons is "Mumak".)

Re: [Freedos-user] paint programs for DOS - was 4DOS...

Hi Eric, >> 5) VGAPaint 386 >> by Avery Lee is GNU GPL v2, but unstable. > > Robert explained that this means it fails to restore > the interrupt vector table on certain exit methods, > which feels familiar for certain Borland / Turbo run > time

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

Hi Andrew, > Robert I am talking out of school here, on so many levels... > Have you ever heard of EVE (Embedded Vector Editor) from Barry Kauler? > https://bkhome.org/archive/goosee/ > Barry hasn't supported his gem since at least 2006, when he left the Windows > environment to work almost

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

Hi Jose, >>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 the license ? NeoPaint used to be shareware, > but I

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

Hi Jim, > *Powerpaint* (PAINT2) > License is unclear. The source code has a copyright notice but does not > have a statement that says "you can use this" or similar. Further, contains > the SVGA256.BGI driver. But more importantly, It contains many OBJ files > without source and several Borland

Re: [Freedos-user] WinWorldPC disk images...

Hi Michael, > I'm on a CentOS 7 system. I downloaded a rar archive of Wordperfect 6.0 > dos that is an archive of floppy images. I do not at this time have real > floppy > support... but I do have zip disks. Is there a way I can mount these > images and create one larger image? This is untested

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSBOX isn't for everyone...

Hi Andrew, > Mind - although I still have both 430CDS' in storage for uncompleted project > updates, I had to wave the white flag on productively using Puppy for kids > use, on those particular specs. What worked best in it was a 2GB sd-card with > FreeDOS 1.1 configured to boot up Ronald

Re: [Freedos-user] Impulse Tracker on freedos

>> The laptop is a Sony Vaio vpcw12s1e that i have no use for. I thought >> it will be useful again using it as a sampler with IT 2.15. It boots in >> a few seconds in FD and the battery lasts 4 hours. With windowze 7 on >> it, it’s a piece of shi*... > > Is it too slow? Umm, Windows XP could a

Re: [Freedos-user] Impulse Tracker on freedos

Hi Alex, > Thanks for your super fast replys! You're welcome! > The laptop is a Sony Vaio vpcw12s1e that i have no use for. I thought > it will be useful again using it as a sampler with IT 2.15. It boots in > a few seconds in FD and the battery lasts 4 hours. With windowze 7 on > it, it’s a

Re: [Freedos-user] Impulse Tracker on freedos

For the record: >> I installed FreeDOS on a Atom laptop. I want to run the Impulse Tracker >> music production software. > > What kind of Atom laptop is it? Brand, model? > > The laptop's sound card needs to be compatible with one of the following > devices. Otherwise there's no chance to get

Re: [Freedos-user] Impulse Tracker on freedos

Hi Alex, > I installed FreeDOS on a Atom laptop. I want to run the Impulse Tracker > music production software. What kind of Atom laptop is it? Brand, model? The laptop's sound card needs to be compatible with one of the following devices. Otherwise there's no chance to get sound. Extracted

Re: [Freedos-user] WebServer in FreeDOS

Hi Andris, > There is a KA9Q NOS TCP/IP package for radio amateurs and as I remember > it includes a web server too. > Original ms-dos binary (from Simtel CD-ROM) operates so-so. To use as an > ordinary web server source must be modified and recompiled. http://www.ka9q.net/code/ka9qnos/ I

Re: [Freedos-user] Tinyasm vs. NASM

Hi Rugxulo, > Finally done, uploaded at the same place on iBiblio for us. > > * > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/devel/asm/nasm/0.98.39/8086host/ Congrats! :-) > Though I wonder why I wasted so much time since it's inferior to the > 8086 OpenWatcom build. I guess I

Re: [Freedos-user] What I do with the .img file?

Hi, > the EASIEST way in my experience, to create a bootable USB drive with a > .img file, is to use the program called etcher. this is not a plug for > them, but i haven had a bad experience using it yet Slightly OT: I still wonder, why anyone would need the 139 (!) MB Etcher

Re: [Freedos-user] [release] Dr. Mind v1.0

Hi Mateusz, > Ever wanted to play some Mastermind, but had no one to play with? > Dr. Mind comes to the rescue! > > Dr. Mind is a PC adaptation of the Mastermind(TM) board game. The > computer generates a secret color code, then the player has to figure > out the exact pattern through

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