Eric Auer wrote:
> Good morning Shane :-)
Morning.
>> BAT opens as text by default on purpose,
>> as it's very easy for people to double-click BAT
>> files and start applications that might break the GEM
>> desktop session.
>
> Hmmm make it harder for BAT to break the session then?
> Why are nor
Christian Simonyi wrote:
> Probably my fault, but I did not find users guide on your site (except
> the faq). It would be nice to have one in the \DOC directory after
> installation.
I'm really sorry. We don't have enough documentation right now.
> Would it be possible (is there anyone who have
Hi Jack
Jack wrote:
> I am not a lawyer, and I have no wish to be one. Anybody is
> "free" to use the source files for the UDMA/UDVD/XMGR drivers
> any way they wish. I hope THAT is clear-enough for you all.
I really appreciate that you are making your development available for
everyone. It'
Florian Xaver wrote:
> now a small binary-version is vaiable too.
Hi Flo
This is Shane from OpenGEM :)
I'm very interested in oZone. Can you tell me more about the technical
details? How does it run, what limitations and advantages does it have?
Shane
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Jim Hall wrote:
> Hi. I'd like to take a moment to start cleaning up the ibiblio
> archive.
Er...hope you're not chopping out the OpenGEM stuff...
Shane :)
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Eric Auer wrote:
> Hi, FreeBASIC seems to be a nice QuickBASIC alternative...
> If there are still BASIC users, I would like to get some
> comments about whether FreeBASIC is as nice as it sounds :-).
The only real note I have is that it does have differences from QuickBASIC.
* Default (DEF#
Eric Auer wrote:
>> maybe not the best article, but please rate it as "good", so that it
>> will be on the front site ;-)) (also if you don't speak German)
>> http://www.readers-edition.de/neu
>> I want to write a new article, when FreeDOS 1.0 is out ;-)
>
> Hi Florian, the URL of your article i
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Boys and girls
I'm very glad to announce OpenGEM 6 is (finally) about to be released.
As you know OpenGEM is intended to provide a great GUI file manager for
FreeDOS. Over the years we've made some real advances in usability and
stability.
John E
John Hupp wrote:
> In the course of off-list discussion, I tested this problem much more
> extensively than I reported here. My own conclusion was similar to your
> Situation #3: HIMEM and EMM386 are not at issue, and OpenGEM has one or more
> incompatibilities with the FreeDOS kernel.
> But I
John Hupp wrote:
> I went into this round of tests with this configuration, and cut back
> progressively as I describe below:
>
> LASTDRIVE=Z
> BUFFERS=30
> FILES=40
> DOS=HIGH,UMB
> DOSDATA=UMB
> DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEM.EXE
> DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=TEST VDS
> SHELL=C:\command.com
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Legal TV, a TV channel broadcasting on Sky 885, will have a show at noon
tomorrow (Friday) about copyright and the Internet. DRM will also be
addressed.
I've been asked to take part in the show, and will fly the Free Software
flag. If there is any
Eric Auer wrote:
> ... so, what is his problem? I believe he has only 62 MB free on
> his 4 GB micro drive (micro vault, either 1in harddisk or flash disk
> I guess) after having deleted all files? Maybe a format tool would help?
I have encountered these problems on USB sticks before, and the issu
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Eric Auer wrote:
> Hi Shane, the URLs for the list archives now use the following style:
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=freedos-user
> For list info, you get this style:
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-use
Escorter wrote:
> What's going on? What happened to FreeDOS? Everybody talking
> about a memory manager, but I can't imagine what happened.
> Who started the trouble?
Let's just get back to work, eh?
Lots to do. FreeDOS is in great shape, but some edges need polishing.
The main distro needs fixi
Hi guys
I was trying to access the FreeDOS mailing lists through the website,
but I got
"Not Found
The requested URL /mailman/listinfo/freedos-user was not found on this
server."
http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freedos-user
I wanted to help a new user subscribe, but that's looking
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Johnson Lam wrote:
> I'm no laywer, solicitor. I guess maybe technically Jack violate the
> GPL (I don't really know), but I think from the very beginning of GPL
> spirit is from the author want to share the work with others, if the
> people did some
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Hi everyone
The FreeDOS Beta9sr2 distribution has some errors with the installer,
and needs to be replaced. I'm having a look at the CD ISO and the
floppy image this week.
Does anyone have a neat list of what updated files could go into a new
Fre
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What a load of nonsense this is.
Johnson Lam wrote:
> Forward an email from Jack, hoping everyone can understand what's
> going on, I'd like the others to understand the whole thing, not out
> of context:
That was not a particularly useful thing to
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As you may or may not know, the European Union is reconsidering patent
law once again. This is a very serious matter, as there is a distinct
possibility that software patents could be introduced in Europe. We
might even see the US software patent v
Gerry Hickman wrote:
> As I see it, the way forward for DRM and trusted computing will annoy
> people and they will end up shunning it. To some extent this is
> happening already, but even Adobe is in on the act now with their secure
> PDFs and most end users will simply end up with what they're gi
chris evans wrote:
> Who defines this assumed trust in software? The user of the
> manufacturer? The way I see it the file can have a crc or md5 signed
> trusted info block to verify who wrote/and distributed it. and the user
> can have control over which is excluded.
In 'Trusted Computing' the us
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BruceIrving wrote:
> That is a very thoughtful and interesting article, Shane. We need more
> information of this type and, you are right, we NEED to discuss it. In the
> past, DRM fell into the same category as Microsoft's COM -- it does
> somethi
Hi FreeDOS guys :)
As well as making OpenGEM for FreeDOS, I spend time helping the Free
Software Foundation Europe. One of our big topics of late has been DRM
and 'Trusted Computing', and I have just written a little article about
it:
https://www.fsfe.org/en/fellows/shane/communicating_freely/drm
Marten Feldtmann wrote:
> All that software is strange. The CD-ROm installation did not do
> the work and now I tried to install via the discs and all these
> installations break with missing files here and missing files
> there. Especially "textinst.exe" is missing ...
It would be very useful if
dima wrote:
> gemvdi.exe are present in GEMSYS directory on X:, but manualy exe file also
> cannot be started because "Bad command or filename".
This is very strange. I would like to work out why this is happening,
and I am afraid that means asking you more questions.
Would it be possible for y
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Hello all
Some news for people who are waiting for the next major release of OpenGEM.
"Huh?" Some people scratch their head. "Are you talking about the new
multi-tasking OpenGEM/XM experimental code?"
No. I'm not. The experimental OpenGEM/XM co
dima wrote:
> I have download this archive (3244731 Mar 12 00:09 OpenGEMXM.zip). When I
> try to start it: "Bad command or filename - "GEMVDI"." Looks like
> gemvdi.exe missing on x:, but:
That's interesting, because you showed me that X: contains all the
correct folders. GEMVDI is inside one
dima wrote:
> I don't use OpenGEM, because I am disagree with installation method, which
> make a much new directories on C:\
A very valid point. I am looking at fixing that issue with new releases
of OpenGEM. The latest development release of OpenGEM/XM (the
multi-tasking development distribut
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Hello everyone
The second development package of what will become OpenGEM/XM (a
multi-tasking version of OpenGEM) is now on line. You can download it
here: http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/downloads/OpenGEMXM.zip
This development version sees a new dire
Hi guys
This is Shane Coughlan from the OpenGEM project. I am glad to say that
work is underway both on a new version of OpenGEM and a project to
create a multi-tasking OpenGEM.
I want to ask everyone how they use OpenGEM, what they would like to see
in the future, and to generally get a lot of
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Hi guys
The first development package of what will become OpenGEM/XM (a
multi-tasking version of OpenGEM) is now online.
You can download it here:
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/downloads/OpenGEMxmDevelopment1.zip
To run it, just run GEM.BAT after unz
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Hi guys
The first development package of what will become OpenGEM/XM (a
multi-tasking version of OpenGEM) is now online.
You can download it here:
To run it, just run GEM.BAT after unzipping everything to your C: root
and keeping the folder struct
Almost a month behind its smaller sister, OpenGEM Complete 5 is out now.
You can download it from http://gem.shaneland.co.uk
This is a massive update from OpenGEM Complete 4, with a completely new
user interface, 3D boxes, and drive auto-detection.
To install it over an existing version of OpenG
Hi guys
An important heads up. Microsoft have been granted a patent on FAT.
http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=13256
This could quite seriously effect the FreeDOS project I suspect.
Shane
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Tom Lee Mullins wrote:
> Do you think it one could use FreeDOS and OpenGem on
> MIT's $100 laptop computer?
> http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
>
> -- I sent them an e-mail about it. :)
Hi Tom
Technically, yes...running FreeDOS and OpenGEM on the $100 laptop should
work. However, I'm not sure that i
Hello all
I'm delighted to announce that OpenGEM 5 Core has been released. You
can download it right away from http://gem.shaneland.co.uk.
OpenGEM 5 Core is the first release of the next generation of the
OpenGEM GUI, a GPL GUI distribution for DOS. It has many advanced
features. These include
Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> Does this GEM support colors? Monochrome GUI is not a nice thing to have.
> Bernd
Hi Bernd
Yes, OpenGEM supports colours. The current release has 16 colours in
its default driver, and the development version (Project Liberation) has
a driver with support for 256 colours.
h
The only supported GUI being actively developed for the DOS enviroment
is OpenGEM, and we'll have a new release on the 17th of this month.
OpenGEM 4 is the current release, and you can download it from
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk
If you are using Blair's FreeDOS disks, or GNU/DOS you already have
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Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> might be interesting to join the Portable Thunderbird project
> instead. http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_thunderbird/ Let
> them do the hosting :)
My project is based on a project that is based on PortableThunderbird,
Shane
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Carl Spitzer wrote:
> Are there any ports of up to date versions for GEMini or any other
> GUI?
Excellent question. I'm trying to find someone to port GnuPG 1.4.1 to
DOS. That would enable us to make a little GnuPG frontend for OpenGEM
and GEMini.
make sure the OpenGEM GUI can run on as many DOS
systems as possible.
John's driver list is at: http://www.seasip.info/Gem/Drivers/index.html
OpenGEM can be downloaded from: http://gem.shaneland.co.uk
Regards
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help make sure the OpenGEM GUI can run on as many DOS
systems as possible.
John's driver list is at: http://www.seasip.info/Gem/Drivers/index.html
OpenGEM can be downloaded from: http://gem.shaneland.co.uk
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I submitted the news about the release of OpenGEM Project Liberation
Beta 3 to OSNEWS the other day...and today...boom.
Erm. My website has been FLOODED with hits. 3000 in one day.
We're listed at http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=11749, and
Carlos wrote:
>The screenshots look great! I'm gonna use it.
>
>Thanks Shane
>
>
You're welcome Carlos! OpenGEM GUI has been under development now since
late 2001, and we've been focusing strongly on FreeDOS since around
mid-2002. With OpenGEM 4 we finally got a GUI framework that was around
t
should work perfectly on FreeDOS Beta 9
or above.
Regards
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Hello all. A big announcement for the FreeDOS world:
When GEM first arrived on the PC it caused a revolution. It was simple,
quick, and easy-to-use. Now it's time for another revolution. OpenGEM is
about to turn the DOS GUI world upsidedown. There is a new member of the
OpenGEM family. We'd like
Blair Campbell wrote:
>Ozone is relaitively stable for me, but running certain programs under
>it can cause it to crash easily. It is not very useful as there are
>very few apps for it, and it is no longer in development, so it's
>basically only really useable as a file manager.
>
>
Talking of
I was told about Ozone recently, and I had a look at it. I've not tested
it myself. It looks lovely, though I am told be a user it suffers from
reliability problems.
Sorry...I forgot the link: http://ozonegui.sourceforge.net/
Shane
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OpenGEM : http://gem.shaneland.co.uk
I was told about Ozone recently, and I had a look at it. I've not
tested it myself. It looks lovely, though I am told be a user it
suffers from reliability problems.
You said FreeGEM works on XDOSEMU. Is this OpenGEM, or another FreeGEM
distribution?
Best regards
Shane
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- - OpenGEM Deutsch is now available (12/8/05)
Thanks to the heroic work of Thorsten Franke, OpenGEM Deutsch is now
complete and is officially released! This German language version of
OpenGEM is almost identical to OpenGEM Core, though it has a sligh
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- - OpenGEM Release 4 Update 4 now available (9/8/05)
OpenGEM Core, Complete and Experimental have now been updated. OpenGEM
Release 4 Update 4 patches are available from
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/updates.html, and you can download the full
versions
rview with me
talking about OpenGEM in general here:
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/interview1.html
There is an interview with me talking about the OpenGEM Release 4
family here: http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/interview2.html
Regards to all
Shane
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The OpenGEM Release 4 family of software has now been updated.
The best little FreeDOS GUI is getting more stable :P
OpenGEM Core, Complete, Experimental and Deutsch have been updated to
include a metafile driver that was previously missing from OpenGEM
Release 4. The lack of this driver caused so
- Shane Land announces a German version of OpenGEM (31/7/05)
There is a new German language version of OpenGEM being developed from
OpenGEM Core Release 4. It is still in Beta. While the GUI and internal
applications are in German, the documentation and the batch files remain
in English. With your
In a surprise move the other day, Slashdot posted a new snippet about
OpenGEM. I'm not sure how much traffic this generated for FreeDOS
(which was linked from the news article), but it's certainly swamped my
site.
If you want to read the news article you can do so here:
http://developers.slashdot
In a surprise move the other day, Slashdot posted a new snippet about
OpenGEM. I'm not sure how much traffic this generated for FreeDOS
(which was linked from the news article), but it's certainly swamped my
site.
If you want to read the news article you can do so here:
http://developers.slashdot
OpenGEM Core, Complete and Experimental have been updated.
Release 4 Update 2 of these software packages is now online at
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/downloads.html. If you are an existing user
of Release 4 Update 1 you can download an update package from
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/updates.html
T
Shane Land is rather embarressed to announce updates to OpenGEM Release
4 just one day after the official launch!
OpenGEM, the GUI intended to provide support for the FreeDOS 1.0
release, has some problems!
OpenGEM Release 4 Complete, Core and Experimental had some issues that
were discovere
Shane Land is proud to announce three new software products.
OpenGEM Release 4 Core, OpenGEM Release 4 Complete and OpenGEM Release 4
Experimental are now online at http://gem.shaneland.co.uk
OpenGEM Release 4 is the release of the GEM GUI designed to operate
effectively with FreeDOS 1.0. It
So, got a MS-DOS compatible operating system.
But what about a GUI ?
It all really depends on what you want to do. First let me state that I
have a vested interest in GUI software for DOS, as I develop OpenGEM for the
FreeDOS enviroment. OpenGEM is a single-tasking 16bit GUI for DOS with a
This message is a reply to Arkady, who had a big look at OpenGEM for me.
I'm getting ready for OpenGEM Release 4 at the moment, and preparing OpenGEM
Release 4RC1.
As most of you know, OpenGEM is intended to provide a complete 16bit
singletasking GUI for the FreeDOS community. You can find ou
I download and make short tryings for OGEM3. If you interested, I
express my impressions (wishes and bug reports).
Hi Arkady
I would really value both your opinions and any bug reports you could make.
I'm trying to position OpenGEM as the best 16bit GPL GUI choice for FreeDOS
users, and the m
Thanks for your work.
Can you please tell me any applications that can run on GEM? Or any
limitation of GEM (e.g. DOS extender needed?)
First of all, there are many applications that can run on GEM. OpenGEM
Release 3 includes a great deal of these applications. Here is a partial
list:
- G
Dear everyone
I am proud to announce the official release of the OpenGEM SDK. OpenGEM SDK
Release 1 is now available for immediate download from
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk.
OpenGEM SDK is a collection of tools, source code and binary for the
creation of OpenGEM/GEM/FreeGEM applications. It
Hello all. I am just writing to enquire about the possibility of seeing a
"FREEVER" binary around. A GPL "SETVER" tool. It could be very useful.
Regards
Shane
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This email is about the GEMini GUI file manager that I created and maintain
for FreeDOS.
I have been getting some questions about the code and license underlying the
GEMini GUI file manager, most especially because the next release of the
file manager will use a lot of Digital Research GEM cod
- GEMini Release 3 Release Candidate 3 now online (27/5/05)
Shane Land is proud to announce the public release of the next generation of
GEMini (the tiny GUI file manager for FreeDOS). GEMini Release 3 Release
Candidate 3 can be downloaded from
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/downloads/GEMINI3RC3.z
In addition to the OpenGEM GUI, there is a GEM based file-manager called
GEMini. It takes up only 400kb, but has features like drag and drop.
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk to download. It's under the GPL.
Regards
Shane
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Dear everyone
This is an email regarding the OpenGEM distribution of FreeGEM, which is a
free GPL GUI intended for use on FreeDOS (and other DOS systems).
I am proud to confirm that OpenGEM Release 4 will be released on the 31st of
January 2005. OpenGEM Release 4 will build on the highly successful
OpenGEM Release 3 is now officially out, and can be download for free from
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk (4.32mb download)
OpenGEM Release 3 is designed for FreeDOS, and is intended to provide a
simple and powerful GUI for the FreeDOS community as it progresses towards
version 1.0 of the operating sy
> I have an ODIN 0.7A disk image dated April 29, 2004.
Dear Steve
Hello! Actually, I was referring not to ODIN (which is listed to 0.6
online...last release February of this year...when's the nice new 0.7 coming
out? :) ), I was referring to a one-disk distro of FreeDOS created by
Kristaps Kaupe
Hi there. Is Bootable FreeDOS still maintained, as I notice there has not
been an update since September of last year. If it is not maintained, would
anyone like me to have a look at bringing it up to date?
Best regards
Shane
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