Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support

2012-05-04 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 05/04/2012 12:55 AM, TJ Edmister wrote: On Wed, 02 May 2012 19:14:27 -0400, Mark LaPierremarklap...@aol.com wrote: As I understand it the plan is to run DOS on an older tablet and use USB to interface directly with the sensors and actuators. Hardware interrupts will be used as timing

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support

2012-05-04 Thread TJ Edmister
On Fri, 04 May 2012 21:32:52 -0400, Mark LaPierre marklap...@aol.com wrote: Well, this is an open source project. FreeDOS users should be familiar with the roll your own concept of software acquisition. The chief engineer is leaning toward using compiled QuickBasic. Any well seasoned

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support

2012-05-03 Thread TJ Edmister
On Wed, 02 May 2012 19:14:27 -0400, Mark LaPierre marklap...@aol.com wrote: As I understand it the plan is to run DOS on an older tablet and use USB to interface directly with the sensors and actuators. Hardware interrupts will be used as timing events to keep everything in sync with the

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support

2012-05-02 Thread TJ Edmister
On Tue, 01 May 2012 21:16:35 -0400, Mark LaPierre marklap...@aol.com wrote: Hey Y'all, Does FreeDOS provide support for USB ports? There were no such thing as USB ports back in the MS-DOS days. ;-) My friends on the rotary engine mail list want to know so they can use it to control the

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support

2012-05-02 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 05/02/2012 02:08 AM, TJ Edmister wrote: On Tue, 01 May 2012 21:16:35 -0400, Mark LaPierremarklap...@aol.com wrote: Hey Y'all, Does FreeDOS provide support for USB ports? There were no such thing as USB ports back in the MS-DOS days. ;-) My friends on the rotary engine mail list want

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support

2012-05-02 Thread Ray Davison
Mark LaPierre wrote: Hey Y'all, Does FreeDOS provide support for USB ports? The DFSee boot CD runs FreeDOS. It can access thumb drives and USB connected HDDs. Dies that prove anything where you are concerned? Ray

[Freedos-user] USB Support

2012-05-01 Thread Mark LaPierre
Hey Y'all, Does FreeDOS provide support for USB ports? There were no such thing as USB ports back in the MS-DOS days. ;-) My friends on the rotary engine mail list want to know so they can use it to control the engine ignition and fuel injection systems. Another awesome use for FreeDOS. --

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Support

2012-05-01 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:16 PM, Mark LaPierre marklap...@aol.com wrote: Does FreeDOS provide support for USB ports?  There were no such thing as USB ports back in the MS-DOS days. ;-) My friends on the rotary engine mail list want to know so they can use it to control the engine

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support, USB portable HD?,music

2010-05-07 Thread dos386
installing FreeDos, into a new portable HD, usb I just bought, it is sangsun,320GB cca 250 MiB ??? I also just wanted to comment, on the music, and long file names Not supported in FreeDOS (at least not by the kernel). directory in Fdos, none of the names could be read,it was real

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support, USB portable HD?,music

2010-04-13 Thread Garrison Ricketson
Hello,  I was looking at the most recent new letters, and because I am wondering about installing FreeDos, into a new portable HD, usb I just bought, it is a sangsun,320GB  I also just wanted to comment, on the music, and long file names, I use MPXPLAY, on the FreeDos, and yea, when I first

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support/IPod

2010-04-08 Thread Blair Campbell
  support that they might find an IPod hooked to a modern PC... I might be wrong, but iPod and certain cameras are in some way special. Otherwise it would be easy: Almost all other MP3 and MP4 players and many cameras or even cardreaders simply look like USB sticks for drivers, which means

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support/IPod

2010-04-08 Thread Geraldo Netto
Hi, You should be able to access an ipod as a USB stick, but the music files will all have 4 letter [seemingly] random names and so it would be hard to tell which files are which songs.  Basically you can still play the music though. i guess, it uses a hash? Geraldo Non dvcor, dvco = Sapere

[Freedos-user] USB support/IPod

2010-04-07 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, Do any of the FreeDOS iso images contain enough USB support that they might find an IPod hooked to a modern computer via motherboard/chipset-based USB controllers? If so which one? If not what sort of USB host controller is required to find an IPod with FreeDOS. Thanks, Mark

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support/IPod

2010-04-07 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Mark, Do any of the FreeDOS iso images contain enough USB All ISOs are several years old as far as I remember. The newest drivers are from Bret Johnson, 1/2010: http://bretjohnson.us/ You can use a floppy distro such as the Rugxulo one: http://sites.google.com/site/rugxulo/ You can

[Freedos-user] USB support for FreeDOS.

2008-08-07 Thread Tipi Nedmark
Eric, First, I don't see what you mean by the BIOS supports flash drive, etc.. To my knowledge (limited), I still can't access these things from FreeDOS. But more grim is the fact that my newer machine, a Dell 521, made in 2007, with AThlon 64, uses really modern drives, and when I start the

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support for FreeDOS.

2008-08-07 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Tipi Nedmark schrieb: Eric, First, I don't see what you mean by the BIOS supports flash drive, etc.. To my knowledge (limited), I still can't access these things from FreeDOS. But more grim is the fact that my newer machine, a Dell 521, made in 2007, with AThlon 64, uses really modern

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support for FreeDOS.

2008-08-07 Thread Tom Ehlert
For CD-ROM there are a lot of drivers, try xcdrom. could be S-ATA CDROM. then he'n need gcdrom or UIDE Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Kind regards Tom Ehlert +49-241-79886 - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support for FreeDOS.

2008-08-07 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! You should be able to enable legacy support in BIOS. Then the following should work: - usb keyboard - usb mouse (with a DOS ps2 mouse driver) - usb cdrom and dvd (but only for booting from them) - usb floppy, usb harddisk and usb flash stick (but maybe only if you boot from them) In

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support

2004-09-20 Thread Robert Her
Thanks for the info...i just like to know if FreeDos could use jump drive. --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to

[Freedos-user] USB support

2004-09-19 Thread Robert Her
Do FreeDos have usb support? And if it does, then is it hot swappable? --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support

2004-09-19 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Robert Her schreef: Do FreeDos have usb support? And if it does, then is it hot swappable? Hi, FreeDOS has no USB-support. However, the BIOS (a part of your computer) can show some USB devices as non-USB devices to DOS. (think of things like floppydrive, mouse, keyboard and maybe ZIPdrive) And

Re: [Freedos-user] USB support

2004-09-19 Thread Tom Lee Mullins
Robert Her wrote: Do FreeDos have usb support? And if it does, then is it hot swappable? http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm Here is a site that has DOS USB drivers. I have no experience with them but found them while looking for DOS programs/drivers/etc. TomLeeM BigWarpGuy -