Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?

2020-05-04 Thread Robert Riebisch
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] HP11 Streamer?

2020-05-04 Thread dmccunney
Yes, my bad. Thanks for the correction __ Dennis On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 3:52 AM Harald Arnesen wrote: > > dmccunney [04.05.2020 03:52]: > > > Have fun. EP was originally written for an 8 bit Atari microcomputer > ^ >

Re: [Freedos-user] Backslash key on UK keyboard not recognised

2020-05-04 Thread tom ehlert
> Thank you for the pointer. I checked my autoexec.bat, and as set up when > I installed FreeDOS it loaded mkeyb UK in conventional memory. as I understand your backslash key doesn't produce any character at all. whatever the reason, mkeyb has a debug mode mkeyb uk /T here it will show you

Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?

2020-05-04 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 10:10 AM Robert Riebisch wrote: > > 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

Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?

2020-05-04 Thread Vincent Asaro
Dennis - Thank you! You've addressed all of my questions and concerns, esp. abt loading data via USB thumb drive, and the history of EP and it's relationship to the later packaged version. I'm going to try to build an 8bit machine at some point. As you can probably tell, although I grew up in the

Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?

2020-05-04 Thread Jim Hall
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 their website. I covered it in this week's FreeDOS video, on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXZtThIkF0 Direct download is

Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?

2020-05-04 Thread dmccunney
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 12:07 PM Jim Hall wrote: > But I'll see if I can ask someone at Microsoft about it. My guess is > that they provide the download because they don't care about it > anymore, and no one thought to create a web page for it. That's my guess. Copyright normally becomes an

Re: [Freedos-user] HP11 Streamer?

2020-05-04 Thread Harald Arnesen
dmccunney [04.05.2020 03:52]: > Have fun. EP was originally written for an 8 bit Atari microcomputer ^ Altair -- Hilsen Harald ___