Re: [Freedos-user] PNG viewer

2009-06-14 Thread iw2evk
you can use this in conjunction ox HX extender (www.japheth.de) http://www.advsys.net/ken/util/kpic.exe Ken's PICture viewer. Supports: JPG,PNG,GIF,TGA,PCX,BMP. View all files in a directory or files inside a .ZIP. (no need to extract first!) Example: kpic /zduke3d_hrp.zip *.png *.jpg. Select a

[Freedos-user] PNG viewer

2009-06-14 Thread jasse...@itelefonica.com.br
Robert Riebisch wrote: >dos386 wrote: >>> But there is a tool which has the name DISPLAY and >> There are simply too many DISPLAY's ... >> I mean the one from 1998 by ??? >> done with DGJPP closed source freeware >??? = Jih-Shin Ho This is available from any Simtel mirror /simtelnet/msdos/gr

[Freedos-user] Thank you to kernel developers for new kernel 2038

2009-06-14 Thread Marcos Favero Florence de Barros
Just want to add my own thanks for the new kernel. Marcos Regular FreeDOS user Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimite

Re: [Freedos-user] USB Question

2009-06-14 Thread Robert Riebisch
dos386 wrote: >> but actually an even easier way is to let the BIOS do the lowlevel stuff. >> Then your stick looks like a normal int13 >> disk for DOS and it will see all FAT16 and FAT32 partitions. > > How ? It must be supported by your BIOS. My 2003 Compaq Evo N620c does. USB flash drives are

Re: [Freedos-user] getting applications working

2009-06-14 Thread Robert Riebisch
dos386 wrote: >> But there is a tool which has the name DISPLAY and > > There are simply too many DISPLAY's ... I mean the one from 1998 by ??? > done with DGJPP closed source freeware ??? = Jih-Shin Ho Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE.SYS

2009-06-14 Thread Jack
> You can easily register drives AFTER boot, without giving them > int 13 interfaces, using the well-documented and well-working > DOS block device interface. Disk editors are not very widespread > but NTFS4DOS (NTSC is a television thing) and disk caching might > be a reason why providing int 13

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE.SYS

2009-06-14 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Dos386, >> Such disks would have to be "installed" into DOS. The BIOS >> never did handle CD/DVD units directly, thus SHCDX33D always >> installs its units into DOS. However, the BIOS does handle >> hard-disks, and DOS "discovers" how many hard-disks the BIOS >> found during system boot.

Re: [Freedos-user] getting applications working

2009-06-14 Thread dos386
Hi! > > buggy (some PC's) > Who what where? RTFB ... mouse cursor invisible on some PC's > But there is a tool which has the name DISPLAY and There are simply too many DISPLAY's ... I mean the one from 1998 by ??? done with DGJPP closed source freeware > Mplayer can also play pure audio files.

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE.SYS

2009-06-14 Thread Jack
>> Such disks would have to be "installed" into DOS ... > > OK, so it's trivial to add them into INT $13 and make > available for WDE disk editor, IDEcheck, NTSC4DOS and > other "DOS-independent" tools based on INT $13, but DOS > won't see them for a known design fault of itself ... > what IMHO cou

Re: [Freedos-user] A windows 9x replacement...

2009-06-14 Thread dos386
> Warcraft II BNE version 2.01A runs in Windows 9x > and Windows XP. It was designed for 9x Try HX :-) > ReactOS is not useful at this point and even if 12 years done, 12 years ahead ;-) > it were it is not a DOS compatible replacement for Windows. > There is a lot of DOS based Windows softwar

Re: [Freedos-user] The GPL license.

2009-06-14 Thread Wesley Parish
For the quick answer: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html No, merely using the GCC compiler doesn't make your program a "covered work". If you are statically linking a library covered by the GPL license, your program constitutes a "covered work" under the terms of the GPL, unless the copyr

Re: [Freedos-user] Thank you to kernel developers for new kernel 2038

2009-06-14 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Florian, >> USBDOS device scan is part of install but should >> only be done AFTER install, no USB devices used DURING install > > USB support in FreeDOS? The FreeDOS 1.0 FULL distro defaults to downloading various proprietary but free USB drivers (which can hang because the NIC and DHCP a

Re: [Freedos-user] New kernel install floppy won't boot

2009-06-14 Thread dos386
> Incorrect DOS version Does FreeDOS have such a message at all ? BTW, defaulting to "FREECOM.COM" would prevent such (FREQUENT !!!) trouble :-) -- ~~~ wow ~~~ -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial

Re: [Freedos-user] The GPL license.

2009-06-14 Thread dos386
> This is a general question, not(?) completely off topic. > I have never quite understood the GPL type license > in the following sense: I write my own c++ software; I compile > it using an open source deal like djgpp; > if I then distribute the compiled exe, am I legally obliged to also > distrib

Re: [Freedos-user] Long Names inf Freedos

2009-06-14 Thread dos386
> is doslnf only for iso? NO. > I have unpacked package with tar and wanted to start configure but names are cuted. "cuted" -> "truncated" ??? Maybe your TAR doesn't support the NTLFN API. Try 7-ZIP archiver. But I can't really recommend the DOSLNF thing except badly needed for some funny reas

Re: [Freedos-user] UIDE.SYS

2009-06-14 Thread dos386
Hi Thanks > Such disks would have to be "installed" into DOS. The BIOS > never did handle CD/DVD units directly, thus SHCDX33D always > installs its units into DOS. However, the BIOS does handle > hard-disks, and DOS "discovers" how many hard-disks the BIOS > found during system boot. So, U

Re: [Freedos-user] The GPL license.

2009-06-14 Thread Menuhin Saitov
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, kurt godel wrote: > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:25:07 -0400 > From: kurt godel > Reply-To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Freedos-user] The GPL license. > > This is a general question, not(?) completely off topic. I have

Re: [Freedos-user] The GPL license.

2009-06-14 Thread Wolfram Sang
kurt godel wrote: > compiled on a GPL system?. If so, is this because the GPL libraries are > statically linked into the exe?. Would be true if the libraries are GPL, but they are LGPL (see copying.dj). > Am I in any case required to include the source code that came with the > djgpp distro?.

[Freedos-user] Long Names inf Freedos

2009-06-14 Thread Menuhin Saitov
Hi, is doslnf only for iso?I have unpacked package with tar and wanted to start configure but names are cuted. Menuhin http://www.msaitov.de/pgp.htm -- Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out th

Re: [Freedos-user] Thank you to kernel developers for new kernel 2038

2009-06-14 Thread Florian Xaver
> USBDOS device scan is part of install but should > only be done AFTER install, no USB devices used DURING install USB support in FreeDOS? LG Flo -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ---

[Freedos-user] The GPL license.

2009-06-14 Thread kurt godel
This is a general question, not(?) completely off topic. I have never quite understood the GPL type license in the following sense: I write my own c++ software; I compile it using an open source deal like djgpp; if I then distribute the compiled exe, am I legally obliged to also distribute(i.e. my)