Re: [Freedos-user] USB Question

2009-06-19 Thread Robert Riebisch
dos386 wrote: I haven't tested, but actually *used* these. Several 100's PC's in 20 years ? No. I'm working as an IT technician. So this only from the last couple of years. How do you know? From your probably buggy 6 PCs? So I should throw them all away and buy 1 or 6 new ones ? 1) No.

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you need from Windows world...

2009-06-19 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Michael Robinson schreef: I haven't gotten the positive response I had hoped for trying to drum up some interest in a Windows 9x replacement. Some have talked about possibly enhacing HX extender and cloning Windows 3.x first, which makes a lot of sense. Some have only talked that it

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you need from Windows world...

2009-06-19 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Friday 19 June 2009 00:30 (CEST), Michael Robinson wrote: I haven't gotten the positive response I had hoped for trying to drum up some interest in a Windows 9x replacement. Simple - that's far beyond the scope of the FreeDOS project. Personally, I would lose any interst in FreeDOS, if

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you need from Windows world...

2009-06-19 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Michael, yes using HX for some Windows programs can make sense but... Maybe dos based Windows is dead. So what to do those of us who like some program or need some program that requires a dos based version of Microsoft Windows? They probably use Wine in Linux ;-) Sorry for this thread

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you need from Windows world...

2009-06-19 Thread Japheth
Hi, Blake Stone Aliens of Gold requires the MS-DOS 6.22 or the Windows 9x version. It can run on top of Windows 9x. Wolfenstein 3D has the same problem because it's probably based on the same underlying engine. It starts under Freedos, but none of the keys work. I just tried BS and W3D

[Freedos-user] makefiles galore.

2009-06-19 Thread kurt godel
First, I'll apologize for not using the 'snippet' approach; I have some mild disabilities and word processing tasks irq me for some strange reason. I will try to be concise; as for potential customer, if something is worth doing, it is worth doing right, for love or money. This comes into play

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you need from Windows world...

2009-06-19 Thread Ron Spruell Sr.
I for one, loved Dos would still be using Dos if, and it's a big if, it would load into my system without a problem and then run all the programs I need to run like, Outlook, windows Office 2007, I have to be compatible with all my programs. I love dos I knew where each program was in its own

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you need from Windows world...

2009-06-19 Thread Chris Schumann
My reply is not meant as an angry rant at all, but I would like to see this topic go somewhere more productive. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.comwrote: I haven't gotten the positive response I had hoped for trying to drum up some interest in a Windows

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you need from Windows world...

2009-06-19 Thread Michael Robinson
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 10:29 +0200, Bernd Blaauw wrote: Michael Robinson schreef: I haven't gotten the positive response I had hoped for trying to drum up some interest in a Windows 9x replacement. Some have talked about possibly enhacing HX extender and cloning Windows 3.x first,

[Freedos-user] Please remove Arachne from Freedos 1.1...

2009-06-19 Thread Michael Robinson
It isn't Firefox and so there isn't a filtering plugin for it that will block certain web sites. It is very low resolution by today's standards and php web pages aren't likely to work correctly with it. I've had problems downloading from ftp sites with Arachne with the download being corrupted.