Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:09 PM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: If DOS is out of the loop, then why are you still able to run DOS files (.COM, .EXE, .BAT)?? Does Windows emulate it? Or is it really just

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Matej Horvat
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:38:47 +0200, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:09 PM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: sigh This is OS development 101. Do you think a new OS intended as a followup to an existing product throws out the baby with the bathwater and

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:48 PM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:38 AM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:09 PM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Dale E Sterner
I think the software NAZI's rarely bother with dos, not worth the effort anymore. I think if you own copies of the original cd's it gives you some right to make copies of contained software - reasonable use rule I think. I own a lot of copies of 95,98 me and zillions of copies have been destroyed

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Karen, What discouraged me from using freedos was first the for legacy games use only, suggestion on the site, That probably was a while ago: Now I would say this is more the target audience of dosbox, in particular for Windows. and second, the lack of attention to native things like

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:38 AM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:09 PM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: sigh This is OS development 101. Do you think a new OS intended as a followup to

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Eric Auer e.a...@jpberlin.de wrote: Hi Karen, What discouraged me from using freedos was first the for legacy games use only, suggestion on the site, That probably was a while ago: Now I would say this is more the target audience of dosbox, in

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, Matej, I respect your opinion, but I don't see how Dennis is correct at all here. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Matej Horvat matej.hor...@guest.arnes.si wrote: On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:38:47 +0200, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:09 PM, dmccunney

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Dale E Sterner sunbeam...@juno.com wrote: I think the software NAZI's rarely bother with dos, not worth the effort anymore. Software national socialists don't exist, only lawyers (looking for prey). And it's their (paid) job to go after offenders.

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Karen Lewellen
Again I respect that others mileage varies. And your comment about the debian forum generated a laugh. Amen brother! In no way do I wish to suggest freedos is not a fine system for some. it is just not a fine system for me. I have almost 27 years of programs files software and the like

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Dale E Sterner
The download contains a file called killer.exe. Google says this is virus that destroy windows system files. DS On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:58:23 -0400 Corbin Davenport davenportcor...@gmail.com writes: I'm afraid not (it's a rather hefty 11MB), but I did upload it to my Google Drive as a

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-31 Thread Karen Lewellen
lol! On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Dale E Sterner wrote: The download contains a file called killer.exe. Google says this is virus that destroy windows system files. DS On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:58:23 -0400 Corbin Davenport davenportcor...@gmail.com writes: I'm afraid not (it's a rather hefty