Re: [Freedos-user] Using HDMI monitor and USB keyboard/mouse on FreeDOS

Hi Bill, Today I built an adapter that translates USB keyboard and mouse to PS/2 signals. https://docs.pikvm.org/pico_hid_bridge/ It works great! Great to hear :-) From another thread on another forum, here are some suggestions for VGA to HDMI converters: - the current best choice

Re: [Freedos-user] Using HDMI monitor and USB keyboard/mouse on FreeDOS

An update for the group - Today I built an adapter that translates USB keyboard and mouse to PS/2 signals. https://docs.pikvm.org/pico_hid_bridge/ It works great! I can get into BIOS setup with it. CTL-ALT-DEL works. I cannot see any problems with response time. Wolfenstein runs just

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

> On Jan 30, 2024, at 8:01 AM, Jürgen Wondzinski via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi Jerome, > > Perfect! Thanks for the pointer to that VSTR utility! > > wOOdy Your welcome :-) > > Von: Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > > Gesendet: Dienstag,

[Freedos-user] Walden for computer programmers

""" If there's a "Walden" for computer programmers, it would be a 4:3 display running DOS where coding can be done without any modern day annoying interruptions. """ From: https://fernandomeyer.com/microblog/2023-12-03-111519076247101245/ ___

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

Hi Jerome, Perfect! Thanks for the pointer to that VSTR utility! wOOdy Von: Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. Januar 2024 13:38 An: FreeDOS Users Cc: jer...@shidel.net Betreff: Re: [Freedos-user] Date check Hi, Sure. You can have date output the current date and save it

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

Hi Omar, Where do I get a SNTP connection on 120 offline Mini-PCs? Sometimes , life isn’t as easy as we wish :) wOOdy Von: Omar Yabar via Freedos-user Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. Januar 2024 13:43 An: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Cc: Omar Yabar Betreff: Re: [Freedos-user] Date

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

In order to keep the date I use SNTP from the mTCP suite, need first setup a packet driver and put in fdauto.bat or fdnet.bat this line: c:\mTCP\sntp -set  216.239.35.4 You need to set first your timezone in fdauto.bat: SET TZ=EST  Enviado desde Yahoo Mail para Android El mar., 30 de ene.

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

Hi, > On Jan 30, 2024, at 7:00 AM, Jürgen Wondzinski via Freedos-user > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm currently facing some users which seem to have a bad BIOS battery and > therefor aren't using the current date. > Those users aren't even noticing that wrong date on their printed invoices of

Re: [Freedos-user] shutdown and USB Stick ?

Hi! Does the Shutdown- Command merely provide for those »spinning down« delays to... The idea is that it is better for mechanical harddisks to first spin down and park heads before you switch off the power supply. Spinning down may take a moment. Also, this gives the disk the chance finish

Re: [Freedos-user] Date check

Hi, I think a more suitable way would be to check for the default date (1st Jan 1980 iirc) and if it is that date request a new date :) -Ed EdzUp On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, 12:00 Jürgen Wondzinski via Freedos-user, < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently facing some

[Freedos-user] Date check

Hi all, I'm currently facing some users which seem to have a bad BIOS battery and therefor aren't using the current date. Those users aren't even noticing that wrong date on their printed invoices of that day... Is there a simple way to check from Autoexec/FDAUTO for the year of the date,

Re: [Freedos-user] One use case for FreeDos

The Captain_Blackbeard test editor actually has a couple of nifty ideas realized. Ex.g. the company delivered the editor with helper programs: - a little program that generates a help file and a manual of the editor based on the key bindings you have chosen yourself. So those helpers are

Re: [Freedos-user] shutdown and USB Stick ?

Great advice. Thanks. (So: Does the Shutdown- Command merely provide for those »spinning down« delays to make sure procedures have terminated?) > On 29.01.2024, at 21:39, Michael Brutman via Freedos-user > wrote: > > FAT is finicky but FAT is not the issue here. > > As long as the machine