[Freedos-user] Freedos USB Pendrive

2020-03-06 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. I have a pentium pc and i want to install freedos, but to copy files to hdd i was wondering if could be possible to use a usb pendrive to copy files or only floppy/cd/dvd? Thank you. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos USB Pendrive

2020-03-08 Thread Joao Silva
ot sure if this works for a Pentium, I believe it depends on the > BIOS. There are limited USB drivers for DOS, but I've never gotten them to > work. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 7:30 AM Joao Silva wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> I have a pentium pc and i want to install freedos

Re: [Freedos-user] Floppy only

2020-03-10 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. You'll need a CD or DVD to install, unless you have someone who have freeDos installed and make a floppy with boot. sys c: This worked in DOS it should work on freedos. On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 2:54 PM Jacques-Olivier Farcy < jacques-olivier.fa...@univ-rennes1.fr> wrote: > Hi, > > I am

Re: [Freedos-user] paint programs for DOS - was 4DOS...

2020-04-13 Thread Joao Silva
Think i may still have Paintbrush for DOS from my 286 if anyone is interested. 4dos from some old cds from magazines. On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:46 PM tom ehlert wrote: > > > >> So the task would be to translate 5000 snippets of > >> French, are there any GrafX2 fans who feel in the > >> mood to

Re: [Freedos-user] Floppy fetish search

2020-10-08 Thread Joao Silva
Hello! Why destroy the manuals? You can give them to some Institution for preservation, they are a piece of computer history or you can frame them and put on the wall of your office. On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 1:10 PM E. Auer wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > I don't need the actual floppies - but

Re: [Freedos-user] Floppy fetish search

2020-10-09 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. Ok. I'm not from Germany... i'm from Portugal, just before Spain. On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 8:06 PM Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Joao, > > As Microsoft software has been sold with the vast majority > of all computers ever sold, I expect enough of the dozens > of millions of German MS DOS 4.01 and

Re: [Freedos-user] ssd on eeepc

2020-09-29 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. I'm relativity new to Linux, I work well with debian distro. Tried centos didn't work out well... João On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 5:30 AM dmccunney wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 7:34 PM Joao Silva wrote: > > > > I'm from Portugal and here a ssd are around 39.67 us dol

Re: [Freedos-user] ssd on eeepc

2020-09-28 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. I don't mind the black bars as long i can play the games and use a debugger that requires int13 (if not mistaken). I'll try them, theFDAPM and APMDOS. I don't know about the bios power settings... I don't know about the speaker... last year i installed windows 98 SE on a virtual machine

Re: [Freedos-user] ssd on eeepc

2020-09-28 Thread Joao Silva
PM Joao Silva wrote: > > > > I have a eeepc laptop originally came with windows xp and i switched to > windows 10 N, but sadly is too slow... turtle mode. > > Win10 needs 4GB RAM *minimum*. The sweet spot is 6GB. No surprise > performance was poor. > > > I was

[Freedos-user] ssd on eeepc

2020-09-28 Thread Joao Silva
Hi to all. I have a eeepc laptop originally came with windows xp and i switched to windows 10 N, but sadly is too slow... turtle mode. I was thinking of installing Linux XUbuntu for it's low resources. A friend of my IT guy "is nagging" me a year now to get an ssd, so i was thinking get one ssd

Re: [Freedos-user] ssd on eeepc

2020-09-28 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. I'll do a search, something is bound to appear. Thank you. On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 11:26 PM ZB wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 11:13:49PM +0100, Joao Silva wrote: > > > I have a eeepc laptop originally came with windows xp and i switched to > > windows 10 N, but

Re: [Freedos-user] ssd on eeepc

2020-09-28 Thread Joao Silva
Hi! I started to use Linux with Ubuntu 8 something, the last one before moving to 9. Back then my main computer had a hdd splitted in 3 partitions: main with linux, 2nd with winxp and 3rd with win98. Then I ditched win98 and went to linux/winxp/w7 and after some problems with windows booting

Re: [Freedos-user] MS-DOS 7.1

2020-12-06 Thread Joao Silva
Sorry, it wasn't my intent to advertise. GameTools can't find the INT to hook on because its running on a VM environment. On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 8:00 PM Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Joao, > > > Last night i was on my crusade to find a solution to my problem GameTools > > debugger breakpoints and

[Freedos-user] MS-DOS 7.1

2020-12-06 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Last night i was on my crusade to find a solution to my problem GameTools debugger breakpoints and found an ISO for MS-DOS 7.1 CD and Floppy version. I left the url down below. Link Thank you. ___

Re: [Freedos-user] What do you do with your FreeDos PC?

2020-12-06 Thread Joao Silva
Hi! Well I haven't done anything with it yet, but it will be for games and some programs (a games is a program). Games, nice old games, cool games the bring some old memories and time well spent. On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 7:42 PM Jerome Shidel wrote: > Hi Jamie! > > > On Dec 6, 2020, at 2:30

[Freedos-user] Windows VirtualBox no sound on FreeDOS

2020-12-08 Thread Joao Silva
Hello Running VBOX with a 4gb vhd, 2 partitions of 2gb , some games detect the sound card, but no sound. On windows vbox doesn't have speaker support, linux version does. What about the sb16, nope?! Thanks ___ Freedos-user mailing list

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

2020-12-11 Thread Joao Silva
. On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 11:03 PM dmccunney wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 12:58 PM Joao Silva wrote: > > > > Trying to install Freedos 1.3 rc fullusb on a eeepc 1201NL but got a > problem, can't find hdd with windows 10 installed. > > Could be because of the ntfs fat

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

2020-12-11 Thread Joao Silva
Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Friday, December 11, 2020 12:55 PM, Joao Silva > wrote: > > Hi! > > Trying to install Freedos 1.3 rc fullusb on a eeepc 1201NL but got a > problem, can't find hdd

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

2020-12-12 Thread Joao Silva
Hi! Problem solved, but the killer was no sound of any kind. Just have to fallback to Virtual Machines or Emulation! On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 8:52 PM Ralf Quint wrote: > On 12/11/2020 9:55 AM, Joao Silva wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Trying to install Freedos 1.3 rc fullusb on a

Re: [Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

2020-12-12 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. Killer to me yes, not for anyone o really needs to run a specific software and usually don't have the need for audio. I've tryed DOSBOX-X or DOSBO, can't use GameTools, can't use the breakpoints and the constant search for the right cpu cycle. Even tryed dosbox for dos... no GameTools. Have

Re: [Freedos-user] yt-dl in dos?

2020-12-16 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. I think not, solution windows firefox addon downloadhelper should do the trick On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 11:46 PM wrote: > You think is there any way to configure youtube-dl in Dos? > I probe it in Linux, and in win xp - from dos terminal, text mode - and it > work fine and fast, without

[Freedos-user] install freedos on eeepc 1201NL

2020-12-11 Thread Joao Silva
Hi! Trying to install Freedos 1.3 rc fullusb on a eeepc 1201NL but got a problem, can't find hdd with windows 10 installed. Could be because of the ntfs fat? Thanks ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] A Linux question or puzzle to me...

2020-11-18 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. All i want is to copy a folder with a lot of photos, my ubuntu only mounts 2 partitions and nothing with the partitions with the files i want. I'll keep searching, I have the HDD for 3 years now, and the warranty is long gone. I don't quit easily! Thank you for all the help. On Tue, Nov

Re: [Freedos-user] A Linux question or puzzle to me...

2020-11-18 Thread Joao Silva
.net > github: https://github.com/geraldo-netto > linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geraldonetto > facebook: https://web.facebook.com/geraldo.netto.161 > > On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 11:03, Joao Silva wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > All i want is to copy a folde

[Freedos-user] A Linux question or puzzle to me...

2020-11-17 Thread Joao Silva
Hello to all. I know this isn't a question regarding DOS/FreeDOS, but i'm hoping you can steer me in the right direction. The problem is: I have a Lacie external HDD with RJ45 with a 3TB HDD and I can't boot the HDD. * Windows can't access the partitions because is Linux (don't know/can't

Re: [Freedos-user] A Linux question or puzzle to me...

2020-11-17 Thread Joao Silva
or windows/linux to connect to. https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/143651810765_/Lacie-Cloudbox-3TB-Hard-Drive-Huge-Memory-Storage.jpg https://moviesgamesandtech.com/2012/12/12/product-review-lacie-cloudbox/4/ On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 2:40 PM Eric Auer wrote: > Hi Joao Silva, > &g

Re: [Freedos-user] A Linux question or puzzle to me...

2020-11-17 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. I tried the reset button several times without luck. I think the problem lies on the OS/case part, the HDD works well, no clicking. On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 6:51 PM Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi! > > > Is a Lacie CloudBox with RJ45, my box is 3TB and a 2TB (no HDD) > > The handbook on lacie.com

Re: [Freedos-user] Xcopy

2021-01-06 Thread Joao Silva
Hello! Try XCOPY C:\GAMES\*.* D:\GAMES /E /S SOURCE: C:\GAMES\*.* DESTINATION D:\GAMES\ */E* Copy subdirectories, even if empty. */S* Copy subdirectories, except empty ones. Hope that helped On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 10:23 AM Bryan Kilgallin wrote: > I am trying to copy a tree, in

Re: [Freedos-user] Xcopy

2021-01-24 Thread Joao Silva
Hi! Good. ;) On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 11:14 AM Bryan Kilgallin wrote: > Yes, Joao: > > > Try XCOPY C:\GAMES\*.* D:\GAMES /E /S > > That worked fine. > > > */E* > >Copy subdirectories, even if empty. > > > >*/S* > >Copy subdirectories, except empty ones. > > I hadn't realised the

Re: [Freedos-user] Any Gui?

2021-01-02 Thread Joao Silva
Hello! In DOS, PC-DOS, MS-DOS or FreeDOS there is a prompt, not a shell like Windows from 1 to 3.11. Windows 95/98 are a GUI to DOS. In DOS you have to type everything and Windows you have to click everything. DOS = No GUI. it's Better, Faster... On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 3:36 PM Doctor Vell

Re: [Freedos-user] Any Gui?

2021-01-04 Thread Joao Silva
Thank you, Robert for explanation. :) On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 10:21 PM Robert Riebisch wrote: > Hi Ray, > > >> I have to agree that a GUI mnakes life a bit easy when envolving a > tyask > >> with a lot of files. > > > > I disagree. You want to copy, move or delete files or whole trees? A > >

Re: [Freedos-user] Any Gui?

2021-01-03 Thread Joao Silva
to deny evolution... On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 8:55 PM ZB wrote: > On Sat, Jan 02, 2021 at 08:08:11PM +0000, Joao Silva wrote: > > > In DOS you have to type everything and Windows you have to click > everything. > > > > DOS = No GUI. > > > > it's Better

Re: [Freedos-user] Catching up on FreeDOS articles at OpenSource.com

2021-06-16 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Freedos is a the alternative to MS-DOS/PC-DOS in a modern computer and also old or older computer. There are some will use Freedos to run some program and other for games. The problem, for me is hardware. Sure i have some old hardware, i don't discard old stuff unless is trash/damaged

Re: [Freedos-user] Diskman in our Ibiblio collection

2021-05-08 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. I think is a good idea not to let "die" dos software. I still have some dos sofware (games and programs) on cds... i think. If is legal to upload to archive.org i'm up for it. I'm from Portugal by the way. Thanks! On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 12:54 AM Martin Iturbide wrote: > Hi > > To

[Freedos-user] FSF?!

2021-04-01 Thread Joao Silva
Hello to all! I do dare to ask a dumb question, after reading several post about FSF. Can anyone explain what is FSF, i'm just a simple tech guy! Thank you. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] FSF?!

2021-04-02 Thread Joao Silva
Hi, > > On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 2:06 PM Joao Silva wrote: > > > > I do dare to ask a dumb question, after reading several post about FSF. > > > > Can anyone explain what is FSF, i'm just a simple tech guy! > > Free Software Foundation, aka the ones who fund the GNU org

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS Audio

2021-03-06 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Search the net and found a site regarding audigy card link and hope that works for you. I also have one in case and have the CD never used with freedos. On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 10:02 PM Jerome Shidel wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My Pentuim Pro

Re: [Freedos-user] Somekind of Game Port Emu/Converter ?

2021-09-26 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Check ebay for *USB to 15 Pin Joystick Gameport Converter Adapter*. On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 11:37 PM Martin Iturbide wrote: > Hi > > Some old DOS games used to work with a joystick and/or gamepad using the > very old and discontinued game port. > > I was wondering if there is any kind

Re: [Freedos-user] Video complains that DOS should not be maintained

2021-12-25 Thread Joao Silva
Hello! Merry Christmas above all. I wouldn't mind have dos or freedos for a main computer, but i mainly have more games than programs (not games aren't programs) and the problem with both DOS is hardware. I've stated before the main and i wont say "problem" but issue is hardware. In my main PC i

Re: [Freedos-user] state of play

2022-01-04 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. The extender didn't work for me EEE PC using freedos, the sound was too fast with outrun and the game was slow. Dosbox handles the speaker ans soundblaster. On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 12:37 AM Rober To via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I meant: "running DOSBOX

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS game compatibility mass testing results/questions

2021-11-20 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Today the problem is that not everyone have old hardware, so they use what they have, new hardware or virtual machines. I stil have my first pc IBM 286 with msdos 4.0, but i think i installed 5 or 6, can't remember. I installed freedos on a asus eeepc, runs well, but with no sound.

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

2022-03-07 Thread Joao Silva
Hello! Not perfectly... for that you need the right hardware for the game to run, ms-dos 6.22 or pc-dos 7.0/7.1 and i'm assuming that you don't have either conditions. So dosbox will run most games, you can check the compatibility list https://www.dosbox.com/comp_list.php?letter=a and fine tune

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

2022-03-08 Thread Joao Silva
Hall wrote: > On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 11:44 AM Joao Silva wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > Dosbox will solve all your problems! > > > > > FYI > > From the list rules: > >Remember, this group is about FreeDOS. General DOS topic

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

2022-03-08 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. I agree with you, a VM isn't a viable solution for testing. I'm in favor of using real hardware. My floppies games i tested on VM run well on my IBM 286 (real machine). The downloaded games had options that my don't have. I do have a PII and PIII that i'll try freedos, but no anytime

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

2022-03-08 Thread Joao Silva
t; specific version of DOS. > > This might be what is happening with the DSI games, or might be something > entirely different, but the fact that every game that uses the same engine > fails to run on FDOS makes it quite obvious that fixing just one of these > games will probably fix the r

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

2022-03-08 Thread Joao Silva
VMs so, seriously, let's just end > this. > > A terça, 8/03/2022, 19:20, Joao Silva escreveu: > >> First of all i'm not Dude if more Sir or Mr. >> I don't know you and certainly i'm not your friend... >> >> Moving on... downloaded the games mentioned above an

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

2022-03-10 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Thank you Eric and Jim. I'll do a search and i let you know how it turned out On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 10:04 AM Jim Hall wrote: > One program to fix the "runtime error 200" is Robert and Marek's TSR tool, > which we include in FreeDOS 1.3: > >

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

2022-03-09 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Tyrian tyrian.exe - Runtime error 200 at 0006:374c setup.exe - Runtime error 200 at 0002:24ED Fuzzy fuzzy.exe - Runtime error 200 at 0003:361B main.exe - Runtime error 200 at 0003:361B Don't run on fdos 1.3, booted option 2 on a vm... i'll run on actual hardware (modern board) On

Re: [Freedos-user] retro gamer review of FreeDOS 1.3

2022-03-06 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. Dosbox will solve all your problems! On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 11:04 PM Carlos Teixeira wrote: > Hi Eric, > > all DSI games that use that same engine, Grand Prix Circuit, The Cycles, > Test Drive 2 have that issue. You launch the games and you just get a black > screen. I commented on the

[Freedos-user] freedos 1.3 on vm or real machine

2022-03-10 Thread Joao Silva
Hello I have a question: on freedos 1.3 or 1.2 i can't write the * without going to the numeric keypad. KEYB PO,858 available: 858, 850, 860 also can't write: ã ä â á à ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freedos-user] Question, HX dos extender.

2022-02-17 Thread Joao Silva
i have and did work. Managed to get sound on dos games, but the game was too slow to play On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 3:20 PM Björn Morell wrote: > Hi :) > > HX is tested in Freedos 1.0 I believe, does it work in ver. 1.3 RC5 ? > Has anybody here tested ? > >

Re: [Freedos-user] ECHO vs @ECHO

2022-02-26 Thread Joao Silva
Hello Have you tested with a command with @ ex:. @dir ? On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 1:57 AM Bret Johnson wrote: > This question is more about DOS in general than specifically about > FreeDOS. But, there are enough experienced and creative users around > FreeDOS that someone may be able to help

Re: [Freedos-user] Total newby question

2022-02-18 Thread Joao Silva
Hi. For sound no, vbox doesn't have speaker support, on soundblaster On Fri, Feb 18, 2022, 07:17 John Vella wrote: > Equally newb reply... It's there any advantage over installing virtualbox > and running freedos there? > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2022, 23:29 Joseph Kelchner, wrote: > >> Hello, >> >>

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing freedos to virtualbox them copying dice contents to an actual computer

2022-03-31 Thread Joao Silva
t another old drive, install windows 3.11 and > try Microsoft Office 4.3 as I've never used that before. > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 11:33 Joao Silva, wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> You can use FreeDOS edit, but don't use for big files... can't handle >> 2968 lines >> &g

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing freedos to virtualbox them copying dice contents to an actual computer

2022-03-31 Thread Joao Silva
Hi! You can use FreeDOS edit, but don't use for big files... can't handle 2968 lines On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:59 PM John Vella wrote: > I'll be honest and say I'm starting to second guess myself here... Reading > a totally unrelated email at work this morning, I wondered why I'm even >

Re: [Freedos-user] Installing freedos to virtualbox them copying dice contents to an actual computer

2022-03-31 Thread Joao Silva
True On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 11:51 AM John Vella wrote: > I am using edit at the moment,so it might be safer to stick with that. By > safer, I mean not installing windows, which also contains too many > distractions! > > On Thu, 31 Mar 2022, 11:43 Joao Silva, wrote: > >&

Re: [Freedos-user] How to have sound with freedos under virtual box?

2022-09-03 Thread Joao Silva
You don't. Vbox doesn't have speaker support only soundblaster. For games use Dosbox or it variants. On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 1:06 PM wrote: > > I really want to have minimal sound, beeps would be enough for some > software. > > But i tried all settings in virtualbox and get no sound. > > Is it a

Re: [Freedos-user] How to have sound with freedos under virtual box?

2022-09-03 Thread Joao Silva
uy a > Soundblaster, perhaps an "USB soundblaster device" if it exists, and > then i would have SB sound under freedos SUPPORTED BY virtualbox? > Any concrete hint would be appreciated. > Aim is to achieve to have sound in freedos under virtualbox on this host > (Windows 10 wit t

Re: [Freedos-user] How to have sound with freedos under virtual box?

2022-09-03 Thread Joao Silva
Hello Jim. I tryed Qemu under Linux, never managed to get it running... I read somewhere that virtualbox under linux supported Speaker, but no good, just soundblaster On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 1:36 PM Jim Hall wrote: > On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 7:03 AM wrote: > > > > > > I really want to have

Re: [Freedos-user] How to have sound with freedos under virtual box?

2022-09-03 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. I'll try. thank you, i'll let you know how it went. On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 7:05 PM Jim Hall wrote: > On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 12:07 PM Joao Silva wrote: > > > > Hello Jim. > > > > I tryed Qemu under Linux, never managed to get it running... > > > >

Re: [Freedos-user] Retire from sending monthly reminder message

2022-08-25 Thread Joao Silva
Hi! No, but someone might forget. Every 3 or 6 month, at the 1st day or the 1st weekend?! On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 7:16 PM Robert Riebisch wrote: > Hi Jim, > > > With these changes, do we need a monthly list reminder anymore? > > No. > > Cheers, > Robert > -- > BTTR Software

Re: [Freedos-user] How to have sound with freedos under virtual box?

2022-09-05 Thread Joao Silva
On 9/5/22, tauro via Freedos-user wrote: > >>> I read somewhere that virtualbox under linux supported Speaker, but no >>> good, just soundblaster >>> >> I also found something that also suggested VirtualBox could emulate >> the PC Speaker, but I haven't been able to get it to work either. > > On

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSshell replacement

2022-07-31 Thread Joao Silva
Hi Liam. Back in the days of DOS i used Xtree Gold https://winworldpc.com/product/xtree/gold-3x I still have them on my hdd version 3 and 4. Before xtgree gold i had one called pcboss, i may have it on a cd On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 10:51 PM Liam Proven wrote: > I am looking for a fairly

Re: [Freedos-user] DOSshell replacement

2022-07-31 Thread Joao Silva
Yes it's a manager, but you can run commands from the command line in mc On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 12:47 PM Liam Proven wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 13:32, Joao Silva wrote: > > > > Hi Liam. > > > > Back in the days of DOS i used Xtree Gold > https://winwor

Re: [Freedos-user] Happy New Year, everyone!

2023-01-01 Thread Joao Silva
Happy New Year! On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 1:48 PM Jim Hall wrote: > It's the first day of 2023, so I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year! > > If you're new to the freedos-user list ("new" could be anytime in the last > few months, but maybe haven't posted anything yet) use this thread to say

Re: [Freedos-user] tinyllama - A tiny x86 retro computer

2022-11-23 Thread Joao Silva
LOL! It's not for me, out of my league... i don't mind to some work when i know how to or simply to work it out. I did scroll down fast and i didn't saw the price tag. On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 1:12 AM Ralf Quint wrote: > On 11/22/2022 6:07 AM, Mart Zirnask wrote: > > Hi, just something I noticed

Re: [Freedos-user] memory issue, or something

2022-11-29 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. What game are you trying to run? On Monday, November 28, 2022, Tomas By wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to run an old DOS game and get the following: > > |Mel Fatal Error #: 25 Trap #: 15 > |Mel Real Mode Version 2.2.5, 4/2/94 > > Am using HIMEMX.EXE and JEMM386.EXE. > > Does anybody

Re: [Freedos-user] Mouse not working on real silicon

2023-01-15 Thread Joao Silva
Hello. You can use the keyboard to change settings in the BIOS, EFI bios i "think" because i'm not sure, they must navigate via keyboard. May consider using Freedos on a VM On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 8:09 PM Knedlik wrote: > I don’t think having USB mouse in BIOS is the problem… I believe my >

Re: [Freedos-user] Mouse not working on real silicon

2023-01-15 Thread Joao Silva
Found a post with same problem "To get your mouse working under DOS, you can try Bret Johnson’s USB programs — you’ll need one of the USBUHCI drivers, USBMOUSE, and CuteMouse ." Hope that helps. On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 8:09 PM Knedlik

Re: [Freedos-user] Lure of the Temptress (again)

2023-04-03 Thread Joao Silva
Hello Brandon. You can get the game for free at the site GOG On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 4:35 PM Brandon Taylor wrote: > Hello! It's me again. Over 6 years ago, I asked whether it was possible to > get "Lure of the Temptress" running in FreeDOS (and yes, once again, I've > played it in DOSBox). I

Re: [Freedos-user] MSdos 7.1 question / Sound in DOS and FAT huge file support

2023-11-03 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hi! HX DOS Extender work with dos games that require speaker (beep)? Last time i tryed with a eeepc and nothings. Thanks On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 5:15 AM Mart Zirnask via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On 01/11/2023, Eric Auer via Freedos-user > wrote: > > > > It

Re: [Freedos-user] languages

2023-09-29 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hi. It's been a while since i use freedos on asus eeepc with portuguese from portugal and if i recall i can't write the * with shift and *+" key and since there is no numeric keypad. I haven't tested on a vm... On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 9:03 AM Eric Auer via Freedos-user <

Re: [Freedos-user] languages

2023-10-01 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hi! i' m from Portugal and i'm aware of the portuguese layout for 43 years. When i press that key produces a A with a ring on top. On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 10:35 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Joao wrote: > > > It's been a while since i use freedos on

Re: [Freedos-user] languages

2023-10-03 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hi. You're quiet correct main key output is '+', the shifted is '*' and the alternated is " (two dots) When i run "keyb po" changes the code page to 858. MS-DOS 6.2 was 840, but i found a page that show 860 for Portugal, not Brazil ___ Freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] languages

2023-10-03 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
KEYB, could you > please try FD-KEYB to see if the bug is there and needs to be corrected too? > > Thanks, > Aitor > > > On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 at 07:26, Joao Silva via Freedos-user < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> i' m from Portu

Re: [Freedos-user] "Upgrade" from MS-DOS 6.2.2

2024-02-27 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hello. Let me stick my nose in... MS-DOS, PC-DOS, FreeDOS today is for thoses who want, need or want to play. My first pc was a 286 IBM, still have it and it's my pride and joy... don't use it since 2004. In my case is for gaming, i asked here about the speaker on laptops and is a no go, no

Re: [Freedos-user] Portuguese keyboard layout

2024-03-18 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hello! Same problem, don't think that there is a solution. I mention this issue here. On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM Manuel Sobral via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I think there's an error with the Portuguese keyboard layout. When I press >

Re: [Freedos-user] Portuguese keyboard layout

2024-03-19 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hello. MS-DOS and PC-DOS 840 or 850, i need to check my old floppy boot disk... On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 8:10 AM Lukáš Kotek via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi Manuel, > > I hit something very similar, just in case of Czech-specific characters. > I tried the same

Re: [Freedos-user] How can I make FreeDOS correctly display the "ã" character?

2024-04-25 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hello. So, whats the code for Portugal Portuguese? Thank you. On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 6:43 PM Jim Hall via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Davi Ramos wrote: > >> > The "ã" is a very common character in Portuguese. It shows up in words > >> > such as "não",

Re: [Freedos-user] How can I make FreeDOS display correctly the â

2024-04-25 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Hello. Thank you, i'll switch on my laptop. On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 1:18 AM Jose Senna via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I also had this problem, For some reason, the ã > is missing from codepage 850. I use codepage 860 > instead, which is the "official"

Re: [Freedos-user] Web forum

2024-05-22 Thread Joao Silva via Freedos-user
Yes. On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM Norby Droid via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Would there be any interest in a web forum for FreeDos? > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >