Re: [Freedos-user] fdos install to f:

2006-06-21 Thread chris evans
You have to have bios that support USB disks at boot time through INT13H. If not then there be a usbaspi driver on the web... IIRC.. forgot web address. --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ Anders Jansson wrote: >Hello, > >I want to install FreeDos to a 128 Mb compactFlash card on F:, for us

Re: [Freedos-user] fdos install to f:

2006-06-21 Thread chris evans
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Re: [Freedos-user] DOS GUI opinions

2006-07-05 Thread chris evans
'Cuz, I havnt worked it in years, if someone want to take menu.pas for ideas. If ppl want I can try to get vp/2 dosshell working again. --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ John Hupp wrote: Picking up on this thread, which is of continuing interest, at least to me! I said originally that I

Re: [Freedos-user] web site (was: Freedos Future)

2006-07-24 Thread Chris Evans
Looks good, but center the title graphic. :) my 2cent.. --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ http://aotksc.com/ - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the

Re: [Freedos-user] Do not forget to update your kernel (Re: Wrote anarticle...)

2006-07-27 Thread Chris Evans
I'll update and commit nxdos kernel source to cvs when dos-mem.asm is woking right/. I can log into cvs with tortise using win32. I have to re-install as I reinstalled winxp onthe laptop. --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ - Original Message - From: "Eric Auer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Freedos-user] Uninstaller?

2006-07-29 Thread Chris Evans
echo off echo Un-Installing FreeDos! cd\freedos erase *.* cd\ :-) why would you anyways? --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ http://aotksc.com/ - Original Message - From: "Bruce M. Axtens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 4:12 AM Subject: [Freedos-user] Uninstal

Re: [Freedos-user] Uninstaller?

2006-07-29 Thread Chris Evans
FORTRAN smilin' at me, nothing but FORTRAN do I see. COBOL, take it away, nothin' but FORTRAN for me today. Never saw the bits flowin' so right, gettin' together, makin' a byte. Gettin' my answers, quick as a flash, system is hummin', never a crash... With FORTRAN, always bug free, don't need no li

Re: [Freedos-user] Uninstaller?

2006-07-30 Thread Chris Evans
> MS-DOS does. I have never tried UNINSTALL, but perhaps it had saved > already the bootsector so that you can come back to normal. > Its pair is called DELOLDOS, which I suppose would remove that > bootsector. Just speculating, I don't think it would remove the files >

Re: [Freedos-user] Uninstaller?

2006-07-30 Thread Chris Evans
bootsector so that you can come back to normal. > Its pair is called DELOLDOS, which I suppose would remove that > bootsector. Just speculating, I don't think it would remove the files > (btw to Chris Evans: I would use DELTREE and not ERASE). > > About languages: there'

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated 1.0 Testing CD

2006-08-02 Thread Chris Evans
Hmm, can you guys add some better LFN support? I disagree with the Microsoft kludge. M Maybe store them into descript.ion files or invent a new FS for freedos, call it say, FAT64 that has it designed in proper like. :) --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ http://www.aotksc.com/ -Original Mes

Re: [Freedos-user] Updated 1.0 Testing CD

2006-08-02 Thread Chris Evans
http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ http://www.aotksc.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Blair Campbell Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:35 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Updated 1.0 Testing CD On 8/2/06, Chris

Re: [Freedos-user] 1.0 Just around the corner.

2006-08-13 Thread Chris Evans
Hmm, Make sure it never formats/fdisks a partition with out the users express permission. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Blair Campbell Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:29 AM To: FreeDOS Devel; FreeDOS User Subject: [Freedos-user] 1.0 Just

Re: [Freedos-user] "Incorrect DOS version" even with Version=6.22

2006-08-20 Thread Chris Evans
What share.exe they using? why not use the one listed on http://www.freedos.org/cgi-bin/freedos-lsm.cgi?q=f&a=base/share.lsm ? Software should never be allowed to dig into someone elses data with out permission first, nasty bugs will develop as such better to stick with api input/output. Or did

Re: [Freedos-user] Is Freedos a good OS?

2006-08-22 Thread Chris Evans
You can make a covox/dac (amp) and plug it into the printer port 8bit audio to speaker heh play the notes/freq. right out of the printer I/O lines. If you want I can digitize the circuit plan and email it to you. >As I am basically new to the world of DOS, how easy is it to adapt the sound >card d

Re: [Freedos-user] The my deltrash utility...

2007-05-13 Thread chris evans
I have a program written in 1995 that keeps a archive to manage deleted files: http://www.aotksc.com/dmsoft/delete.zip It does depend on a external archiver as defined in delete.ini. If anyone want the source I can find it, it is on some backup CD somewhere :-) --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge

Re: [Freedos-user] On to FreeDOS 2.0...

2007-05-14 Thread chris evans
Freedos needs to remain backwards compatible with 8086 cpu. Perhaps, a protected mode 386/486 kernel can be made and allow user or real mode kernel to decide (autodetect) which to use at boot up. --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ Florian Xaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:the id

Re: [Freedos-user] Next freedos version...

2007-05-24 Thread chris evans
Crynwr pkt driver collection sources are good for porting to other drivers. Atleast that is the use I find of them :) 1/3rd of the source for network.asm I nxdos comes from crynwr. Unless you have a specific need to connect to to novell network servers then tcp/ip should be fine. They (Novell)

Re: [Freedos-user] Strongly recommended reading...

2007-05-30 Thread chris evans
You havnt truly lived until you have tried to unravel obfuscated C. :-) One thing I find really helpful is assert/reached macros in assembler that can test/verify and halt the execution on fail condition (source filename/line number), allows for bugs to be keep at minimum. Sonethimes I think

[Freedos-user] FYI -- FreeDos 1.0 CD available from cheapbytes.com!

2007-06-01 Thread chris evans
For those that dont want to download the CDROM ISO image, cheapbytes.com is selling it on a CD-R for $4.99/ea. Cheapbytes is located out of Lodi California, it is a good place to get linux stuff. http://shop.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0070011455 --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/

Re: [Freedos-user] Strongly recommended reading...

2007-06-06 Thread chris evans
>But of course it is always good to remember that we have to >remind ourselves to write good code in open source. Because >we are not paid for FreeDOS, there is no "quality control >dept" either. On the other hand, there could be one - working >with volunteers, just like our "software devel dept" :

Re: [Freedos-user] Installed on top of WinMe: system unusable.

2007-06-07 Thread chris evans
> 3) Two crashes in the first two minutes: >No crashes since the re-install. >My conclusion is that FreeDOS can't easily share a parition >with Win9x. Real mode msdos was discontinued in WinMe/NT/2k/XP. The problm I had when installing freedos on an existing win partition is that it had tendancy

Re: [Freedos-user] Installed on top of WinMe: system unusable.

2007-06-08 Thread chris evans
Windows ME, millennium, was marketed as a windows 2000 home edition that was rushed out to market to replace win9x, Imho, a badly hacked up 98se codebase, like was an early drawing board idea for XP? same year later XP was released superseding it. I think WinME uses msdos as it boot up OS, but

Re: [Freedos-user] Strongly recommended reading...

2007-06-16 Thread chris evans
>I don't quite agree, but anyway I don't care about the "local" >comments, but just some document explaining the basic "architecture" >of a piece of software (usually 1-2 lines saying where to start). I'm >not free of guilt, though. I just try to describe what I see in real >life. What hobbist can

Re: [Freedos-user] new dos network driver collection, sioux free dos web server

2007-06-23 Thread chris evans
http://www.aotksc.com/img-bin/f-x747w.jpg - Original Message From: Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 11:36:07 AM Subject: [Freedos-user] new dos network driver collection, sioux free dos web server Hi all, forwarding some

[Freedos-user] Sabrent USB 2.0 TV Tuner/Video Capture Box

2007-06-30 Thread chris evans
Is there a DOS USB driver for FreeDOS (beta9) to access the video/audio stream and either display on vga/speakers or save a a avi or mpeg4? I gunna buy it on monday, but I just thinking ahead. --chris http://www.aotksc.com/ _

Re: [Freedos-user] Tesxt mode Screen-grabber

2007-07-04 Thread chris evans
Hi, This might work for you, it is a text to ascii capturer. you could in theory modify to save the textattr byte to a ansi prefix so you get the colors. Note, only works on CGA/mode 3 or better. http://www.aotksc.com/dmsoft/grab10.zip --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ - Original Mes

Re: [Freedos-user] Can't even get started!

2007-07-08 Thread chris evans
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/fdfullcd.iso Did you try to right click and choose save-as? that way web browser wont try to display it on screen. A free software project can only do so much and is only as good of those that participate in the process

Re: [Freedos-user] details on free software

2007-07-20 Thread chris evans
>1.what are the various tools commonly used in free software or open source >projects to track different versions? Bugzilla, I believe. http://www.bugzilla.org/ >2.what is a patch? how does it work?what is its complimentary tool? Patches are used to when you need to lay off the bong. Usuall

Re: [Freedos-user] Partition layout

2007-08-30 Thread chris evans
Better to label your drive volumes to something other than obscure or drive letters, like DATA, or your name. that way when you in a fdisk program or other OS you can see what is what and not cause an accident. Curious, I thought that the DOS will only point C: to the first primary found? --c

Re: [Freedos-user] Partition layout

2007-09-03 Thread chris evans
>All labels are unique and contain the drive letter. Do you consider >DOS, W2K and Warp4 to be obscure? Also every partition has a directory >of the form "1_Name_X" where X is the drive letter. The one forces it >to sort at the top. So from any HDD utility or directory listing I know >the p

[Freedos-user] (no subject)

2007-09-08 Thread chris evans
Anyway to detect com port settings instead of hard code the settings for which one the modem is plugged to ?? .. eset NOFRODO_NOW Y /C if errorlevel 2 if not errorlevel 3 goto b001 CD\DOORS\ACTS acts.exe /S /C:%2 /B:%1 /T:%3 /N:%4 REM/S is sysop mode /C:[comport] /B:[baudrate] /T:[time

Re: [Freedos-user] Dos help on FreeDos

2007-09-17 Thread chris evans
I recommend : Writing MSDOS device drivers, Robert Lai. The MSDOS HandBook, Sybex. DOS 5 techniques and utilities, ZD Press Dissecting DOS, Podanoffsky Villanis Freedos Kernel --chris http://www.aotksc.com/ - Original Message From: john s wolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lis

Re: [Freedos-user] Announce: DESTROY version 2.3 file wiper for DOS

2007-09-23 Thread chris evans
@echo off echo echo w4ck1ng.. :) nice program you g0tz:) echo type ctrl-c to when full :wipedel echo >>\$.$$$ goto wipedel del \$.$$$ :exit --chris http://www.aotksc.com/ - Original Message From: MegaBrutal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunda

Re: [Freedos-user] announcements

2007-10-20 Thread chris evans
Assembly language, with a good toolbox.asm but yeah you gain plus in cntrol, but coding effort goes down +9d7 in karma points. :) --chris http://www.aotksc.com/ - Original Message From: Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007

Re: [Freedos-user] [OT] DRM and Free Software...the perspective of the OpenGEM chap

2006-03-28 Thread chris evans
I think these issues are really important to all Free Software development. FreeDOS (for instance) does not really help spread multimedia and therefore is largely excluded from the DRM conversation. Who defines this assumed trust in software? The user of the manufacturer? The way I see it the f

Re: [Freedos-user] [OT] DRM and Free Software...the perspective of the OpenGEM chap

2006-03-28 Thread chris evans
Well, they could stamp all purchased music and stuff with a digital ID and if it is played back on the other computer user has to verify identity with purchaser ID. BruceIrving wrote: That is a very thoughtful and interesting article, Shane. We need more information of this type and, you ar

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 causes Ctrl-Alt-Del to fail with some video cards

2006-04-14 Thread chris evans
It probally general protection fault interaction between the vesa 3.0 video driver and the memory mapped regions that video card wants to access. Have EMM386 exclude the memory area a000-h. --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ John Hupp wrote: Hello, all. Here is another issue arising

Re: [Freedos-user] Customizing Startup Files

2006-05-17 Thread chris evans
Well, I tought you only want to specify stacks if the program you are loading doesnt have a stack segment of it own. Arkady V.Belousov wrote: No so. When dealing many years with stacks=0,0, I found only only AT386 refurbished machine, which hangs with this setting at loading Win3.1. Al

Re: [Freedos-user] Customizing Startup Files

2006-05-18 Thread chris evans
That is true, ss:sp will always be set to some address. I seen programs that don't initialize SS:SP at start. In that case one would think that would default to whatever was set prior to it being run (i.e. Dos stack). Even though the linker will emit a warning 'No Stack'. if the program doesn't

[Freedos-user] C compilers.

2006-05-22 Thread chris evans
Could anyone suggest any good DOS ANSI C compilers for dos (Freedos and PCDOS 7)? prefer freeware. The BCC and Turbo C (2.01) I have is outdated. and DJGPP is locking up at link stage (paths are correct... weird). --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ -

Re: [Freedos-user] C compilers.

2006-05-23 Thread chris evans
Their purchase system on the website doesnt work for me, times out on visa transx. (tried this in 2004 and gave up) When I am on the gibibit lan this weekend I'll see if I can d/l it then. --chris Blair Campbell wrote: Sorry for the garbage. In the OpenWatcom site, I only find the installer

Re: [Freedos-user] C compilers.

2006-05-23 Thread chris evans
Files are about 60mb, kinda big for dialup. :) Blair Campbell wrote: Just try downloads.openwatcom.org/ftp and get directly to the file. --- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technician

Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

2006-05-25 Thread chris evans
Whats that for? --chris http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certi

Re: [Freedos-user] (no subject)

2006-05-25 Thread chris evans
The external punishment of spamusment? Who dont want to eat stacks of mystery meat for eternity. Escorter wrote: chris evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's for spamming. ^_^ --- All the advantages of Linux Mana

[Freedos-user] Partition order

2006-06-03 Thread chris evans
I always still wonder what the best order of partition types to use. and have settled on in order (quadboot): 200mb NXDOS testing partition (E:), DOS 2gb FAT16 (C:), 4-5gb WINXP NTFS (D:), Linux swap, Boot, and Root in that order. Curious is it better to put swap parts at end of drive

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