Re: [Freedos-user] re: Microsoft=92s patents

2006-01-14 Thread Brolin Empey
Derek Newhall wrote: --- Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Eli, James Tabor is probably right. To do this right, we need a simple, stable DOS (or MS-DOS emulator), with drivers for hard disks, USB flash disks, USB hard disks, LANs, etc., which can read and write all varie

Re: [Freedos-user] New source converter+EMM386 2.07+compression binary

2005-11-16 Thread Brolin Empey
Michael Devore wrote: I know the basics of how open source development works. Or how it frequently doesn't work. I am not lacking in suggestions on how to apportion my time for open source issues and I have invested many days dedicated to open source support -- not just for FreeDOS. Frankly

Re: [Freedos-user] New source converter+EMM386 2.07+compression binary

2005-11-15 Thread Brolin Empey
Michael Devore wrote: And another warning: NASM done got it some bugs. Even with the relatively modest source of HIMEM, I hit a couple. Have you told the NASM maintainers about these issues? I think they would probably be interested in working with you in order to fix the bugs. NASM is th

Re: [Freedos-user] Soundblaster setup

2005-10-09 Thread Brolin Empey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've managed to install the mwave drivers with the MS boot floppy and there is no error messages while loading the drivers. But I can not test the sound because every applications which use sound says that there is no enough memory to run. I've setup the MS config.sys o

Re: [Freedos-user] Soundblaster setup

2005-10-09 Thread Brolin Empey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've converted my HDD to FAT, so for a "clear experiment" I can try the MS622. As I understand I should now boot from A:, then install the mwave drivers and allow them to overwrite the autoexec.bat and config.sys on MS floppy, then reboot from floppy again and see if th

Re: [Freedos-user] Soundblaster setup

2005-10-08 Thread Brolin Empey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday I'm going to visit some PC shops which sells old hardware. Is there any tips about those ISA soundblaster cards? Which model, manufacturer, etc.? Thanks in advance! I have only used the basic SB models, i.e. those without wavetable synthesis as on e.g. the

Re: [Freedos-user] Soundblaster setup

2005-10-08 Thread Brolin Empey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that was a rather stupid question about win drivers for DOS. And is there any tip for a 100% DOS compatible PCI sound card? I mean no drivers, etc needed? Thanks in advance! There is no such thing as a "DOS compatible" sound card, because DOS does not support

Re: [Freedos-user] Soundblaster setup

2005-10-07 Thread Brolin Empey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've find some drivers here for this card (http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=71335) but as I can see those drivers for windows. Is there any chance that I can make them work in FreeDOS? No, you cannot use Windows drivers with FreeDOS. Why do

Re: [Freedos-user] Mounting Freedos 16 or 32 bit

2005-09-24 Thread Brolin Empey
Carl Spitzer wrote: A question for linux people. What fstab entry for these types of partitions. I have one for 16 bit PCdos which must be manually added. But none for FreeDOS. CWSIV Something similar to the following: /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat auto,owner,uid=1

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-22 Thread Brolin Empey
Arkady V.Belousov wrote: Hi! 22-Сен-2005 02:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernd Blaauw) wrote to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: BB> it sounds like VDS again to me. That has the effect that no more can be BB> read from harddisk, BB> which would explain the error about the cdromdrive, which seems li

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-22 Thread Brolin Empey
Michael Devore wrote: At 04:42 PM 9/21/2005 -0700, Brolin Empey wrote: FastTracker 2.08 runs fine for me under latest HIMEM and EMM386. PKUNZIP failing unless the NOEMS option is specified, now that's a problem I'm working on. EMM386 v2.05 breaks my FDCONFIG.SYS! When booting,

Re: [Freedos-user] EMM386 2.05 update, recommended for all

2005-09-21 Thread Brolin Empey
Michael Devore wrote: At 05:05 PM 9/19/2005 -0700, Brolin wrote: Firstly, I have not tested this new release. That said, what is the status with regards to having FastTracker II working on FreeDOS? FastTracker 2.08 runs fine for me under latest HIMEM and EMM386. PKUNZIP failing unless the N