Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos V2.0 - when will it be available?

2013-01-08 Thread Jeffrey
KOS, If you have installed grub, but it is not working, you can remove it with the command fdisk /mbr. This will write the default mbr to the hard disk. Then use sys c: Jeffrey -- Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS compatibility with DOS applications

2012-07-03 Thread Jeffrey
-bit windows, minus qbasic for some reason. Jeffrey -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS compatibility with DOS applications

2012-07-03 Thread Jeffrey
* with qbasic on 32bit Windows? Yes, I'm just surprised they actually took the trouble to get rid of it Jeffrey -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat

[Freedos-user] Joykeys

2012-04-19 Thread Jeffrey
. I have tried all three of Joykey's methods , and none of them work. The program I am trying to use is the DOS version of ELITE, which may be downloaded here: http://www.dosgames.com/files/elite.zip Jeffrey

Re: [Freedos-user] Porting DOS to new processors

2012-04-12 Thread Jeffrey
in assembly. Regardless, all of the routines would have to be rewritten because ARM doesn't interrupts like intel chip-sets. Unfortunately, I don't think it's as easy as simply recompiling for a different architecture :-( Jeffrey

Re: [Freedos-user] AST Research drivers

2012-03-10 Thread Jeffrey
Hello, I have all the AST drivers. The zip file is about 80MB. I downloaded them from ari-service.com before that website went down. What in particular do you need? On 03/05/2012 02:23 PM, Stefan Kühn wrote: Hello I see your also looking for AST Research drivers. Any success? Stefan

Re: [Freedos-user] Escape character (was Using a menu for many options)

2012-01-29 Thread Jeffrey
Hi, Apparently, choice can accept any printable ASCII character for an option, with three exceptions. Those would be , |, and of course. Are there any plans for adding a shell escape character(like \ in UNIX) in FreeCOM? If so, what character would be a suitable candidate? Jeffrey

Re: [Freedos-user] Using a menu for many options

2012-01-25 Thread Jeffrey
if %errorlevel%==4 goto option4 option1: goto end option2: goto end end: for 16 menu options Obviously not as convenient as FDCONFIG.SYS menu Hope this helps, Jeffrey -- Keep Your Developer Skills Current

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1.1 boot process ends with interrupt devide by zero and system halt

2012-01-14 Thread Jeffrey
Hi Ralph, This may seem obvious, but have you tried loading each driver individually? Also try changing the order you load them. If they are chaining interrupts, there may be a conflict. Hope this helps Jeffrey

Re: [Freedos-user] Undeserved Comment Re: EMM/JEMM, A20, Etc.

2011-10-20 Thread Jeffrey
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Re: [Freedos-user] desktop2 in freedos

2011-09-06 Thread Jeffrey
Hi Zbigniew, Out of curiosity just downloaded Icaros Desktop Light 1.3.0 - in its manual one can read: #v+ AROS doesn't need great horsepower [..] Although AROS can run on low-power and low-end processors, like old 500-1000 MHz ones, you probably like to choose a faster one. [..] To enjoy a

Re: [Freedos-user] desktop2 in freedos

2011-09-06 Thread Jeffrey
Hi, No, not at all - downloaded the manual exactly from the website: http://www.icarosdesktop.com/icarosfiles/IcarosDesktop_manual.pdf Maybe try another PDF-reader? I downloaded from there and it worked. It would be interesting to try this in QEMU. I can just use QEMU in linux, but has

Re: [Freedos-user] boot cd freedos 1.1 + panasonic usb drivers

2011-08-29 Thread Jeffrey
Hi, I don't think we're allowed to redistribute Panasonic drivers. Didn't the 1.0 distribution have a package that used wget to install the drivers? I don't remember if it was those drivers but there were two packages using wget to get around distribution issues. PS did this reply to the

Re: [Freedos-user] desktop2 in freedos

2011-08-27 Thread Jeffrey
Hi, Linux, various flavors, is the premier free operating system. Add wine to Linux and gain access to a fair number of Windows applications. Linux has been slowly gaining on the Desktop. There are many user groups to help you use Linux effectively. The application list is growing. Linux,

[Freedos-user] DEBUG

2011-07-17 Thread Jeffrey
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Re: [Freedos-user] DEBUG

2011-07-17 Thread Jeffrey
COM file and reassemble it with NASM, simply use NDISASM to disassemble, written by the same people as NASM itself :-) I always wondered what those other executables in the NASM directory were. I guess I should have read the docs. :) Thanks! Jeffrey

Re: [Freedos-user] Unicode (It was 'Problem with USB keyboard in some computers')

2011-07-07 Thread Jeffrey
Hi Eric, HOWEVER, the array, int 10 and CON are all officially assuming a one byte is one character scenario so your layout is likely to get messed up when you use UTF-8 and you cannot use UTF-16 anyway. In color text modes, alternating bytes are used for character and attribute. So if you

Re: [Freedos-user] Unicode (It was 'Problem with USB keyboard in some computers')

2011-07-06 Thread Jeffrey
Hi I don't know much (anything) about unicode but, Right-to-left might be hard to do (I guess?), but technically as long as they can see and enter what they want, I'm sure they can get used to left-to-right. Excuse me? How can anyone type the arabic, syriac or hebrew abjads from left to

Re: [Freedos-user] Output redirection

2011-07-03 Thread Jeffrey
Maybe obvious, but did you try using kernel 2040 instead? See the news on www.freedos.org/ for download URL and info. I have now upgraded to 2040. I have done more experimenting and now it gets even stranger. I can still redirect output from other commands to a file, but using the pipe doesn't

Re: [Freedos-user] Wireless Networking via PCMCIA?

2007-01-26 Thread Jeffrey D. Shaffer
a wonderful day! Jeffrey On 1/27/07, Alain M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PCMCIA ethernet cards I have used many, in both MS-DOSand FreeDOS. Does you card have any driver PKT or PACKET? Alain - Take Surveys. Earn Cash

Re: [Freedos-user] Wireless Networking via PCMCIA?

2007-01-26 Thread Jeffrey D. Shaffer
Thank you very much for the suggestion and input. I will have to make time to visit the local store and see what they have. Have a wonderful day / evening. Sincerely, Jeffrey D. Shaffer On 1/27/07, Alain M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have one ZEN1200 which has a Realtec-8139 chip All PCMCIA

[Freedos-user] Wireless Networking via PCMCIA?

2007-01-24 Thread Jeffrey D. Shaffer
information online to either confirm or deny the possibility / success of such a venture. Hopefully someone here has some experience with wireless networking in DOS. Thank you very much and have a great day! Cheers, Jeffrey