[Freedos-user] Reading PDF under DOS

2007-07-08 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi! I was searching for a while a way to display PDF files under FreeDOS. I tried Acroread for DOS, but it's not supporting newer PDF files. I found that GhostScript can display PS file, and a DOS port of Xpdf can convert PDF to PS. Finally, I learned about PSVIEW - a project which is expected

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

2007-07-08 Thread George Willard
Gents, I spent the day trying to figure out how to make FreeDos work on my Windows XP computer. NO luck. I could not even figure out how to download the fdfullcd.iso file. When I clicked on it, it just showed a bunch of text and high/low bit characters. Why put so much effort into a project

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] Using nansi.sys vs ansi.sys under 4dos

2007-07-08 Thread Larry Alkoff
Hello Eric and thank you for your attention. The debug patch below worked perfectly and my dosemu has a nice white background all over the screen. Goodbye ansi. Gratefully, Larry Eric Auer wrote: Hi Larry, black on white is an interesting problem. You cannot get a bright background in