Hi,
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Karen Lewellen
wrote:
>
> Actually given Microsoft restored a dos structure to what was it, windows
> 7? some of those utilities may be even more current.
> Just my take,
> Karen
I'm not sure what this means. I (sadly) don't have any machines with
32-bit Win
Hi,
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 3:00 PM, C. Masloch wrote:
>> Recently there was a thread
>> about concurrent file access in the network - apparently FreeDOS
>> SHARE and kernel support for it are not as good as in MS DOS
>
> ... where this "not as good" support apparently amounts to "may corrupt
> yo
Hi!
> don't know how else to say it: Windows is crap for DOS compatibility.
Thats about the only way to say it :) Vista dropped support for fullscreen
mode, and I can't imagine support has improved in Windows 7.
> but the only "DOS" [sic] apps that still ship with 32-bit Windows that
> I can re
Hi,
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Martin T wrote:
>
> How compatible is FreeDOS with applications written to other DOS
> operating systems(for example MS-DOS and Windows 95/98/ME, PC-DOS,
> DR-DOS)? Are there any known specific utilities or more complex DOS
> applications which do not work und
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Jeffrey wrote:
> IIRC NT 4.0 included some DOS 5.0 utilities and programs (including edit,
> debug, etc).
> Actually, sometime after this, microsoft created a new version of edit that
> doesn't require
> qbasic.
The earlier version of edit was essentially a comp
Hi,
> The earlier version of edit was essentially a compiled batch file that
> called qbasic with its editor personality. I was *delighted* to see
> that finally changed.
Is there a way to do this from the command line without edit?
> The reason is simple enough: what on earth would you *do* wi
El 03/07/2012 03:45 p.m., Jeffrey escribió:
> Hi,
>
>> The earlier version of edit was essentially a compiled batch file that
>> called qbasic with its editor personality. I was *delighted* to see
>> that finally changed.
> Is there a way to do this from the command line without edit?
>
>> The rea
Hi,
On Jul 3, 2012 7:16 PM, "Jeffrey" wrote:
>
> > The earlier version of edit was essentially a compiled batch file that
> > called qbasic with its editor personality. I was *delighted* to see
> > that finally changed.
>
> Is there a way to do this from the command line without edit?
1). In Fr
Hi,
On Jul 3, 2012 7:27 PM, "Marco Achury" wrote:
>
> I was a qbasic fan. Is a great language. Freedos has a lot of
interpreters
> and compilers available, but none has that great IDE.
I'm no heavy user of IDEs and similar complicated stuff, but I think we
have plenty of options. If you're onl
