Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Dale E Sterner
Where did you get ms dos 7.1 as a stand alone package without Windows? I use PC dos 7.1 alone but have never seen a MS version. DS On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:07:48 -0400 (EDT) Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net writes: Hi all, I shared the link to a dos USB driver a while back. While some

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Ralf Quint
On 3/30/2015 12:23 PM, Dale E Sterner wrote: Where did you get ms dos 7.1 as a stand alone package without Windows? I use PC dos 7.1 alone but have never seen a MS version. Because there is no such thing. Anyone claiming to run *MS*-DOS 7.1 is using a hacked version of Windows 9x. (- that's a

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Dale E Sterner
Is the iso file small enough to email? DS On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:41:12 -0400 Corbin Davenport davenportcor...@gmail.com writes: It's possible to use MS-DOS 7.1 standalone by creating a backup disk using Windows 98, I believe (Windows 95 was 7.0, and ME was 8.0). If anyone's interested, I

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Corbin Davenport
I'm afraid not (it's a rather hefty 11MB), but I did upload it to my Google Drive as a public file. Feel free to keep/share the file, the original author's site went down a long time ago and I had it saved on a flash drive for some reason. Link:

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Dale E Sterner
Thanks DS On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:58:23 -0400 Corbin Davenport davenportcor...@gmail.com writes: I'm afraid not (it's a rather hefty 11MB), but I did upload it to my Google Drive as a public file. Feel free to keep/share the file, the original author's site went down a long time ago and I

[Freedos-user] reposting the link for the dOS USB driver.

2015-03-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
For those asking me for the link again, here is my first post. Karen -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:58:10 -0500 (EST) From: Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net To: freedos list freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: dos USB driver. Hi Folks, Since USB

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Rugxulo
Guys, you absolutely can't be this stubborn or naive. I'm not trying to be a hardass here, but you have to avoid mistakes like this, or it'll cost ya. U.S. copyright law does not give us the right to copy things at will, esp. not commercial, proprietary software from one of the biggest companies

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread John R. Sowden
Regarding use of the usb driver, I have been using it for a couple of years, mainly to transport data from my office dos network to a linux computer. The OS is MS-DOS 7.1 (from windows98 so I can read fat32) and 4dos 7.0. You only issue is the usb device that is plugged in when you boot up

[Freedos-user] MS-DOS 7.10 CD Full Installation - Free tools and utilities (fwd)

2015-03-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
Fine, Here is the page itself for the package I have been using for years. Karen just pasting the whole page for you. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:11:32 -0400 (EDT) #SysChat RSS Feed SysChat Computer Tech Support and Help Home | Videos |

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, I have no idea if you can still buy full MS-DOS from MSDN subscriptions. But there is a small system floppy still available in Windows Explorer. (Other options, esp. downloading from questionable web sites, are NOT recommended.) EDIT: (quoting

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:33 PM, John R. Sowden jsow...@americansentry.net wrote: Regarding use of the usb driver, I have been using it for a couple of years, mainly to transport data from my office dos network to a linux computer. Have you tried mTCP's FTPSRV? The OS is MS-DOS 7.1

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, did not realize there was an 8.0 of ms dos. I don't suppose the same technique que is possible to create the 8.0 edition as a stand alone? Just wondering. Karen On Mon, 30 Mar 2015, Corbin Davenport wrote: It's possible to use MS-DOS 7.1 standalone by creating a backup disk using

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
I have the package, but not the link. If you google it I am sure it will appear. pc dos 7.1 goes back a bit does it not? granted the 7.1 package is about a decade or so old now, but the utilities are slightly more current. Karen On Mon, 30 Mar 2015, Dale E Sterner wrote: Where did you get

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Bret Johnson
Because there is no such thing. Anyone claiming to run MS-DOS 7.1 is using a hacked version of Windows 9x. (- that's a period) Actually, no. Just like previous versions of Windows, 9x is simply a DOS application, not an Operating System. Windows 3.x called itself an Operating Environment

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:59 PM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: Win98 is a protected mode OS, and DOS serves as a real mode loader. Once Win98 is up and running, DOS is out of the loop, and Win98 *is* the OS. If DOS is out of the loop, then why are you still able to run DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread dmccunney
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: i use dos exclusively daily for all my computing. and still sometimes get the sense here that freedos does not take itself seriously enough for me to consider it for my professional needs. FreeDOS takes itself

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, Actually good question. I have never run windows on any of my machines. What discouraged me from using freedos was first the for legacy games use only, suggestion on the site, and second, the lack of attention to native things like USB and networking. Dos is stable, I have been running the

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread dmccunney
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Bret Johnson bretj...@juno.com wrote: Because there is no such thing. Anyone claiming to run MS-DOS 7.1 is using a hacked version of Windows 9x. (- that's a period) Actually, no. Just like previous versions of Windows, 9x is simply a DOS application, not an

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread dmccunney
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:59 PM, dmccunney dennis.mccun...@gmail.com wrote: Win98 is a protected mode OS, and DOS serves as a real mode loader. Once Win98 is up and running, DOS is out of the loop, and Win98 *is* the OS. If

Re: [Freedos-user] dos usb driver!

2015-03-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
Or I can do what I am doing right now. works for me, and I respect others mileage varies. Karen On Mon, 30 Mar 2015, dmccunney wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: i use dos exclusively daily for all my computing. and still sometimes get the