Yes, there are ways. For instance, you could use the COPY CON command and
then enter a machine language program using the keyboard (The folks on
comp.lang.asm.x86 came up with a nice one using base64) although that is
probably not the most time efficient method.
What type of storage device
Thanks for the reply.First I booted from a usb memory stick. When the flash failed I realized I needed some files, at the very least a different bios, and so I put them on a different USB.(This knocked out my USB keyboard, pressing regular buttons would cause num lock to blink, but I was able to ge
Thanks for tge reply.I should mention off the bat that I at one point removed the usb memstick I booted from, copied files to it, and reinserted. It didn't work, and running a command subsequent to that failed. I'm not sure if I compounded the problem, or if it is coincidental.I booted from a usb
Hi Brian,
this sounds like your BIOS contains the driver for USB sticks
present at boot, but has no support for plug and play. It is
strange that trying to change the memory stick even threw out
the USB keyboard support but I guess you cannot expect too
much help from your BIOS with USB without r
The situation is not looking good. Are you still able to copy or create
files on the drive letter that you booted from?
There are two DOS programs, MS Interlink and Laplink, that could self-copy
from one DOS PC to another through the serial port. But here's the kicker:
the target PC has to
Hi TJ and Brian,
> There are two DOS programs, MS Interlink and Laplink, that could
> self-copy from one DOS PC to another through the serial port.
As far as I remember, they do not work well with FreeDOS. But
as mentioned, FileMaven / FM3 has similar functionality. Both
methods have the problem
On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 00:57:02 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
>> There are two DOS programs, MS Interlink and Laplink, that could
>> self-copy from one DOS PC to another through the serial port.
>
> As far as I remember, they do not work well with FreeDOS.
I don't know about MS Interlink, but LapLink work
