Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Install

Try using the Legacy Installer CD rather than the Standard one. Ira irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Lawrence Dionne wrote: > I have an old Dell computer: Intel Celeron processor 700Mhz CPU 320MB RAM > > I thought it would make a nice machine for installin and

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1,2 runs very slow

I recently installed FreeDOS 1.2 in order to develop DOS apps using Turbo C 2.01. Small apps that compile almost instantly on DOS 7.1 take a very long time using FreeDOS. I REMed out LH FDAPM APMDOS in autoexec.bat and my compiles sped up and are now as fast as DOS 7.1. My guess is that the default

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Speed

Thanks. I was using the fdconfig.sys and autoexec.bat that were generated when I installed FreeDOS. At bootup I use the first choice. I am running natively on a 486. once I commented out LH FDAPM APMDOS in autoexec.bat and rebooted my compiles run at full speed. FDAPM has a SPEED subcommand that ch

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS 1,2 runs very slow

The version of FDAPM is dated 11 Sep 2009 and does not have an ADV option. I installed using the legacy CD. Ira irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Eric Auer wrote: > > Hi Ira, > > if FDAPM APMDOS slows down your FreeDOS (on which hardware? > or in which environme

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

I run Turbo C 2.01 on FreeDOS 1.2 and MS-DOS 7.1 with no problems of any kind. Ira irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Abe Mishler wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I would like to run Borland's Turbo C 2.01 (freely available now from [0]) > under FreeDOS. I can only ge

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

If you already have Windows 98 SE, you have DOS 7.1. I prefer it to FreeDOS because of better documentation. Ira irami...@gmail.com 805-212-0588 On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Dennis Fenton wrote: > Thanks Eric. > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. > Original Mes

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Turbo C 2.01

From: Ira Minor --===7247368430969604896== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114b1c0a694895054b21facf --001a114b1c0a694895054b21facf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I run Turbo C 2.01 on FreeDOS 1.2 and MS-DOS 7.1 with no problems of any kind. Ira irami

Re: [Freedos-user] boot floppy disk image too big for a disk

From: Ira Minor --===2471480371050748780== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1148df5c151ae4054b865f99 --001a1148df5c151ae4054b865f99 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 If you already have Windows 98 SE, you have DOS 7.1. I prefer it to FreeDOS because of better