[Freedos-user] R ibm thinkpad 560 and freedos?

2009-08-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, Sent this Saturday when I joined, but it failed to reach the list. trying again. Greetings all, Before shouting yes, let me share my goals. I do have this laptop, and I desire outfitting it with freedos only, presently it has no operating system at all. I want to use a

Re: [Freedos-user] R ibm thinkpad 560 and freedos?

2009-08-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi there, Sorry to be a touch late with my answer but I wanted to confirm the hardware meaning extra eyes. it is indeed a 560 series 2640-foe which seems to mean just a 560, there is no additional letter given. I visited the wifi and will hunt for one of these cards then. I am honestly not sure

[Freedos-user] podcatchers anyone?

2009-10-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
Greetings, any firm dos podcast gathering programs? Something that can be incorporated into something like wattpcp if that makes sense? Very new at the concept of gathering them although I have produced radio for years. Karen

[Freedos-user] ot: turning up the pc speaker?

2010-01-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, Does anyone remember the dos command to accomplish this ? I am guessing it will work in both desktops and laptops? thanks, Karen -- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take

Re: [Freedos-user] ot: turning up the pc speaker?

2010-01-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
...@hotmail.com skype: geraldo-netto icq: 145-061-456 2010/1/12 Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net: Hi all, Does anyone remember the dos command to accomplish this ? I am guessing it will work in both desktops and laptops?  thanks, Karen

Re: [Freedos-user] ot: turning up the pc speaker?

2010-01-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
. But it is designed just for bips... Alain Karen Lewellen escreveu: Hi there, I should have been more specific. I am not talking about the sound card, but the PC speaker, built into the system itself. the hardware computer speaker, found on older machines more these days. Thanks, Karen On Tue

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 delayed???

2010-02-15 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, I cannot speak to much of this, but can tell you that the last edition of wordperfect for dos, 6.22, is still available, and dreadfully cheap if not free by now. If you have an interest let me know, and I can direct you to the person with the legal copies. If there is enough general

[Freedos-user] internet radio or streaming audio?

2010-02-15 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, I have a wonderful dsl connection now in dos using ms dos 7.1, pure not under windows of course, and wattpc applications most notably ssh2021b which lets me telnet to my shell service shellworld.net Having dreadful success with doslynx, even though I use lynx itself on my shell

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS based browser

2010-02-16 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi jas, sure with card details tomorrow, want to find them exact again. I have a d'link Ethernet card which came with a packet driver for dos.Bare in mind, I am not running freedos. Instead I have a p3 with over 700 meg or ram running ms dos 71. the post package that someone put together

[Freedos-user] cd burning?

2010-03-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
or DVD either for that matter? I have come across a few for creating iso images, even backups, but am wondering if others have ideas. Hearts desire would let me create real audio cds for play in a stand alone player, or at the least cds that will play in an mp3 type player. thoughts? Karen

Re: [Freedos-user] cd burning?

2010-03-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Eric, Yesdoscdroast is still around, but it too is command line. I prefer command line actually works better from a speech standpoint since one does not use a mouse with a screen reader. The guy who puts together doscdroast could not confirm how audio cds are burned which is why I decided

Re: [Freedos-user] [Fwd: Re: cd burning?]

2010-04-05 Thread Karen Lewellen
Eric, Again surprising questions from a dos use. Still you are making such amazingly wrong assumptions, I wanted to insure no one else in this dos community was equally misinformed. IN context below. regarding the braille comment: Of course there is also a screen reader and screen

Re: [Freedos-user] [Fwd: Re: cd burning?]

2010-04-06 Thread Karen Lewellen
Well, I can respect your choice as to interpretation. As Indicated, I was amazed to get Eric's assumption based questions, and not on list where such questions belonged. Given the spirit of exploration, I would have expected, are screen readers in Dos difficult? etc. I did not get this, nor

Re: [Freedos-user] [Fwd: Re: cd burning?]

2010-04-06 Thread Karen Lewellen
I almost forgot, there are about a dozen or so screen readers for dos. On Tue, 6 Apr 2010, Michael C. Robinson wrote: Well Karen, I don't know much about screen readers and DOS let alone screen readers and Linux or screen readers and Windows. I feel after reading your response, especially

Re: [Freedos-user] [Fwd: Re: cd burning?]

2010-04-07 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Eric, it can take say two or three screen readers to equal the functionality of one Dos based one. Interesting, what makes the DOS ones so user friendly? A combination of things, ranging from the commercial companies working together, to individuals involved with dos programming

Re: [Freedos-user] more about screen readers

2010-04-08 Thread Karen Lewellen
Eric, I really have not read this, very little time. going to keep this simple. If you want to search for information on any topic, including screen readers and synthesizes, try google. Second, you say that you disagree with the concept of a screen reader and synthesizer serving an all in one

Re: [Freedos-user] more about screen readers

2010-04-08 Thread Karen Lewellen
This is exactly my point. grant Eric is confusing screen readers with speech, but the experience of blindness is not a uniform thing at all. no more than vision is. People have personal preferences based on their individual desires and goals. Your friend is running lord 3 of the best,

Re: [Freedos-user] more about screen readers

2010-04-09 Thread Karen Lewellen
Eric, first, with all due respect. until you are using these tools in a situation that mirrors the varied ones by those experiencing vision loss, you cannot even guess at this. as for my interest in what I would want to see improved in freedos, have a look at enhanced Dr dos and you will get

Re: [Freedos-user] Help: USB drivers for USB mass storage devices

2010-08-23 Thread Karen Lewellen
have you checked the enhanced Dr dos pages? I know they have them, and are actively seeking those networking this way for test drives. Karen On Mon, 23 Aug 2010, Lee Eric wrote: Hi, Thanks all. Anyway, I know there is a driver named duse. How about this one? Regards, Eric On Mon, Aug

[Freedos-user] universal cd drivers?

2011-01-06 Thread Karen Lewellen
Happy new year to all, quick question given the usual wisdom here. I have grabbed and am sort of successfully using cdrtools, most particularly cdrecord which can indeed create cds playable in standard non computer sound equipment. The situation though is that I cannot load the drivers required

Re: [Freedos-user] Dhcp

2011-01-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
This may be a more basic question, but what format is the file in? Is it something that can be read across platforms, say audio? The file structures can differ from operating systems. the old / new reference is I think? to copy the old file name into the new one, although I may not be correct

Re: [Freedos-user] Dhcp

2011-01-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
hi! Thanks for this as it answers the usb question I posed a while back. Karen On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Rugxulo wrote: Hi, On 1/12/11, James Collins james.collin...@yahoo.com wrote: The part of the email that goes from where? I don't have in my email. I have a folder on my desktop on my

[Freedos-user] a creative situation?

2011-04-09 Thread Karen Lewellen
Or perhaps not depending on how often others deal with this. Will try to ask the question clearly enough. When I travel I use an IBM thinkpad 560, in fact I asked about things here before it was all configured. Recently I upgraded my modem / Ethernet card to a 3c562. My intention is to use

Re: [Freedos-user] a creative situation?

2011-04-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
I agree, someone who can speak to dos browsers please? most of the other programs I use, say for word processing, and the like do not run in Linux, otherwise I would not have asked my specific question. Again, the goal is to clear the permissions process one goes through when connecting via

Re: [Freedos-user] a creative situation?

2011-04-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
Now that is a fine suggestion. I use links as well, but on a shell service which is has compiled it with spider monkey to increase the java script friendly nature. going to google for it too, but if you can point me to a complete packaging of links for dos I would be thrilled. that should do

Re: [Freedos-user] a creative situation?

2011-04-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, I may misspell this, but when I require the java script friendly edition of links, I TELNET via ssh telnet in dos to a shell service called shellworld. www.shellworld.net This service itself is rooted in spelling freebs. Sorry its not in front of me. Shellworld also keeps elinks up to

Re: [Freedos-user] a creative situation?

2011-04-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
I should add one more point. I cannot say if the graphical edition of links, called glinks works in dos, but it does exist. I have no first hand experience with if it functions say with the dos gui or not. As shared my java script work with links is at a service that uses a different

[Freedos-user] some extra usb dos drivers, was ] Problem with USB keyboard in some computers

2011-04-19 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, This thread reminded me that I intended sharing a recent find. Fully realizing you may know of it already though lol. I am using this set of usb drivers. www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm I cannot speak to how well it might address the keyboard issue. however by combining this with one of

Re: [Freedos-user] Word processing

2011-05-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi just saw this. Not sure how you define word processing, but one can still find wordperfect. if you ever owned a copy, you can get the last officially dos editions. The added benefit is that drivers are still updated, meaning you can use a new printer with the program. Karen On Thu, 5 May

Re: [Freedos-user] Word processing

2011-05-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
should have read the rest of the offerings. I am thinking of wp 6.2, and yes its the best word processer ever created! Karen On Fri, 6 May 2011, Jim Lemon wrote: On 05/06/2011 06:43 AM, Marco Achury wrote: Is available any new wordprocessor for DOS? On this old talk recommend msword for

Re: [Freedos-user] Word processing

2011-05-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
Again, the programs are still to be had. what is more, there are ways to use them, even under more recent editions of windows. Will confirm my contact for getting them, and share. Karen On Fri, 6 May 2011, Santiago Almenara wrote: WP5.1 was my first word processor, it came with my first PC.

[Freedos-user] long shot but, youtube converter?

2011-06-05 Thread Karen Lewellen
And yet, I have discovered dos programs for many things I did not expect. either a simple command line program that converts say youtube fine links to mp3 or something. better still a site that does the job while working with lynx, e-links, or links. Thanks in advance Karen

[Freedos-user] lynx and networking?

2011-06-13 Thread Karen Lewellen
I recall there was some discussion about this a little while back, but did not follow the conclusion. I have the network setup just fine, the interest is creating a watpcp.cfg file that lets lynx be fine. better still a package that incorporates this, so I can input what I require in the file.

[Freedos-user] freedos and online audio?

2011-06-22 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, Granted I am not using freedos so to speak, but realize that many dos tools cross editions. What tools are people using in freedos to experience streaming audio, or audio playback features, like those included after tele-simanars? Thanks, Karen

Re: [Freedos-user] Packet Driver

2011-07-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
Just tossing in my two cents, but you require the dos driver for the card, and there should be no reason why it will not work in freedos as they do in other editions of dos. I have one in my desktop and another in my laptop running pure dos and using a driver from the card manufacturer, dlink

[Freedos-user] dos backups in the 21st century?

2011-08-15 Thread Karen Lewellen
A question mainly for those who use dos alone and purely on your machines. Given the size of hard rives, using trusty pkip to create a set of backup discs is well not possible. The nice thing about functional usb drivers is of course that one can attach an external drive for this, and I

Re: [Freedos-user] dos backups in the 21st century?

2011-08-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
to upgrade the backup I create. You were helpful, you told me of program that may do the trick, and in Norton which I really like in general. Thanks for answering my question, its the first reply I have gotten. Karen On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Rugxulo wrote: Hi, On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Karen

Re: [Freedos-user] Serial port

2011-09-07 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, If I followed all this, I would start by checking the usb aspect itself. likewise, just as an extra test, can you connect the synthesizer directly to your box, as in is there a serial port working on the box running freedos? that too would help isolate the problem. if it works fine without

Re: [Freedos-user] Dillo web browser for DOS

2011-11-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
At the risk of seeming like a baby, may I have a direct link? I did try to google, but the download instructions hinted at needing to build, so I felt I might not have found the most recent page. Looking forward to learning if it will work with my screen reader! Karen On Fri, 18 Nov 2011,

Re: [Freedos-user] Dillo web browser for DOS

2011-11-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
The only part of this I will answer is the last, No none of that is true for the screen reader. On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, Eric Auer wrote: Hi Karen, At the risk of seeming like a baby, may I have a direct link? www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=10797page=0order=timecategory=0

[Freedos-user] ew lynx for dos.

2011-12-09 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, Yes, that subject line is correct. While the current edition of lynx, circle June 2011 or so is out there, a new compile for Dos was not...until this morning. Doug has contacted me about testing the new package before he releases it. I told him privately that some had expressed

Re: [Freedos-user] ew lynx for dos.

2011-12-15 Thread Karen Lewellen
while I got an extra copy of this I mm guessing it has nothing to do with my on posting, since the package I referenced is not publicly available yet. Karen On Thu, 15 Dec 2011, dos386 wrote: I can't find any. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/lynx3.png/

Re: [Freedos-user] Long-term survival of FreeDOS

2012-04-10 Thread Karen Lewellen
Well I would say this about hardware. I began using dos in 1988, when I first came to computers. It is now 2012, and I am still using it. My experience has personally been that people have created ways to use dos with hardware as it changes, no reason for that to stop any time soon. I am not

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS compatibility with DOS applications

2012-07-01 Thread Karen Lewellen
I strongly suggest you do your own research here. for example there is a ms dos package 7.1 which is augmented with dos utilities from 2003 and 2005, far more current than 18 years ago. Of course enhanced Dr does is maintained regularly. As someone who uses dos exclusively, I can tell you

Re: [Freedos-user] uide versus audio cd versus udvd

2012-08-13 Thread Karen Lewellen
The ability to rip audio cds has been built into the mpxplay dos audio player package for years. Given it now includes audio formats from .aif to .acc to m4a and mp4 and still allows for audio cd ripping, clearly many people care. Karen On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, Eric Auer wrote: Hi, short

[Freedos-user] false info on the freedos home page?

2012-09-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, all the talk about the site motivated me to take a quick look. why does the line unlike the old ms dos freedos lets you access fat 32 file systems appear? fat 32 file systems existed in ms dos about 1997 or so. I have fat 32 partitions on my ms dos system in fact, and there is no windows on

Re: [Freedos-user] false info on the freedos home page?

2012-09-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
want to decide between you and say enhanced Dr dos, the more positive correctness you demonstrate the better. Just my take, Karen On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, Rugxulo wrote: Hi, On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: all the talk about the site motivated me

Re: [Freedos-user] false info on the freedos home page?

2012-09-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Chris, Thanks for including the entire passage. still the point is as you shared yourself, might be understood to mean older stand alone ms dos, it might not as well. be understood..that is. Why showcase what is subject to misinterpretation when their are aspects, you bring up another

Re: [Freedos-user] false info on the freedos home page?

2012-09-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
Chris, On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, C. Masloch wrote: This does not accurately describe the technical circumstances. If we were to discuss LFNs, in that case the MS-Windows-bundled DOS versions alone did indeed only provide rudimentary help and application support, with the important core LFN

[Freedos-user] about lfn...?

2012-09-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
Does freedos have its own long file name utility? If so, is it close enough to ms dos to be run? Just curious, the person I know seeking it says they are running freedos, but they are using the old ms dos 7.1 lfn command. Made little sense to me, unless there is no specific freedos utility for

Re: [Freedos-user] false info on the freedos home page?

2012-09-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
You are too funny! consult the rest of the thread. As for Dr dos, many sites would dispute this, but that is beyond the scope of this discussion. Karen On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, Ralf A. Quint wrote: At 04:48 PM 9/17/2012, Karen Lewellen wrote: Granted, I am a media professional, so facts

Re: [Freedos-user] about lfn...?

2012-09-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Chris, indeed they are referring to doslfn, but as I am not sure, I have written to ask just what edition. Also which of freedos. they sent me the line they are loading...thoughts? LH DOSLFN /Z:C:\DOS71\CP437UNI.TBL I feel sure they are not running what is current, and as their complaint

Re: [Freedos-user] about lfn...?

2012-09-17 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Dennis, this post made me smile. how command.com is documented vs how it works indeed. I am not sure what edition of freedos is being run, have written to ask. Thanks for your wisdom, Karen On Mon, 17 Sep 2012, dmccunney wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel

[Freedos-user] Partition magic anyone?

2012-10-04 Thread Karen Lewellen
greetings all, I realize I tend to wonder through the room and then find my corner again smiles. Anyway, I am wondering if any of you may be hiding a copy of partition magic for dos? it goes back a ways, I believe the last stable edition 8.5 allowed for use even then, and that was 2004 or so.

Re: [Freedos-user] Partition magic anyone?

2012-10-05 Thread Karen Lewellen
:49 (GMT-0400) Karen Lewellen composed: I realize I tend to wonder through the room and then find my corner again smiles. Anyway, I am wondering if any of you may be hiding a copy of partition magic for dos? it goes back a ways, I believe the last stable edition 8.5 allowed for use even

[Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, Asking for the person still doing that Dr dos 703 thing. What is the largest drive capacitor for the current edition of freedos? Thanks, Karen -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
cannot create a fat 32 partition in freedos at all? Thanks, Karen On Sun, 11 Nov 2012, Bernd Blaauw wrote: Op 11-11-2012 16:22, Karen Lewellen schreef: Hi folks, Asking for the person still doing that Dr dos 703 thing. What is the largest drive capacitor for the current edition of freedos? Thanks

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
So, if I translate this. The person wanting to consider freedos, could not do as I can do on my ms dos 7.1 system, format a 20 gig drive split it into 10 gig sizes and have freedos recognize the fat 32 partitions thus created? Likewise they would be limited to a 2 gig drive regardless in

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
thanks, I think. talk about pulling teeth. so freedos can see drives as large as 2 thousand gig, which was not clearly stated. I almost hesitate to ask the next one, since straight answers come in diagonals. but does freedos has its own multitasking included in its latest package. If the fat

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi John, not at all really. I have used dos exclusively for all of my computing since 1988. I presently run an augmented edition of ms dos 7.1 circle 2005 or so that meets my pure dos needs totally. Because I use dos though, i was contacted by a young woman who lives in America and her

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
the answer is no then, thanks. As I said in my reply to John, Eleni wants to leave windows behind for a variety of reasons. She will have to decide what is more important for her, multitasking, as indeed Dr dos 7.03 includes as a part of its structure, or a large hard drive, which cannot be

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
: Hi, On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: the answer is no then, thanks. Beware of simple answers. They may be right most of the time, but there are often workarounds and dark corners. As I said in my reply to John, Eleni wants to leave windows

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-11 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, Last one I am answering tonight...then back to my 50 shades of Grey series. in context below. On Sun, 11 Nov 2012, Felix Miata wrote: Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen proof 7.03 cannot coexist with a large HD. Is it a lack of FAT32/2GB partition support? That's her obstacle? Here

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, interesting read...complete with weikipedia's often begging for real sources smiles. still it seems the novel 7 is older officially than what we are already using. Kare On Sun, 11 Nov 2012, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012-11-11 22:44 (GMT-0500) Karen Lewellen composed: I have Novell DOS 7

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
) Karen Lewellen composed: Felix Miata wrote: Maybe I missed it, but I haven't seen proof 7.03 cannot coexist with a large HD. Is it a lack of FAT32/2GB partition support? That's her obstacle? the dell inspirium 7500, spelling comes with a 12 gig hard drive. When Inspiron http

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
fdisk, which is why we tried so many other ones. in the end though the operating system must see what we are doing. Karen On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012-11-12 13:59 (GMT-0500) Karen Lewellen composed: We had no difficulty installing the five disk set of Dr dos 7.03 onto

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Eric, As a contact of Udo's with Udo in the exchange told us himself in a private exchange, those are uncompiled binaries, so cannot be installed as an stand alone os. his idea is for people to use those patches on an existing install of Dr dos that is not as current as 7.03, 7.01 in

Re: [Freedos-user] hard drive question?

2012-11-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
have done. Kare On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Rugxulo wrote: Hi, On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: interesting read...complete with weikipedia's often begging for real sources smiles. still it seems the novel 7 is older officially than what we

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS bootable CD image sought

2012-11-26 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Bruce. Your project sounds interesting. If for any reason the image you found does not serve, take a look at the ultimate boot cd. www.ultimatebootcd.com I cannot say if any of the tools will do more than what you have found, but they might. Karen On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, bruce.bowman tds.net

[Freedos-user] hunting a program?

2012-12-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
HI folks, I have seen it referenced a few times here, although the last incident I remember was not on this list. it is a networking /Internet package, and its creator prides himself on getting very very old hardware on the Internet. Anyone remember the name? thanks, Karen

Re: [Freedos-user] hunting a program?

2012-12-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
none of those, if memory serves the person keeping it updated posts of these from time to time, and it is still updated. Karen On Tue, 18 Dec 2012, Chris Evans wrote: Maybe Nettamer.net Doslynx Arachne? On Tuesday, December 18, 2012, Karen Lewellen wrote: HI folks, I have seen

Re: [Freedos-user] hunting a program?

2012-12-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
package mTCP. If on the other hand by getting old hardware on the internet you mean someone who buys stuff from ebay or craigslist I'm unsure... Dave -Original Message- From: Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net To: freedos list freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tue, Dec 18

Re: [Freedos-user] Printer Drivers needed for old DOS programs

2012-12-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
I cannot say firmly if they can be crossed of course. Still printer drivers for wordperfect are kept current, as well as how to use the program in a number of operating systems. visit. www.wpuniverse.com or simply google word perfect for dos. I cannot recall Edwin's direct site right now.

Re: [Freedos-user] Printer Drivers needed for old DOS programs

2012-12-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
be the easiest part since wordperfect 6.0 and later has this option for wordstar. Karen On Sun, 30 Dec 2012, Carl Spitzer wrote: On Sun, 2012-12-30 at 11:10 -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: I cannot say firmly if they can be crossed of course. Still printer drivers for wordperfect are kept current

[Freedos-user] dos networking and wireless?

2013-01-14 Thread Karen Lewellen
while I am guessing this is just a matter of finding a driver, thought I would ask if anyone has successfully found a wireless line with drivers? it is for a laptop, and I am not giving up yet on linksys who makes the other this person has...yet. thanks for any on topic experiences, Karen

Re: [Freedos-user] dos networking and wireless?

2013-01-15 Thread Karen Lewellen
my goodness! that is amazing, and so are you. Thanks for providing such rich information. Karen On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Ulrich Hansen wrote: Am 15.01.2013 um 05:55 schrieb Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net: while I am guessing this is just a matter of finding a driver, thought I would

Re: [Freedos-user] dos networking and wireless?

2013-01-15 Thread Karen Lewellen
This person requires wireless, thanks though! Kare On Tue, 15 Jan 2013, Bernd Blaauw wrote: Op 15-1-2013 17:00, Karen Lewellen schreef: my goodness! that is amazing, and so are you. Thanks for providing such rich information. Karen powerline adapters (PLC) might also be an option, though

[Freedos-user] elinks or links browsers in dos?

2013-03-02 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, Anyone successfully using elinks in a pure dos setting? I believe there is a dos package of links, not sure when last updated though? Just curious, Karen -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your

Re: [Freedos-user] elinks or links browsers in dos?

2013-03-03 Thread Karen Lewellen
indeed? where can I find the text editions? Thanks! Karen On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, teo gum wrote: yes. elinks and links ported by mikhail kostylev.. in only text format it's OK. In the grafic one sometimes hangs. 2013/3/2 Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net Hi folks, Anyone successfully

Re: [Freedos-user] elinks or links browsers in dos?

2013-03-03 Thread Karen Lewellen
Holy smoke! I could kiss you! there is a dos porting of mplayer over there too. thanks beyond measure. Kare On Sun, 3 Mar 2013, teo gum wrote: http://www.ausreg.com/dos_ports/index.htm 2013/3/3 Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net indeed? where can I find the text editions? Thanks

[Freedos-user] speaking of this, Arachne update.... (fwd)

2013-03-04 Thread Karen Lewellen
For those who use it, there is an update...see below. Karen Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:36:26 -0500 From: Glenn McCorkle glenn...@glennmcc.org Subject: +[SurvPC] Arachne update Well folks After a 4yr hiatus, I'm at it again ;-) Available Mar 04, 2013..Arachne v1.97;GPL (sorry.. only

[Freedos-user] bret's usb drivers?

2013-03-10 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, Anyone using them with an external usb drive? I have a question if you do. thanks, Karen -- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and

Re: [Freedos-user] New release of the Dillo web browser for DOS

2013-03-20 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi georg, Out of curiosity, have you any idea how well this browser works with a screen reader? say comparative to lynx? thanks, Karen On Wed, 20 Mar 2013, Georg Potthast wrote: I made an alternative to Abiword called FlWriter:

[Freedos-user] speaking of these drivers, external hard drives? USB parameters

2013-03-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Bret, While you are here smiles. My situation is different. I wish to use an external usb hard drive for backup purposes. While the driver loads, and seems? to find the device, I cannot well understand the file created explaining just where the drive is. My thought? was that the drive would

Re: [Freedos-user] speaking of these drivers, external hard drives? U SB parameters

2013-03-22 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Bret, I am not a speed junkie, and the drive will only be connected when I am doing an xcopy style backup. I am in dos 7.1, with my own hard drives as fat 32. I know already though that the external drive is not formatted for dos. Let me run this trick over the weekend and see what I

Re: [Freedos-user] dos networking and wireless?

2013-03-22 Thread Karen Lewellen
, Ulrich Hansen wrote: Am 15.01.2013 um 05:55 schrieb Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net: while I am guessing this is just a matter of finding a driver, thought I would ask if anyone has successfully found a wireless line with drivers? it is for a laptop, and I am not giving up yet on linksys

[Freedos-user] Dos ocr utility?

2013-06-27 Thread Karen Lewellen
Asking if any here know of one off hand? I have a copy of the product Xerox created, and have shared this with the person doing the asking. However here there are were others, and may still be among those creating here? Thanks, Karen

[Freedos-user] 7zip in pure dos?

2013-08-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, Can anyone direct me to a pure dos package of 7zip? I need to unzip a file compressed with it. Thanks, Karen -- Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, more! Discover the easy way to

Re: [Freedos-user] 7zip in pure dos?

2013-08-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Hi folks, Can anyone direct me to a pure dos package of 7zip? I need to unzip a file compressed with it. The's a DJGPP build as part of FreeDOS, here: http://www.freedos.org/software/?prog=7-zip

Re: [Freedos-user] 7zip in pure dos?

2013-08-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
Let me table this discussion where my question is concerned. there is another copy of this program zipped using regular pk zip for dos and as a strict dos port. It is on the same site where I referenced a long time ago the dos ports of mplayer and other dos related desires. You will find a

[Freedos-user] seeking bret Johnson.

2013-09-22 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Bret, seeking some serious help with the usb drive package, which may have been upgraded since I last tried it. far from of interest to anyone on list, so when you see this, do you mind writing me privately? Thanks, Kare in her damsel approaching serious distress outfit!

[Freedos-user] mplayer?

2013-10-02 Thread Karen Lewellen
I hope to ask this question very tightly. There is as I shared previously a dos port of mplayer, two of them actually. Anyone here ever use the program with elinks? I may not need this, but am wondering. I will ask about its use with lynx on that list. I might add with links as well, but I

Re: [Freedos-user] Playing AIFF in DOS

2013-10-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
I cannot speak for your computer, what you have chosen for sound how you configure it. Still I know of two programs that will manage the format, a favorite mine actually. first playany, very small audio player includes .aif as its options. if you cannot find it let me know and i can send you a

Re: [Freedos-user] Playing AIFF in DOS

2013-10-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Karen Lewellen wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, David Griffith wrote: Does anyone here know of any good C code for playing AIFF files under DOS? I'm trying to get DOS Frotz modernized, so to speak. I cannot speak for your computer, what you have chosen for sound how you configure

Re: [Freedos-user] Playing AIFF in DOS

2013-10-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
Indeed about gmail. I have loads of fun creating file extensions that fool the system though. nice thing about plain dos. Kare On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, dmccunney wrote: On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote: Hi David, I will send both files to you

[Freedos-user] xml to text in dos?

2013-10-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, Yes I can use lynx for this, but am wondering if there is a simple utility? Contrasty, an html reader with which I can manage he same thing? Thanks, Karen -- Android is increasing in popularity, but the open

Re: [Freedos-user] Playing AIFF in DOS

2013-10-30 Thread Karen Lewellen
2013, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi David, I will send both files to you as an attachment. the text file should be no issue. However some services do not allow .exe files to come through. I am doing them one at a time so you can tell me if the program file is missing. Karen On Tue, 29 Oct

[Freedos-user] anything better in pure dos thant his?

2013-11-08 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, I have aquired and set up two removable drives with which I intend backing up the two hard drives in my pure dos machine. I was planning to use xcopy for this, but before I start am wondering if there is anything else? Again although I am not using freedos, my computer only has dos,

Re: [Freedos-user] anything better in pure dos thant his?

2013-11-08 Thread Karen Lewellen
, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.netjavascript:; wrote: I have aquired and set up two removable drives with which I intend backing up the two hard drives in my pure dos machine. I was planning to use xcopy for this, but before I start am wondering if there is anything else? Again

Re: [Freedos-user] anything better in pure dos thant his?

2013-11-08 Thread Karen Lewellen
thanks, there are a couple more options, /x for system files and /s for all the sub directories, even if empty...but that looks like the ticket. Kare On Fri, 8 Nov 2013, Chris Evans wrote: Xcopy c:\*.* d:\ /s /e /v On Nov 8, 2013 5:45 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.net wrote

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