[Freedos-user] Thanks
Hi Eric, Hi USB users :-) trying to give an introduction to Bret's drivers and a summary of the documents Nice summary. Thanks! Marcos -- Marcos Fávero Florence de Barros Campinas, Brazil -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book Graph Databases is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Thanks
On 6/22/2011 8:10 PM, Mike Eriksen wrote: If SNTP works anyway like in Linux/UNIX then the computer takes its hardware clock as UTC. If the hardware clock is offset to local time it will be misinterpreted. The poor computer doesn't have any conception of UTC by itself, it only knows its hardware clock. UNIX computers always runs UTC in hardware no matter where on earth they are placed. DOS machines use local time. The timezone is required for this program so that it can take a timestamp provided in Coordinated Universal Time and translate it to the local timezone, whatever that might be. Mike -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Thanks
Hi Mike, Thanks for mTCP! I experimented with it yesterday for the first time, and it took me just 15 minutes to get started, in spite of my near complete lack of internet experience (except of course web browsers and email clients). This also means that your manuals are well written, so my compliments for that too. Because I am now obsessed with idling the CPU by means of FD-APM, I tried your FTP with the DPAKBD program. It worked well, and CPU idle time was above 90%. And, last but not least ... the bug report! This is about SNTP. My Time Zone variable is set to UTC+3 (Brazil). The program did correctly set my clock to 3 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated, but on-screen it said UTC instead of UTC+3: --- mTCP SNTP Client by M Brutman (mbbrut...@yahoo.com) (C)opyright 2009-2011 Version: May 30 2011 Resolving pool.ntp.org, press [ESC] to abort. NTP server ip address is: 187.49.33.15, resolved in 0.00 seconds Your selected timezone is: UTC Current system time is: 2011-06-22 10:09:54 (etc.) --- Regards, Marcos -- Marcos Favero Florence de Barros Campinas, Brazil -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Thanks
On 6/22/2011 9:15 AM, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros wrote: Hi Mike, Thanks for mTCP! I experimented with it yesterday for the first time, and it took me just 15 minutes to get started, in spite of my near complete lack of internet experience (except of course web browsers and email clients). This also means that your manuals are well written, so my compliments for that too. Because I am now obsessed with idling the CPU by means of FD-APM, I tried your FTP with the DPAKBD program. It worked well, and CPU idle time was above 90%. And, last but not least ... the bug report! This is about SNTP. My Time Zone variable is set to UTC+3 (Brazil). The program did correctly set my clock to 3 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated, but on-screen it said UTC instead of UTC+3: --- mTCP SNTP Client by M Brutman (mbbrut...@yahoo.com) (C)opyright 2009-2011 Version: May 30 2011 Resolving pool.ntp.org, press [ESC] to abort. NTP server ip address is: 187.49.33.15, resolved in 0.00 seconds Your selected timezone is: UTC Current system time is: 2011-06-22 10:09:54 (etc.) --- Regards, Marcos Marcos, I am glad that you found the documentation usable - I spend a lot of time on the documentation, so it is good to know that it is time well spent. SNTP uses Open Watcom to do the time zone calculations. According to the Open Watcom documentation, the TZ environment variable follows this format: std_offset_dst_offset_,_rule (underscores are added for readability) Std and dst are time zone designations. The +3 that you are adding is an offset. So when Open Watcom parses the environment variable is sets your time zone as UTC and the offset as +3 hours from coordinated universal time. Timezone is what SNTP is printing out. I think this is a matter of working as designed. I might add some more output to make it more clear, but it probably is not a bug. (If you use the verbose flag on the program it will tell you the timezone offset in seconds explicitly.) Regards, Mike -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Thanks
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Michael B. Brutman mbbrut...@brutman.com wrote: On 6/22/2011 9:15 AM, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros wrote: Hi Mike, Thanks for mTCP! I experimented with it yesterday for the first time, and it took me just 15 minutes to get started, in spite of my near complete lack of internet experience (except of course web browsers and email clients). This also means that your manuals are well written, so my compliments for that too. Because I am now obsessed with idling the CPU by means of FD-APM, I tried your FTP with the DPAKBD program. It worked well, and CPU idle time was above 90%. And, last but not least ... the bug report! This is about SNTP. My Time Zone variable is set to UTC+3 (Brazil). The program did correctly set my clock to 3 hours behind Universal Time Coordinated, but on-screen it said UTC instead of UTC+3: --- mTCP SNTP Client by M Brutman (mbbrut...@yahoo.com) (C)opyright 2009-2011 Version: May 30 2011 Resolving pool.ntp.org, press [ESC] to abort. NTP server ip address is: 187.49.33.15, resolved in 0.00 seconds Your selected timezone is: UTC Current system time is: 2011-06-22 10:09:54 (etc.) --- Regards, Marcos Marcos, I am glad that you found the documentation usable - I spend a lot of time on the documentation, so it is good to know that it is time well spent. SNTP uses Open Watcom to do the time zone calculations. According to the Open Watcom documentation, the TZ environment variable follows this format: std_offset_dst_offset_,_rule (underscores are added for readability) Std and dst are time zone designations. The +3 that you are adding is an offset. So when Open Watcom parses the environment variable is sets your time zone as UTC and the offset as +3 hours from coordinated universal time. Timezone is what SNTP is printing out. I think this is a matter of working as designed. I might add some more output to make it more clear, but it probably is not a bug. (If you use the verbose flag on the program it will tell you the timezone offset in seconds explicitly.) Regards, Mike If SNTP works anyway like in Linux/UNIX then the computer takes its hardware clock as UTC. If the hardware clock is offset to local time it will be misinterpreted. The poor computer doesn't have any conception of UTC by itself, it only knows its hardware clock. UNIX computers always runs UTC in hardware no matter where on earth they are placed. -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Data protection magic? Nope - It's vRanger. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-sfdev2dev ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Thanks for the new kernel, 2039
Dear FreeDOS developers, I'm a humble user (and fan) of FreeDOS, and I've just seen the Twitter message that announced the new kernel, built on 1st of August. :) I'd just like to thank you for the release! \o/ FreeDOS, and some folks here already helped me a lot in various projects of mine, including my thesis required by secondary school for the technician's certificate. Best regards, MegaBrutal -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Thanks
Dear FreeDOS team, I have been a DOS user since my first computer. One year ago I moved from MS-DOS to FreeDOS, and I was impressed! I completely adopted FreeDOS, and all my work is now done with it. In addition, I've also been installing FreeDOS in community health centers where I do voluntary work creating databases and training users. So I thought it's time to say * Thank You * to all contributors, past and present, of the FreeDOS project. Your work is greatly appreciated. It is a pleasure to use software that is being actively developed, and there is this very nice sensation of receiving a useful gift. Another aspect fascinates me too. With a good OS like FreeDOS we can give a new lease of life to old computers which would otherwise be discarded to landfills. We use nothing but old computers in the health centers above, and it is a success. It's the same for my own computers. According to the Wuppertal Institute (quoted in the Greenpeace Magazin), each set of computer + monitor + printer requires 14 tons of natural resources to manufacture. So, avoiding the unnecessary production of new computers is a very significant contribution to the environment. Warm regards, Marcos Florence Sao Paulo, Brazil - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Thanks Eric! - also... How to boot w/out going through boot manager (aka like old dos...)?
Thanks to Eric for answering previous install hanging @ net config. Unfortunately I managed after about 20 tries to get it installed prior to receiving answer. On to new problem… Now that I have FD installed, would like for it to boot w/out boot manager, as in old DOS style. I can boot it with, but I then have to manually run autoexec to get it “right”. Have tried a couple fdisk switches to no avail. Also tried bootfix (or is it fixboot). Originally had upgraded to second 80G HD for XP Pro, wanted to perhaps use this on 20G disk to: 1) Start writing code again, 2) Play an old version of Lemmings! (and any other old dos games like Robo that I enjoyed in college!). Any takers? THANKS Again to all respondents! TIA Regards, Kenneth L. Blizzard 615-451-7993 - home 615-230-4241 - work 615-480-8096 - cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - home [EMAIL PROTECTED] - work n4uoo - AOL Instant Messenger ID HYPERLINK http://klblizz.home.comcast.net/; \nhttp://klblizz.home.comcast.net Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking I will just do this quickly No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: 1/2/2008 11:29 AM - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Thanks
Hi Marcos! I'm really glad you are happy with FreeDOS. That's why I like to work on FreeDOS - because there are people who still enjoy using it. Have you been able to keep your FreeDOS installation up-to-date yourself, by downloading newer versions of programs as we announce them on the web site? Or are you running a stock 1.0 distribution? See the other discussion thread about the FreeDOS updater program, which (once it's finished) will help to keep your system running the latest bugfixes. Thanks for writing! :-) -jh On 11/30/07, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, This is my first message to the list, and for now I just want to say * THANK YOU * to the FreeDOS team. I am very impressed by what you have achieved. Practically all my work is done in DOS -- and it is a lot of work. It includes text (WordPerfect 6, Aurora) spreadsheets (Supercalc, QuattroPro), databases (DataPerfect, Paradox), internet (Arachne, Lynx), programming (Euphoria), image viewers, sound players, file managers (Navigator, Connect, DC-SK), and so on and so forth, plus the usual plethora of utilities. I installed FreeDOS in July, and used nothing else since. In the beginning there were many crashes of various degrees of severity, one of them frightening. But after adjusting config and autoexec files, and sometimes the softwares themselves, nearly all my softwares are running smoothly. It is a real joy for a DOS user like me to be able to work knowing that there is a fine team that keeps improving upon DOS. I chose to stay with DOS because Windows and Linux became too complicated, and also because it is outrageous to dump perfectly good computers just because they cannot run the latest giant piece of software. Apparently, softwares such as Jemm are not officially part of the FreeDOS distribution, but I am using them too, so my thanks extend to their authors as well. Regards, Marcos Florence - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] thanks for a tip about LFN support
--- Steve Nickolas [EMAIL PROTECTED] At Sun, 8 Feb 2004 2:05am +0800, maintainer freedospg wrote: Hi, I don't like LFN personally, I know M$ LFN allows 128 characters for file names and directory names. I may die if have to type long path names and long file name to test PG in DOS mode. FreeCOM has tab completion. :) That makes things much easier, imho -uso. Hi Thanks for your tip! I didn't know that. That ease some of my worries! BAHCL _ ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=22281/*http://ringtone.yahoo.com.hk/ --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn ___ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
