Re: [Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-22 Thread Koh Choon Lin
Hi >> Long messages have appeared from people that want a multitasking DOS >> How about developing more TSRs for multitasking? > > ??? > I meant a TSR like SideKick, which has a calculator. -- Regards Koh Choon Lin -

Re: [Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-21 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Bret Johnson wrote: > > With some limited exceptions (like 4DOS), the "expansion" of batch > functionality has generally been provided by external utilities, Right. 4DOS is almost overkill and does many many things. > There's also REXX, which already comes

Re: [Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-21 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 21-9-2011 22:09, Ralf A. Quint schreef: > Sorry, I think it is more feasible to use any of the million and a > half "calc/eval" programs that are out there for DOS... I've always wondered why you by default can't perform any arithmetic operations in an operating system (DOS) that's designed to

Re: [Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-21 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 12:48 PM 9/21/2011, Eric Auer wrote: >Hi :-) > > >> Look this nice code that we cant run on Freedos > > > >> http://windowstipoftheday.blogspot.com/2005/03/ms-dos-calculator.html > >To do calculations in FreeDOS, use the FreeCOM feature >to SET an environment variable from the output of any >pr

Re: [Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-21 Thread Eric Auer
Hi :-) >> Look this nice code that we cant run on Freedos > >> http://windowstipoftheday.blogspot.com/2005/03/ms-dos-calculator.html To do calculations in FreeDOS, use the FreeCOM feature to SET an environment variable from the output of any program and use CALC387 (only 1024 byte) as calculato

[Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-21 Thread Willi Wasser
Marco Achury wrote on Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:29:19 -0430 > A more realistic goal to Freedos may be to expand the batch programming > language to be compatible with newer windows versions, but keeping retro > compatible with DOS batch programs. > Look this nice code that we cant run on Freedos > ht

Re: [Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-21 Thread Bret Johnson
With some limited exceptions (like 4DOS), the "expansion" of batch functionality has generally been provided by external utilities, rather than being integrated into the kernel. E.g., once in awhile I use the old PC Magazine utility called STRINGS, and I know there are other similar utilities

Re: [Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-21 Thread dos386
> Long messages have appeared from people that want a multitasking DOS > How about developing more TSRs for multitasking? ??? > A more realistic goal to Freedos may be to expand the batch > programming language to be compatible with newer windows > versions, but keeping retro compatible with DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-21 Thread Koh Choon Lin
Hi > Long messages have appeared from people that want a multitasking DOS. > > A more realistic goal to Freedos may be to expand the batch programming > language to be compatible with newer windows versions, but keeping retro > compatible with DOS batch programs. How about developing more TSRs fo

[Freedos-user] batch programming language

2011-09-20 Thread Marco Achury
Long messages have appeared from people that want a multitasking DOS. A more realistic goal to Freedos may be to expand the batch programming language to be compatible with newer windows versions, but keeping retro compatible with DOS batch programs. Look this nice code that we cant run on Freed