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

2009-04-08 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! FreeDOS has been using info-zip as the ZIP and UNZIP tool ever since I can remember. And it works very nicely, so I do not miss PKZIP either. If somebody really does miss it, a wrapper to translate PKZIP OPTIONX into a call to ZIP OPTIONY might be an idea, but as said, I do not think anybody

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

2009-04-04 Thread Jim Hall
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > On Friday 03 April 2009 16:56, Alain M. wrote: >> UNARJ.EXE may be freely used and distributed. > > Doesn't matter anyway - I just checked my repository, and there is only the > OpenSource version of ARJ, so no license problem there :) > Co

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

2009-04-03 Thread King InuYasha
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Alain M. wrote: > > King InuYasha escreveu: > > I believe Info-ZIP has a suitable replacement for PKware's DOS pkzip and > > pkunzip (ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/msdos/). > > Yes, it is compatible, just has a different command line (more unix > like). I mad

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 status...

2009-04-03 Thread King InuYasha
Is fdupdate compiled with SSE or MMX or any other special instruction sets that are unavailable in 486? If so, just recompile with those disabled. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Michael Robinson wrote: > I'm still stumped as to why fdupdate works on my Pentium 4, > but it doesn't work on my 486.

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

2009-04-03 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Friday 03 April 2009 16:56, Alain M. wrote: > UNARJ.EXE may be freely used and distributed. Doesn't matter anyway - I just checked my repository, and there is only the OpenSource version of ARJ, so no license problem there :) Regards, Mateusz -- You'll find my public OpenPGP key at http://ww

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

2009-04-03 Thread Alain M.
King InuYasha escreveu: > I believe Info-ZIP has a suitable replacement for PKware's DOS pkzip and > pkunzip (ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/msdos/). Yes, it is compatible, just has a different command line (more unix like). I made the switch many years ago :) Definnetly ZIP and UNZIP shou

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

2009-04-03 Thread Alain M.
Mateusz Viste escreveu: > > As for ARJ (I am not talking about the OpenSource one, which is another > program), it is freeware. May be downloaded without restrictions from ARJ's > website, as far as we use it for a home usage. > http://www.arjsoftware.com/files.htm No, it is not freeware, jus

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

2009-04-03 Thread King InuYasha
I believe Info-ZIP has a suitable replacement for PKware's DOS pkzip and pkunzip (ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/msdos/). On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > On Friday 03 April 2009 06:12, Blair Campbell wrote: > > arj is open-source (http://arj.sourceforge.net/) and pkzip

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

2009-04-03 Thread Mateusz Viste
On Friday 03 April 2009 06:12, Blair Campbell wrote: > arj is open-source (http://arj.sourceforge.net/) and pkzip afaik can > be redistributed (but not the source). Hi! I think Alain is right. I didn't bothered checking before (I naively assumed that such old tools would be at least freeware by

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

2009-04-02 Thread Blair Campbell
> There is a problem here: There are 2 pirates programs there: pkzip and > arj. Can this be removed arj is open-source (http://arj.sourceforge.net/) and pkzip afaik can be redistributed (but not the source). -- __

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

2009-04-02 Thread Alain M.
Geraldo Netto escreveu: > "certified"(okay) packages are at > http://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/fdupdate/ There is a problem here: There are 2 pirates programs there: pkzip and arj. Can this be removed Alain --

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

2009-04-02 Thread Geraldo Netto
Guys, Packages are been verified by Mateusz please, check and help him i've send him 123 packages that i've done by myself the list goes from common stuff to perl and lua "certified"(okay) packages are at http://www.viste-family.net/mateusz/fdupdate/ and work in progress packages are at http://w

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

2009-04-02 Thread King InuYasha
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Jim Hall wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Michael Robinson > wrote: > > What is the status of Freedos 1.1? It has been a while since the you > > can help link has been updated. > > > > I believe the core issues haven't changed: > > 1. The new FDUPDATE i

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

2009-03-17 Thread Jim Hall
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Michael Robinson wrote: > What is the status of Freedos 1.1?  It has been a while since the you > can help link has been updated. > I believe the core issues haven't changed: 1. The new FDUPDATE is done. 2. The FreeDOS "1.1" packages haven't been updated yet. 3.

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 status

2008-09-02 Thread Aitor Santamaría
Hello, 2008/8/29, Travis Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Speaking of freedos 1.1. > I know freedos isn't intended to be dos *exactly* but it is intended > to be a free dos replacement. > This is fine for those using emulators under other operating systems, > and those who can see their screens. > Ho

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 status - and screen readers

2008-08-30 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > Well, brltty is for braille support, not speech output The part of the problem where you have to fetch text from dos to redirect it to another device is the same for both. Work to improve cooperation of either with dos helps both. By the way, there also was a project to port brltty to dos

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 status - and screen readers

2008-08-30 Thread Travis Siegel
Well, brltty is for braille support, not speech output, and I agree that it is generally distributed separately. However, speakup is physically part of the linux kernel (for those distros that include it) though there are other screen readers (such as yasr for text mode, and orca for gui outp

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 status - and screen readers

2008-08-30 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! > Last time I tried running my screen reader on freedos (admittedly, it > was several years ago, and freedos wasn't anywhere near ver 1.0) it > just plain didn't work. Then try again. If you use NANSI, make sure to use the /R option to force output via BIOS. FreeDOS uses BIOS int 10 function

Re: [Freedos-user] Freedos 1.1 status

2008-08-29 Thread Travis Siegel
Speaking of freedos 1.1. I know freedos isn't intended to be dos *exactly* but it is intended to be a free dos replacement. This is fine for those using emulators under other operating systems, and those who can see their screens. However, I'm interested in using freedos as well, and not being