00= Sound--Lic. Kai Olaf K e t e l h u t sicSent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity.On 06/12/2020, 22:50 Daniel wrote:
I use FreeDos mainly for programming but slow light gaming on an old 300 MHz k6 hp computer with 256mb ram
On
> Thanks. It would work indeed because - as I was checking a few minutes
> before reading your mail - FreeCOM does maintain the master environment
> pointer (its segment) in its PSP:3Ch slot, additionally FreeCOM seems
> to use the contents of that 'slot', not some copy it made, whenever
> it needs
> My bet would be on JEMM as the one which messes with memory control
> blocks.
You're right. It is JEMM.
> Yup. TSRs which are never unloaded would not be a problem, otherwise
> they could leave holes, but that's life... One could even re-run your
> program and try to relocate the ENV again in
Thanks for all the info Eric.
I need to free up some time and try these options out.
I did download and try the Blair foull source install CD, but it gave me
trouble. First after choosing my packages to install, the install GUI
crashed ..."error 217 Fatal error: GUI installer crashed"
These a
d a full OS - which suggests
to me that something more like a microkernel or an RTOS would better suit
your needs.
# Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:38:20 +0200
# From: Florian Xaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
# Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] re: FreeDos a good choice f
Hi!
Since I've joined the list, I've had one or two people suggest other
operating systems, and a bunch of people bickering of the ownership of
some wretched piece of software. No one has stepped up and suggested that
FreeDOS is going to do what I need. Should I take this as a hint that I'm
look
I'd originally posted, asking if FreeDOS is right for my application.
Since I've joined the list, I've had one or two people suggest other
operating systems, and a bunch of people bickering of the ownership of
some wretched piece of software. No one has stepped up and suggested that
FreeDOS is goi
>> I tried compiling my code with Watcom. I got extremely strange behaviour
>> -
>> the compiler planted stack checking calls, and the stack checks were
>> *convinced* I needed vast amounts of stack space to proceed with even
>> the
>> first function call out of main(). (I make very little use of
> I tried compiling my code with Watcom. I got extremely strange behaviour -
> the compiler planted stack checking calls, and the stack checks were
> *convinced* I needed vast amounts of stack space to proceed with even the
> first function call out of main(). (I make very little use of the stack.)
, acho que é mais razoável..
mas valew mesmo assim... muito legal essa lissta
!!!
abrass
Marcelo
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From:
Henrique
Peron
To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 12:41
AM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Re:
[Freedos
Panigaz,
eu poderia até perguntar
aos desenvolvedores do sistema sobre a criação de listas em idioma nativo.
Provavelmente iriam compreensivelmente recusar. Temos usuários do mundo inteiro
- só para citar dois exemplos: Letônia e Japão. Imagine se eles quiserem suporte
em leto ou ja
Hi,
Eric Auer escribió:
So my suggestion is: Review the needs, and think about a
new DEVICE variant CPUDEVICE[HIGH]=[minlevel],[maxlevel],[driver and args]
or similar, where you could do for example
CPUDEVICE=1,2,FDXMS286 ...
CPUDEVICE=3,,HIMEM ...
CPUDEVICE=3,,EMM386 ...
(the CPUDEVICE command
Hi!
10-Окт-2005 20:57 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to
freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net:
EA> selection. I also think that the kernel should
EA> auto-detect floating point support, as several BIOSes
EA> fail to initialize the FPU, so the OS should do so before
EA> the first FPU-using progr
Eric Auer wrote:
"future DOS" - things for modern hardware and modern OS compatibility.
Examples: long file names, PCMCIA, USB (drives, mice, keyboards...),
AC97->SB16 virtual soundcard generic driver
As far as I know, you could not write a generic AC97 driver, because
AC97 only defines a
Hi,
Eric Auer escribió:
Hi, I would suggest an extra column for the tables in the
post 1.0 TODO list: Level / State of the wish. Example
values:
[ http://wiki.fdos.org/Main/Post_1_0_Todo ]
I seem to like the idea of the categories , although I'd personally
review what anyone puts anywhere.
At 01:11 PM 10/4/2005 +0200, Eric Auer wrote:
"soon please" - would be nice to have that soon after FreeDOS 1.0, e.g.
before 2.0, for example: several EMM386 / HIMEM
features
aka, none. EMM386 is quite deliberately versioned at 2.x because it's
moved beyond what is needed and necessary
Eric Auer schreef:
Hi, I would suggest an extra column for the tables in the
post 1.0 TODO list: Level / State of the wish. Example
values:
Category "deprecated" you mean? That would mean the functions are not
implemented.
With or without commandline compatibility? (parameter accepted but no
Hi Eric,
As we cannot go and steal the MS DOS boot sector, you have to do that
yourself ;-). Either use MS DOS SYS or use FreeDOS SYS and a copy of the
MS DOS boot sector in a file
OK, maybe that's the answer! I'll give it a try.
> (however, you report that the "take boot
sector from file" f
Gerry Hickman schreef:
I think you misunderstood this in the context of the thread as a whole.
We were comparing ways of quickly getting a FreeDOS file. Bernd
suggested a series of steps using the CD ISO file and I was saying "it's
easier to just use the 1.44Mb IMG files". Then you kind of sai
Hi Eric,
-download ISO to c:\fdbootcd.iso
-create bootdisk
-boot from bootdisk, which should find the ISO file automatically.
I'd rather download a 1.44Mb file and just grab the file
(or files) I need.
Then you should get:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributio
Hi Eric,
"previous o/s". To fix it requires changing attribs on BOOT.INI, editing
it, then re-apply attribs...
You could write a small batch script to automate that...
I explained in an earlier post why that is not practical nor desirable.
FreeDOS Beta9sr1:
...
4.
5. FORMAT C:
Did you
Eric Auer wrote:
2. FDISK /CLEARALL 1
3. FDISK /MBR
4. FDISK /PRI:2000
That would be dangerous, I think. The bug report was just "it does
not boot after fdisk and sys", not "I want to kill all my data".
The solution FDISK /MBR will already be enough.
He's testing on a new server, that's soo
Hi Kenneth,
(this message just appeared, else I would have answered sooner)
Yes, I's used a different alias for this list so I could filter, and
didn't realize it was being blocked. (anti-spam measure). My fault.
the rest of the site is where I post my FreeDOS related stuff, or anyone
else w
(this message just appeared, else I would have answered sooner)
Gerry Hickman wrote:
Hi Eric,
you should try ODIN or the bootdisks on fdos.org (fdos.org/kernel/ also
has the newest kernel and shell versions,
More zip files, more URLs!
http://fd-odin.dosius.com/ (says it's the "primary" but
Hi Eric,
you should try ODIN or the bootdisks on fdos.org (fdos.org/kernel/ also
has the newest kernel and shell versions,
More zip files, more URLs!
http://fd-odin.dosius.com/ (says it's the "primary" but I get DNS lookup
failure)
http://odin.fdos.org/ (this one seems to work)
http://www.i
You might try ebay for old copies of Borland's compilers. Youll need
the books and I cant bootleg those for you.
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In Linux the main compiler is gcc which has been ported to windows.
There are books describing cross compilation which is what you want.
I have not done any yet only three years study still a newbie.
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JA> ok, i change my question a bit: As far as i could find out on the
web,
JA> there are no turbo C or OW compilers for linux,
Do you check http://www.openwatcom.org/ ? Don't know current
state, but
earlier it was work under many platforms.
I don't see anything there that says OW wi
Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
Hi!
1-Июн-2005 08:56 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Josef Angermeier)
wrote to "Arkady V.Belousov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
JA> i've read that you use nasm + turbo C or open watcom as build
JA> environment for freedos. So i can't compile freedos on linux, right ?
NASM+TC or NASM+
Here is a company that sells hardware for
industrial/corporate applications:
http://www.versalogic.com/CompanyInfo/CustFeedback.asp
One of the customers makes reference to a freeDOS
ethernet web server on a device board. I suppose that
could be for sensors on a circuit panel or some such
thing.
Foot in mouth. I was referring to personal computer use, not embedded
controllers. Are there any examples of freedos being used for embedded
applications instead of Datalights rom-dos?
You can't ask much from anyone without pay. What
freeDOS developers do will be up to them, but the OS
is a use
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> He is, though is it overly silly that performance is
> to expected for some that is considered free and now
> pretty mush a a hobby?
You can't ask much from anyone without pay. What
freeDOS developers do will be up to them, but the OS
is a useful resource for
He is, though is it overly silly that performance is to expected for
some that is considered free and now pretty mush a a hobby? The thing I
don't like about opensource is people tend to take and not return none
for the work of others. It is spelled "responsible" :-)
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What Jack say are harsh
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:09:17 +0200 (MEST), you wrote:
Hi,
>I do not have the idea that Lucho / Jack would have any conflict with
As I know, they have different approach about "how to program". None
of them are wrong, just different.
>each other. As said, Lucho wants to stay in the background. Ja
At 05:33 PM 3/18/2005 -0700, Schumacher, Gordon wrote:
Well, one thing that comes to mind is that (at least) Microsoft's EMM386
affects how the DPMI host allocates memory - I don't know if the same
will be true of FreeDOS's, but we found some issues where it did
definitely negatively impact the per
Hi Eric:
Thanks! Great support. Wrong shell for the if (...) else (...) thing. Oh,
well...
Thanks again. Will try "vol d:>test" without the space.
Thanks, Eric!
Mark
>
> Hi,
>
> > 1. The "VOL" command built into command.com appears to
> > output to stderr instead of stdout.
>
> No, b
Hi,
Michael Devore escribió:
At 09:56 PM 2/16/2005 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
If you use FreeDOS to load WinCE, please behave better than
Neoware.com which have hidden the FreeDOS copyright messages
on their old Eon systems (with FreeCOM 0.76b from 3/1999, FDXMS
driver from 1995, ancient kernel...). T
At 09:56 PM 2/16/2005 +0100, Eric Auer wrote:
If you use FreeDOS to load WinCE, please behave better than
Neoware.com which have hidden the FreeDOS copyright messages
on their old Eon systems (with FreeCOM 0.76b from 3/1999, FDXMS
driver from 1995, ancient kernel...). Their config sys just
loaded F
Hi:
I've been fiddling with bootable DOS CD's. I've even created a
mini "How-to" that creates a 2.88MByte floppy disk image, creates
a bootable CD image, and boots it. You can add a CDROM driver
if you like and use the rest of the CD. I'll be glad to send it to
you if you like. It's a rough dr
Hi!
6-Ноя-2004 22:32 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jondavey) wrote to
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
J> I was thinking today, something that confuses me is; when I want to edit a
J> text file I would invoke/call a text editor but when I want to use DOS I
J> envoke a DOS prompt. What program is the DOS prompt?
S
Jondavey wrote:
I was thinking today, something that confuses me is; when I want to edit a
text file I would invoke/call a text editor but when I want to use DOS I
envoke a DOS prompt. What program is the DOS prompt? and can I edit text at
the command line without calling an editor?.
COMMAND.COM, a
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Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 17:59
Subject: [Freedos-user] Re: Freedos-user digest, Vol 1 #286 - 11 msgs
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:31:02 -, you wrote:
Hi,
>Hi, again, I`m not realy sure if this is the right way to reply. I expect
>you`ll let me know if it`s wrong...
There're few way to install FreeDOS.
1) FreeDOS ISO CD image
2) FreeDOS Odin0.50 floppy disk image
>Hi, I`ve just installed a free-
As to what?
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Hi, again, I`m not realy sure if this is the right way to reply.
Ian McCall wrote:
Steve Nickolas - Using Windoze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For making an ISO, I run "mkisofs -o \myiso.iso -b boot.144 ."
Thanks a lot. One last question - the myiso.iso bit - do I just bung the
files in a directory and run mkisofs on them (somehow - not sure what
options to use
On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:12:01 -0500, you wrote:
Hi Paul,
>He wants to run an old dbase II application under XP using freedos since
>it apparently does not work under XP and he would rather not dual boot
>XP and FreeDOS.
I don't think that DBASE II program can run under XP neither.
>The suggestio
On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 20:43, Johnson Lam wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 08:54:16 -0500, you wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> >Tell me please -- does this blurb tell me that I CANNOT use
> >the FreeDOS programs under Windows XP!!! What a waste of all
> >your efforts!
>
> I don't understand why you want to run F
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 08:54:16 -0500, you wrote:
Hi,
>Tell me please -- does this blurb tell me that I CANNOT use
>the FreeDOS programs under Windows XP!!! What a waste of all
>your efforts!
I don't understand why you want to run FreeDOS programs under WinXP.
No one expect FreeDOS programs can r
Arkady V.Belousov wrote:
Hi!
6-Июл-2004 08:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
From: "Arkady V.Belousov"
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:41:51 +0400 (MSD)
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Introductory questions about ancient dBase II
JS> The second question is the most convenient way to access i
Hi!
6-Июл-2004 08:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>>From: "Arkady V.Belousov"
>>Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:41:51 +0400 (MSD)
>>Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Introductory questions about ancient dBase II
>>JS> The second question is the most convenient way to access it from Windows X
My apologies, file was ok. I couldn't open it until finally EXPLORER.EXE
crashed and reopened (but didn't show something was going wrong anyway,
I tend to consider it as a trustworthy unzipping utility).
Aitor
Aitor Santamaría Merino escribió:
Hi,
Bernd Blaauw escribió:
Hi,
Anyone willing t
wrong upload somehow.
as alternative, get the official FreeCOM localize.zip file.
if you have the freedos cdrom, translations are in the commandx.zip
package,
in "NLS" directory of this package.
Bernd
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Hi,
Bernd Blaauw escribió:
Hi,
Anyone willing to translate strings can have a look at
http://fdos.org/ripcord/beta9rc5/addon/strings.zip
I have been repeatedly trying to download this file (last time with
GetRight so that I ensure that file size is correct), and once
downloaded, I can't open.
On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 20:02:44 +0200 (MEST), you wrote:
Hi Eric,
>He is using a K6-2 based system,
One of my test PC is K6-3-400MHz, lucky that I install with Odin 0.5
instead of ISO.
>Looks like an incompatibility between the used ISOLINUX MEMDISK version
>and the BIOS? I wonder if it helps to bo
Most of the K6-2 boards I know of are good for boot on CD, if a bit shaky
with a few CD's. CD-R's I used to have a little trouble with occasionally
but...
Anyhow, The K6-2's were identical boards nearly to the P2's, Socket7, so...
shoudln't be any different.
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Other bootable cd-roms work, I can boot into small linux rescue systems.
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:02 PM
Subject: [Freedos-user] Re: FreeDOS Bootable CD
>
> Hi, Keith sends ex
Int 13 and 15 shows up before kernel loads.
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From: "Eric Auer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:02 PM
Subject: [Freedos-user] Re: FreeDOS Bootable CD
>
> Hi, Keith sends extra information:
>
> > The er
Hi,
Works under FreeDOS:
1) Lemmings
2) Xenon2
3) ApplePC 2.52 (Apple ][ Emulator)
4) EMU][ (Apple ][ Emulator)
I'll try more in coming weekend (or holiday).
Rgds,
Johnson.
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Eric: Thanks for the long list of games that are known to work with
FreeDOS. I'll see if I can make that fit with the "FreeDOS for Gamers"
page.
Could you send me your config.sys and autoexec.bat files? These are
really what I'm after - good examples of config.sys and autoexec.bat
that work
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