> 1. Re: old toshiba (Simon Greenwood) > 2. Re: old toshiba (Norman Silverstone) > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 22:25:25 +0100 > From: Simon Greenwood <[email protected]> > To: UK Ubuntu Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] old toshiba > Message-ID: > < caox0bxm83jihrdorzcsnawsnhfo1ykjx5y4t4uts2adxmc3...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On 6 September 2014 20:56, Matthew Wild <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 6 September 2014 19:54, Simon Greenwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is a free DOS called, predictably FreeDOS (http://freedos.org), > > which > > > is available in floppy and CD images. > > > > In case anyone else thinks the site is down, the correct address > > appears to, unhelpfully, be http://www.freedos.org/ > > > > Regards, > > Matthew > > > > > Do you know, I think I've done that before, I rarely put www in front of a > hostname anymore and of course it's still technically incorrect according > to RFC 3986 but you just assume it works, but of course not if the bare > domain doesn't have an A record. > > s/ > -- > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > "TBA are particularly glib" > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/attachments/20140906/eea20dde/attachment-0001.html > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 10:29:39 +0100 > From: Norman Silverstone <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] old toshiba > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 06/09/14 22:25, Simon Greenwood wrote: > > > > > > On 6 September 2014 20:56, Matthew Wild <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 6 September 2014 19:54, Simon Greenwood <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > There is a free DOS called, predictably FreeDOS ( http://freedos.org), which > > > is available in floppy and CD images. > > > > In case anyone else thinks the site is down, the correct address > > appears to, unhelpfully, be http://www.freedos.org/ > > > > Regards, > > Matthew > > > > > > Do you know, I think I've done that before, I rarely put www in front of > > a hostname anymore and of course it's still technically incorrect > > according to RFC 3986 but you just assume it works, but of course not > > if the bare domain doesn't have an A record. > > > > s/ > > -- > > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > > "TBA are particularly glib" > > > > > Thanks folks, FreeDos has been successfully installed and indications > are good for being able to use some of the old applications and games on > 3.5in floppies. > >Norman
OpenBSD could have been an option too, possibly. I set that up on an ancient laptop a couple of years ago. Good fun and it taught me a lot about Linux! Steve.
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