On Sunday 18 August 2019 at 05:34:45, Andrew Pennebaker wrote: > I quickly discovered that network applications do not appear to function > when run on FreeDOS via telnet. They only work when run directly from the > top-level COMMAND.COM shell. Could this be a glitch specific to rmenu, or is > DOS unable to allow multiple simultaneous network applications to run?
DOS was never designed as a multi-tasking operating system. It was single user (no concept of file ownerships etc) and apart from the rather special case of TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs, was never designed to run more than one application at a time. For the purposes you've stated, I think you'd be better off with something along the lines of http://tinycorelinux.net/ I would previously also have mentioned http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ but this project seems to have stagnated about 7 years ago. Regards, Antony. -- Most people have more than the average number of legs. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me.
