Kudos to Rex Conn and JP Software! 4DOS was always the program that made running MS DOS tolerable. The feature I most liked was the ability to use page-up to work back through pages of previous commands until I reached the one I needed - I wish bash had such a feature - ctrl-r doesn't work as well as that.
Wesley Parish Quoting Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you are like me, you have used (or are using) the 4DOS command > shell. > 4DOS was my favorite DOS app. Back in the day, my DOS development > system was guaranteed to have at least one C compiler, a cool editor > for > writing code, and a copy of 4DOS to make the command line easier to > use. > I still run a copy of 4DOS on my FreeDOS system. > > Some of you have asked about 4DOS, and Rex Conn (JP Software, creator > of > 4DOS) had previously agreed to release 4DOS 7.50 as unsupported > freeware > in August 2004. Recently, I approached Rex to ask if he would release > 4DOS under an open source license. Rex agreed! > > > > > On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 14:53 -0500, Rex Conn wrote: > > > > Hi Jim: > > > > [...] > > > > I'm enclosing a zip of the 4DOS source as of version 7.50 (the > final > > > > version). I've removed the non-DOS code from the source, though I > haven't > > > > tried compiling it (I don't have the MSVC 1.51 compiler anymore, > nor the > > > > MASM assembler). > > > > > > > > The only restrictions I'd put on the source code is that it not be > used for > > > > an OS other than FreeDOS or any commercial products without my > permission. > > > > > > > > Rex Conn > > > > JP Software > > > > > > > The source to 4DOS (less a few non-DOS things) is now available from > ibiblio, distributed under a modified MIT license (the additions are > mentioned in Rex's email, above.) See the readme.txt in the zip file > for the license terms, also in each *.c, *.h, and *.asm source file. > > This will require some work to compile, especially if you want to use > OpenWatcom and NASM instead of the original MSVC and MASM. However, > since the source is now available for FreeDOS developers, feel free to > make the changes necessary to get it to compile. > > The new zip file archive is labeled "7.50.1" to distinguish itself from > the previous "7.50" release. Find it at: > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/user/4dos/7.50.1/4dos7501.zip > > > I'm really glad that Rex was able to release 4DOS as open source > software. This is a big step. HUGE THANKS to Rex! :-) > > > -jh > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net /lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > "Sharpened hands are happy hands. "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
