> Hi Jevgenij :-) Hi Eric. > That would probably be too annoying for people who want to > download DOS. But we could put a poll to the homepage, some > form saying "What do YOU use DOS for? Pick a choice to tell > us your DOS style: ..." or similar. The idea would be as on > https://isc.sans.edu/ where today you can vote about Java > worries (need it / avoiding it / not needing it / disabled > in web browser / using default install) and optionally you > can send a comment along with your vote. I think to add voting to FreeDOS website is good idea. >> In the FreeDOS distributive want to have more stable BASIC >> interpreter and more stable and more usable text editor? > Sounds nice :-) Some Borland text windowing toolkits have > slightly limiting licenses, but you can probably use free > alternatives if you were using those. I do not use Borland or other proprietary toolkit - I use my own written window toolkit. >> GENTEXT - multiwindow text editor, more stable but standard EDIT. > Actually FreeDOS EDIT already is multiwindow, but limited > in file size. For big files, an interesting editor is: > ... bla, bla, bla... You say to me in these way - "FreeDOS does not want to have more stable editor; use standard EDIT (old of 2006 year)"? I think to replace standard FreeDOS EDIT by my GENTEXT editor - more stable, free, multiwindowed withour any restrictions - is good idea. >> And so, I can give to the FreeDOS project my BASIC interpretter like >> the GW-BASIC - iBASIC (immortal BASIC interpreter). But this up to >> 50% more speed about BW-BASIC; to 90% more smaller about BW-BASIC and >> to 99% more stable (my interpreter cannot be crashed). > I remember that BW-BASIC is annoying, so it is cool to have > a small and stable and fast alternative. For those who do > have more disk space, FreeBASIC is a nice BASIC with extra > QBASIC compatibility mode for 386/newer computers: www.freebasic.net You say to me: "Go to with your BASIC interpretter to the devil mother at all"? >> to 80% with GW-BASIC/QBASIC. All of my can give software is GNU GPL >> and written on the Turbo Pascal for 8086. I can be compiled the 80386 >> versions, but standard EDIT must be only the 8086 - for compatibility > Although those computers are very hard to find now, somebody > actually made a FreeDOS boot floppy with all-8086 selection > of DOS software from our distro, might be interesting for you. > I think it was Joris van Rantwijk, who used it in his tiny, > Java based, emulator for PC-XT. See his page: > blah, blah, blah... > Maybe some of those distros could use some fans and > motivation to update the software inside them :-) Yes, it is a good idea. Thank.
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