Thanks for proposing something. I don't mean to ask for an immediate solution to this issue. And I know the [dev] resources are low.
If I can find some time to do it, I would like to investigate why it is slow. ms-dos was written in assembly until ms-dos 4, however they kept much of it after that and as I said, ms-dos 6.22 works much faster on an XT. Is freedos written in assembly as well ? Also, as mentionned years ago on this list, I might have tested it with some useless extenders enabled by default. So I think there is room for investigation. Actually, the whole reflexion started when I saw this ODIN stuff. My first reaction was "oh ? there's a specific 8086 Freedos distro called ODIN ?" But now I see it's not very well maintained. Do you know if there is any 5"1/4 image of Freedos with a sort of minimal set of features available ? EF Le 26.05.2015 16:43, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU a écrit : > If it is slow..then..hmm.Perhaps we could somehow size down the memory > block usage of all the FreeDOS calls/programs?Just tossing around > ideas,as it would be cool to know someone is using an OS that can be > used on modern and old PC's.(It's kind of the same thing as saying I > can use windows 8 on a commodore VIC 20.It would be nice to know we > reached that goal.). > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Steve Nickolas <usots...@buric.co > <mailto:usots...@buric.co>> wrote: > > On Tue, 26 May 2015, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU wrote: > > > Microsoft's COMMAND.COM <http://COMMAND.COM> is not as > great.Since when did it include two > > different memory versions (4dos)?FreeDOS includes extra commands > that are > > built in,such as BEEP,SOUND,and a few other batch commands.As for > > compatibility with older computers,why not use their original > OS?There are > > many archives online that have original zipped copies of > MS-DOS.FreeDOS (As > > far as I know) is built for the more modern era (90's+).Before this > > time,computers didn't follow a standard hardware layout.One > computer had a > > floppy port and no harddrive,and another required a master boot > disk to > > boot.As for the WHY,some peopel just like vintage hardware.I > do.Perhaps we > > could modify the original MS-DOS source,to keep it compatible > with he > > original 8086 machine,while adding more features? > > Regards, > > -Jayden > > FreeDOS was, at least originally, intended to be a replacement and > successor to said original DOS. Even MS-DOS 6.22 and PC DOS 7.0 > still ran > on 5160s and Tandy 1000s. > > I think these days there's more of an attitude of FreeDOS being > mainly for > use in VMs, rather than on metal. A shame, really. > > Personally, I went back to PC DOS - mainly because things always > worked > the way I expected them to (something not really true with FreeDOS). > > I don't think *my* goal of what *I* want out of FreeDOS is shared > by most > of the developers, so generally, I've stayed out of conversations > while I > watch what goes on. To be honest, I think "works like MS-DOS 3.3, > has the > better hardware support of DOS 6, and some of the useful features > from DOS > 6, while still staying true to its roots as an OS for *8088* PCs" > is what > I want - rather than mainly as an emulation mode for newer > machines - and > since the latter seems to be the preferred direction around here, > I don't > think my input is very much desired or desirable, so I don't say much. > > The benefit of FreeDOS is that it's *free* - and not free as in "arr, > matey". > > -uso. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across > Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable > Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud > Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications > Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights > Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
