I think we're all here out of interest. i have a neighbor who "needs" yo run a dos app for his nusiness. He's the only one I know who "needs" to run dos. Everyone else does it out of interest who still has an ibm-pc or xt as their only computer?
That said, if someone "wants" to write dos programs, why not? And if you're looking for a retro experience, why a 20meg hard drive (I have one in my compaq portable III), why not dual floppies? And, does anyone remember when Microsoft Access was a program to go online with your 300 baud modem to make airline reservations? I have that too, on 5.25 flop;y. Works great in the compaq except there is no one to call with it anymore. On Tue, Feb 7, 2023, at 10:25 AM, tom ehlert wrote: >>> programming *on* DOS in the year 2023 is like self flagellation. you >>> are absolutely allowed to do it; it's just not recommended. >> Why not? It worked just fine for all intends and purposes for two >> decades, so why would that not be "recommended" to do so in 2023? > > because programming can be MUCH more productive when you have multiple > windows open, each much better then 25*80, can google stuff while editing, > look at your source while debugging and much more. > > it worked - yes. like a hand drill, and hand saw, or other late 1800 stuff. > whatever you do - you are probably using electric stuff these days. > unless you are an archeologist, trying to rebuild a medivial castel > with medivial tools only. > > >> That is the part that I think is the true fallacy that too many people >> perpetrate these days, when claiming to be interested in (Free)DOS. > > when 'interested' in DOS, you should use edlin and a XT machine with a > big 20 MB disk for the real experience. > > Tom > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
