Apparently I purged XP disks long ago. :( Laptop has Windows 10 is on it. And it is awful LOL. Even though most of the minimalist linux live I have tested also dogged a bit. I might install suse with xcfe on it. That seemed to run the best. Though I have never done any linux development. and the last time I really used it, ZipSlack and Mandrake were still a thing. :)
But I really wanted to putz the win 3.11 and DESQview/X 2.1 compatibility. This guy mentioned... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfpizh02C2U&ab_channel=MartinISDN So I would really like to try them all native. And is coding on a VM or DosBox etc really coding it native? I dunno. :) Half the fun I guess is re-learning all this stuff. I also saw a video where someone loaded 3.11 on Freedos. :) I dunno. Been programming for 30 years, hate my job and have 13 years to go. Have to find something to respark my interest in programming in spite of where I work. LOL I bought a supposed legal copy of XP from ebay. Might do the same with MS DOs 6.22 and Windows 3.1 but that would mean I have to get a usb floppy drive as I no longer have one. :P I did find a copy of "Undocumented Dos: A Programmer's Guide" https://biblio.co.nz/9780201632873 and a bunch of my old C\C++ books. So as soon as I get the items loaded this higher memory and 32 dos extender stuff remembered and djgpp or w/e up and running the better. Adam On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 12:39 PM John Vella <john.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would be tempted to install windows xp, which I believe this laptop > shipped with, then install virtual pc, (the version before Microsoft bought > it) and run the various dos/Windows 3.1 machines in a virtual environment. > > Or install linux and find a virtual pc solution for that. > > Dos and win 3.1 don't need a lot of resources and should run fine > virtually. > > On Wed, 1 Mar 2023, 17:57 usul, <usul.the.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> So I was digging through my old "stuff" and found some of my old cds and >> my Dell Latitude D520 laptop. And I got all nostalgic . I got my start with >> a 486 DX 8 mgs of Ram. >> I mostly did Visual Basic 3.0 programming to start after I >> finished college. VBA/ MS Access then to Dot Net. I can read C / C++ but >> never really did anything with it. >> So I thought it would be cool to mess around with it again >> >> So I plan to multiboot on the laptop >> Linux >> Dos 6.22 / Windows 3.11 >> and FreeDos >> Is there an 'Order that this would need to be done in? Any >> Recommendations? >> >> I found on those old cds copies of >> desQview/X 2.1 and XAppeal (and if they could port it I might be able to) >> and DragonLinux which runs on UMSDOS so install on the same partition. >> Borland C++ 3.0, so much other fun stuff. >> >> Anyway I am having some problems, and I really don't remember my >> autoexec.bat/config.sys stuff anymore but I remember getting all the dos >> and stuff loaded to high memory or something like that. >> This is my fconfig.sys that I found in one of the FREEDOS folders..,. >> >> ****************************************************************************************** >> SET DOSDIR=C:\FREEDOS >> !BUFFERS=20 >> !FILES=40 >> !MENUCOLOR=7,0 >> >> MENUDEFAULT=4,5 >> MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free >> MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX (more compatible) >> MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS with JEMM386 (Expanded Memory) >> MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS low with some drivers (Safe Mode) >> MENU 5 - Load FreeDOS without drivers (Emergency Mode) >> >> 123?DOS=HIGH >> 123?DOS=UMB >> 123?DOSDATA=UMB >> >> 1?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG >> 2?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG >> 34?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE >> 3?DEVICE=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG >> >> 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FREEDOS\BIN /E:1024 >> /P=C:\FDAUTO.BAT >> 345?SHELL=C:\FREEDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FREEDOS\BIN /E:1024 >> /P=C:\FDAUTO.BAT >> >> >> ****************************************************************************************** >> >> The only options that seem to work are 4 & 5. . Where can I get all the >> info to relearn all of that? Is there a website / documentation or an old >> dos book I can buy that would still be relevant to FreeDos. It sees all of >> the memory on the laptop 4gigs just >> >> I have not tried anything that needs 32 bit protected mode. but >> eventually once I get it figured out I will need it to do stuff in djgpp. >> So I think I need to get this all working. Mouse , CDROM all worked out of >> the box that was amazing. >> >> I'm not really good with mailing lists, too much overload. LOL Do we >> have a Discord server or something along those lines? Web based forum etc. >> If not, I'll re-adapt. >> >> Any direction / sites / books :) >> >> Thanks a bunch and this is awesome btw. >> >> Adam >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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