Might I suggest you try Microwindows/Nano-X on DOS and Linux? http://www.microwindows.org/
On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 11:41 AM usul <usul.the.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I probably am that guy. I couldn't post in groups on FB for a couple of > days. and I am itching to do something. LOL. > > Thanks for the links... > As soon as I find a linux distro that I like that works on the laptop I > will start looking at them in more detail. > > I think it would be fun to write something that looks like Windows 3.11 > maybe even be able to run apps written for it. DESQview/X could run both > if I could get something going that > > I have always thought that if xserver and a wm/desktop could be ported > from linux to freedos that were small enough, > then perhaps others would port apps as well. beyond the standard > minefield, wordpad etc clones the other "desktops" like seal, opengem. etc. > with those they never seemed to catch on, and most of them barely > function when I run them. > > xvesa, wxwidgets, nano-x / microxwindows etc > I don't really know how all of the linux windowing system works yet. And > really the last time I messed with linux, it was zipslack on jaz drives was > the thing. > I even have a copy of dragonlinux (the linux that installed on a dos > partition not a different partition) > > I still have a bunch of books in the closet for programming windows 3.11 > and dos. > Never did much win 95 came out shortly (like a couple of years) after I > got started. > > I'll find something simpler freedos related to cut my dos programmer teeth > on. > Probably... :) > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 6:24 AM Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 at 15:18, usul <usul.the.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Why? cause I always get asked... >> >> Ah, you are the same person who asked on the Facebook FreeDOS group? >> >> > Because I want to code some stuff for windows 3.11 last time I did I >> was working in VB 3 lol, >> > run XAppeal and DESQview/X 2.1 and cause if they can do it see If I can >> port a minimal xserver to FreeDos for fun. And I really don't want to do >> any of that in a VM. >> >> DESQview/X _is_ a minimal X server. >> >> There were other X servers for DOS, e.g. >> >> >> https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/freedos-user/thread/4f0b8ad3.7050...@gmail.com/ >> >> http://www.linuxmisc.com/4-linux/54d11736a319f7ae.htm >> >> >> https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ms_dos_x_server_releases_from_hummingbird >> >> The DEC PATHWORKS client for DOS also included an X server. >> >> >> http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/dec/decnet/pathworks_DOS/AA-PAF5C-TK_Pathworks_for_DOS_Overview_V4.1_Aug91.pdf >> >> You might be able to find a download of that out there somewhere. I >> think it was free if you owned the PATHWORKS server. >> >> -- >> Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven >> Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com >> Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven >> IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 >> Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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