Re: [Freedos-user] XMS Manager on '286
Hi! 14--2005 00:44 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aitor Santamar?a Merino) wrote to freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net: ASM Well, FAT32 requires 32-bit registers to operate comfortably. For the ASM FreeDOS case, can I run a FAT32 enabled kernel in a 286 machine? (which ASM of course doesn't have FAT32 partitions in its HD). Yes. --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95alloc_id396op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Question
So - What can I do with Freedos that I cannot currently do with my laptop?
Re: [Freedos-user] Question
So - What can I do with Freedos that I cannot currently do with my laptop? Well, you will be able to get support from FreeDOS users community :) But If seriously - what laptop do you have? which OS do you run on it currently? Kristaps Kaupe, http://kristaps.netparks.lv --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Question
What do you have installed on the laptop? (which os?) Bye, Flo -- http://www.drdos.org --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Question
Win 95Florian Xaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you have installed on the laptop? (which os?)Bye, Flo-- ---SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product GuideRead honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click___Freedos-user mailing listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] FreeDOS and Voodoo
Hi all, I'm new on that list, so I will begin by introducing myself :) I'm a Polish guy living/working now in France. I use FreeDOS everyday for various tasks - listening to music (MPXPLAY), watching DivX films (QV), typing texts (WordPerfect), and many many more... Sometimes I even play some old games (I love NES games trough NESticle or RockNES!) :-) I'm also the author of polish and french translations for FreeDOS. Polish translations are available on my website - http://the.killer.webpark.pl/fdos_pl.htm , and french files aren't on-line, but will be present on the next FreeDOS release (soon!). I don't use DOS only for netting, because Arachne isn't great for that, so I have a dual-boot on my PC which allows me to choose between FreeDOS and SuSE (that's a nice OS too..) I am writing to you because I would know if anybody have a solution for activating the video out of Voodoo 3 3000 graphic cards in DOS. I ask because I like watching DivX films on my TV. When I disconnect physically the monitor from the PC, the voodoo card is automatically switching into TV mode (and I see the output on my TV), but I am searching a solution for switching to TV mode without having to disconnect the monitor (it's not very comfortable...). I am sure it is possible, as it is possible in windows. Have any of you any driver or at least any infos about that? Fox P.S. I apologize for my unperfect english language, I hope everyone understood what I am talking about ;-) --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Re: FreeDOS and Voodoo
Hi, according to http://sites.inka.de/~W1752/tv/tvout.html the trick to boot without monitor attached and then stay in BIOS modes (e.g. using VESA modes, not Linux lowlevel drivers) to stay in TV-out mode is quite common. For Voodoo3, some i2c bus is mentioned which configures the port. A full explanation for Linux can be found here: http://www.guru-group.fi/~too/tvout-voodoo3-3000-xfree You use lm_sensors-2.5.5 and i2c-2.5.5 or newer... The kernel needs i2c i2c support, i2c bit banging and i2c devices, and you need the usual 3dfx stuff (agpart, DRI, 3dfx banshee/Voodoo3+). You also need a mode which a TV can understand, e.g.: ModeLine 640x480PAL 29.50 640 675 678 944 480 530 535 625 ModeLine 800x600PAL 36.00 800 818 820 960 600 653 655 750 Some DOS tools should be able to process those, but I guess once you enabled TV mode, the BIOS will take care to use TV compatible refresh rates. The sensors-detect tool will find the i2c-voodoo3 thing and possibly the PiiX of your motherboard, for which you can add driver modules. It would also detect the i2c chips w83781d and generic eeprom... For Voodoo, only i2c-core, i2c-algo-bit and i2c-voodoo3 are needed... You also enable a bt869 module for the TV modulator... But you have to enable something in the chip, e.g. /proc/sys/dev/sensors/bt869-i2c-0-44 which involves test screen, bit per pixel, ntsc/pal, resolution and status stuff... For some reason, turning colorbars (test screen) on and off seems to get the chip into sane state... Summary: # /sbin/modprobe -v i2c-voodoo3 # /sbin/modprobe -v bt869 # echo 800 600 /proc/sys/dev/sensors/bt869*/res # echo 0 /proc/sys/dev/sensors/bt869*/ntsc # cat /proc/sys/dev/sensors/bt869*/colorbars (reading colorbars status seems to be enough...) To get anything useful out of this DOS wise, you will have to find some i2c editing or diagnostics tool. You might even need some BT869 driver. But hey, you are an experienced DOS and google user I assume ;-). Hopefully some people on this list have experience with BT869 or i2c and can send some more hints. Eric --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Re: Question
Hi Theresa, according to WWW, a Dell Lattitude 433c can have e.g. 4 MB RAM, 170 MB harddisk, 486sx processor with 33 MHz. Some have as much as 20 MB RAM, 250 MB harddisk. You write that you run it with Win95 but have no OS disks for it. For Linux, even with a simple fvwm2 GUI, 16-20 MB RAM are not much, and things will often get slow because not enough RAM is free. And harddisks below 1 GB size have pretty much reached the end of their lifespan by now. After all, they are mechanical devices. If you know how to use DOS, then this laptop can run many classic games and apps for you with FreeDOS. You could even install Windows 3.1 on it, although only the standard mode will run in FreeDOS yet... Other useful GUIs (graphical user interfaces) are OpenGEM, SEAL and Desktop2. You should check their homepages which are linked from http://www.freedos.org/freedos/links/ GEM looks like that: http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/screenshots.html Desktop2: http://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~fritter/bdy-desktop.html SEAL: http://sealsystem.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php Common to all 3 systems is that you leave the nice user interface while classic programs are running (i.e. they are not opened in a window, but full-screen). Only native (e.g. written for SEAL) programs run in windows. GEM is probably the system which has the most native programs. And, of course, Windows 3, but that one is not freeware. By the way, Windows for Workgroups does NOT run in any USEFUL way under FreeDOS yet. If you want to go online with your laptop, and you can find a suitable modem (or driver for internal modem, if any), you should try Arachne. Will not be very fast on a 486sx (especially as SXes do not even have a floating point unit) but it can do www, ftp and email. If you prefer to get a fresh Win95 or Win98se for the laptop, those are usually around 2x or 4x USD respectively 2nd hand price, but even Win98se will be a bit much for that old hardware, and might be a bit big for such a small harddisk. Eric --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Re: Question
I have a d link pcmia, can I get online with dsl on freedos?Eric Auer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Theresa, according to WWW, a Dell Lattitude 433c can have e.g.4 MB RAM, 170 MB harddisk, 486sx processor with 33 MHz.Some have as much as 20 MB RAM, 250 MB harddisk.You write that you run it with Win95 but have no OS disks for it.For Linux, even with a simple fvwm2 GUI, 16-20 MB RAM are not much,and things will often get slow because not enough RAM is free. Andharddisks below 1 GB size have pretty much reached the end of theirlifespan by now. After all, they are mechanical devices.If you know how to use DOS, then this laptop can run many classicgames and apps for you with FreeDOS. You could even install Windows 3.1on it, although only the standard mode will run in FreeDOS yet...Other useful GUIs (graphical user interfaces) are OpenGEM, SEAL andDesktop2. You should check their homepages which are linked fromhttp://www.freedos.org/freedos/links/GEM looks like that:http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/screenshots.htmlDesktop2:http://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~fritter/bdy-desktop.htmlSEAL:http://sealsystem.sourceforge.net/screenshots.phpCommon to all 3 systems is that you leave the nice user interfacewhile classic programs are running (i.e. they are not opened ina window, but full-screen). Only native (e.g. written for SEAL)programs run in windows. GEM is probably the system which has themost native programs. And, of course, Windows 3, but that one isnot freeware. By the way, Windows for Workgroups does NOT run inany USEFUL way under FreeDOS yet.If you want to go online with your laptop, and you canfind a suitable modem (or driver for internal modem, ifany), you should try Arachne. Will not be very fast on a486sx (especially as SXes do not even have a floatingpoint unit) but it can do www, ftp and email.If you prefer to get a fresh Win95 or Win98se for the laptop,those are usually around 2x or 4x USD respectively 2nd hand price,but even Win98se will be a bit much for that old hardware, andmight be a bit big for such a small harddisk.Eric---SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product GuideRead honest candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595alloc_id=14396op=click___Freedos-user mailing listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
