Re: [Freedos-user] Context out of memory
Thanks, Tom: I seriously recommend using a different operating system. I use Ubuntu. alternatively, please use a different mailing list. Today I'll confer at a Linux club. -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] USB serial port
On 6 Jan 2021 at 11:23, Tomas By wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to get a USB serial port adapter to work? > This cannot be made to work for legacy software that accesses the UART registers directly, hooks an IRQ etc. USB is a whole different bus architecture, compared to legacy ISA. The following driver *might* be a way for software that can work with a DOS "device" abstraction. Or, if you actually have source code of the DOS program, that needs to work with the USB COM port, you have a chance to modify your software to use the DOS device abstraction: http://www.dosusb.net/dosusb.pdf Note that USB/serial has no standard USB class (except maybe for ACM/CDC, which is not very popular among USB/serial dongles). The serdrv.sys as part of dosusb only supports USB/serial UARTs by Prolific. Open-source code examples are available in the wild interwebs, for a few popular serial/USB UART chip models for Linux (stock kernel drivers) and Android (user space libraries) - supporting brands such as Prolific, FTDI or Silicon Labs. The DOSUSB driver also provides a generic URB interface, which theoretically would allow you to write your own "USB/serial driver" = routines for your particular USB/serial chip. All in all I don't think this is what you were asking for :-) Frank ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Context out of memory
> {If this error persists, consider to increase some internal buffer, such
> as history, directory stack, etc.}
> I do not know how to do this.
I seriously recommend using a different operating system.
alternatively, please use a different mailing list.
thanks
Tom
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Re: [Freedos-user] Context out of memory
Hi Bryan,
> {If this error persists, consider to increase some internal buffer,
> such as history, directory stack, etc.}
That sounds like a problem with FreeCOM, if I have to guess,
and maybe one cannot change buffer sizes without recompiling,
So the question would be: Which FreeCOM version do you use
and what do you do to trigger the error? Maybe run a complex
batch file, possibly related to GEM? Do you have unusually
long directory names or paths involved?
You can use VER /R to display the version of FreeCOM and
FreeDOS kernel at the same time in a compact 3 line style.
Based on additional details in your report, somebody else
can make a reconfigured FreeCOM with larger buffer for you.
Regards, Eric
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[Freedos-user] Context out of memory
{If this error persists, consider to increase some internal buffer, such
as history, directory stack, etc.}
I do not know how to do this.
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Re: [Freedos-user] Xcopy
Hello! Try XCOPY C:\GAMES\*.* D:\GAMES /E /S SOURCE: C:\GAMES\*.* DESTINATION D:\GAMES\ */E* Copy subdirectories, even if empty. */S* Copy subdirectories, except empty ones. Hope that helped On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 10:23 AM Bryan Kilgallin wrote: > I am trying to copy a tree, in the same way that Deltree removes one. > The instructions at the following page, I find confusing. > http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/xcopy.htm > -- > members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ > > > ___ > 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
Re: [Freedos-user] USB serial port
Tomas: Is there a way to get a USB serial port adapter to work? No. The mode command says there is no serial port (the usb adapter was there before booting), and the machine does not have a RS232 port. That is why I moved my DOS usage to an old 32 bit tower PC that has a physical serial port! -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] USB serial port
Hi all, Is there a way to get a USB serial port adapter to work? The mode command says there is no serial port (the usb adapter was there before booting), and the machine does not have a RS232 port. /Tomas ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Xcopy
I am trying to copy a tree, in the same way that Deltree removes one. The instructions at the following page, I find confusing. http://help.fdos.org/en/hhstndrd/xcopy.htm -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Any Gui?
Thanks, Ralf: It seems you have never used DOS before (or only a very long time ago). I was using DOS raw in my daily tasks over three decades ago! That "INSTALL" you are referring to is a special config.sys command to install (load) device drivers and such. It has nothing to do with "installing an app" (there is strictly seen nothing that needs to be "installed" in DOS, unlike in a lot of newer OS). I've found an ambiguity in the instructions, that can cause confusion! .BAT is (along with .COM and .EXE) a direct executable file. However to run directly executable files (like the GEM.BAT you mentioned) you either have to - provide the full path (like "\fdos\opengem\gem.bat" to start it (if that folder has been previously been extracted), or - change in the opengem folder (with "cd opengem") and type "gem.bat" - or simply type "gem.bat" if the folder with that executable files is "in the path" (which is an environment variable and you can check that by simply typing "path") Thank you; it's all coming back to me (murkily)! :-) B. -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Any Gui?
Thanks, Johnpaul:
To add to the wonderful GEM discussion, when I run GEM on my modern
laptop running FreeDOS and OpenGEM, GEM produces a blank white screen.
I have now gotten GEM working on a 32 bit Dell PC under FreeDOS.
However, in safe mode, it works fine (though some pixmaps or
characters are missing.)
I am not able to get rid of the calculator, clock and print spooler. If
say I drag the Calculator over the Wastebasket--it just sits, without
any indication of focus-shift. All I can do is quit GEM!
So that means that some driver messes with
GEM.
On quitting GEM, I see the following error.
{CHDIR failed for 'GEMAPPS\GEMSYS'.}
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