Re: [Freedos-user] The beauty of 16-bit machines and code
Hello Michael! Just want to demonstrate my empathy. Em Tue, 1 Sep 2015 10:24:45 -0700 Michael Brutman <mbbrut...@brutman.com> escreveu: > We need to include the 16 bit machines wherever possible. [...] they > are very capable. To me 16-bit machine support is the true beauty and essence of DOS (For 32-bit machines we have GNU). The BIOS and interrupt-based APIs are a distinctive feature that should be regarded as the canonical way of writing software for DOS. DOS extenders and all software abstraction that came with post IBM-PC architecture seem to me as not belonging to the ideal DOS world. -- ,= ,-_-. =. Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro (oitofelix) [0x28D618AF] ((_/)o o(\_)) http://oitofelix.freeshell.org/ `-'(. .)`-' irc://chat.freenode.org/oitofelix \_/ xmpp:oitofe...@riseup.net GNU maintainer: ccd2cue DMOZ free software editor (Portuguese) UFU FAMAT PET member [GNU DISCLAIMER] I'm a GNU hacker, but my views don't necessarily match those of the GNU project. Hereby I express my own opinion, style and perception, in good faith, aiming the betterment of GNU. pgpl1vn5cepcd.pgp Description: Assinatura digital OpenPGP -- Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991=/4140___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Offering software to the FreeDOS official distribution: Terminal Matrix 8086, DeciMatrix 8086 and QDot 8086
Em Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:58:10 +0200 Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr escreveu: I think what Tom is saying (and to what I totally agree), is that without an internet connection, and a modern browser, a DOS user has no chance to even run the program (because of the password). This is easy to overcome. We could just include a 'README' file mirroring the homepage contents within the distributed software package. Further 'game' is compromised as well, since there is no way to know what one is supposed to type in the shell. Believe you or not, that's a major feature of the game. ;-) Moreover, there is a way to know: it's free software --- the source code is available. I understand there might be some bigger concept somewhere in the background, but a game must be - well - playable. Terminal Matrix, as well coded as it might be, is simply not targeted to a general audience. I see. Have anyone other than you actually played this game? In the net abroad, not that I'm aware about. However, I've just published it, and it didn't get much promotion yet. I expect that as the program get distributed and more people get to know it, the number of effective players will increase. == Context Below = Em Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:53:00 +0200 Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr escreveu: Okay, I tried it. And I'm lost. That's expected. The loose wording in TM's homepage is part of the game. It plays a dual role: keep the wrong-minded people out and invite the right-minded people in. The truth is hidden within the lines of those paragraphs and deep inside the program's source code. First, I started the game, and I got stuck on a login/password screen. I tried several combinations, none worked. No way out. Had to switch off the computer. This alone can be seen as a real nuisance. That's true. I'll consider this as a feature request for the next release. ;-) Second attempt - I read on your website the login and password (how would someone figure it out when getting the program from anywhere else than directly from your website?) They should not, unless someone who already has access provides one to them. The login/password works. I got in a shell where I can run a matrix-like screensaver, clear the screen, or exit back to DOS. Any other command I tried to type ended with a blinking NO REPLY message. It seems RIS is not willing to talk to you. I really don't get it. I might be missing something, since I am not much into intelectual games, but I find the Terminal Matrix experience highly frustrating. Have you watched the demo session? http://oitofelix.github.io/terminal-matrix-8086/tm.mp4 If I understand it right, this is some kind of shell prototype, right? But then, maybe could you actually turn it into something useful, like maybe an interactive fiction engine or so? As such, a prototype is likely to be of any interest only to you. It's not a prototype, it's a fully working program as demonstrated in that video. Besides being a terminal of communication to an hyper-dimensional being, Terminal Matrix is an experiment in psychology, free software development model and remote ideological corroboration. BTW, you might want to announce such stuff rather on the FreeDOS user list. FreeDOS-devel is rather about development. I've already announced it there as well. Thank you for playing TM! -- ,= ,-_-. =. Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro (oitofelix) [0x28D618AF] ((_/)o o(\_)) http://oitofelix.freeshell.org/ `-'(. .)`-' irc://chat.freenode.org/oitofelix \_/ xmpp:oitofe...@riseup.net GNU maintainer: ccd2cue DMOZ free software editor (Portuguese) UFU FAMAT PET member [GNU DISCLAIMER] I'm a GNU hacker, but my views don't necessarily match those of the GNU project. Hereby I express my own opinion, style and perception, in good faith, aiming the betterment of GNU. pgpAnz87eIh4O.pgp Description: Assinatura digital OpenPGP -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Terminal Matrix 8086, DeciMatrix 8086 and QDot 8086
Em Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:36:53 -0300 Geraldo Netto geraldone...@gmail.com escreveu: Tem mais gente do brasil, eu não sei se o Henrique continua na ativa Tem o Alain (SP) Tinha mais 1 ou 2 de SP E um outro camarada de Campinas Talvez tenham mais 'leitores fantasmas' :) Que se pronunciem nossos compatriotas! ;-) -- ,= ,-_-. =. Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro (oitofelix) [0x28D618AF] ((_/)o o(\_)) There is no system but GNU; `-'(. .)`-' GNU Linux-libre is one of its official kernels; \_/ All software should be free as in freedom; [GNU DISCLAIMER] I'm a GNU hacker, but my views don't necessarily match those of the GNU project. Hereby I express my own opinion, style and perception, in good faith, aiming the betterment of GNU. pgpRAG88311mz.pgp Description: Assinatura digital OpenPGP -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Terminal Matrix 8086, DeciMatrix 8086 and QDot 8086
Em Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:42:06 -0300 Geraldo Netto geraldone...@gmail.com escreveu: Grande Bruno!!! Beleza, Geraldo?! Como vai? Tranquilo e você? Good work Man!!! Greetings from São Paulo :) Thank you! -- ,= ,-_-. =. Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro (oitofelix) [0x28D618AF] ((_/)o o(\_)) There is no system but GNU; `-'(. .)`-' GNU Linux-libre is one of its official kernels; \_/ All software should be free as in freedom; [GNU DISCLAIMER] I'm a GNU hacker, but my views don't necessarily match those of the GNU project. Hereby I express my own opinion, style and perception, in good faith, aiming the betterment of GNU. pgpK51CWFg7TV.pgp Description: Assinatura digital OpenPGP -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Terminal Matrix 8086, DeciMatrix 8086 and QDot 8086
Hello FreeDOS users! I'm pleased to announce the release of Terminal Matrix 8086, a mysterious program designed to establish an inter-dimensional connection to an hyper-dimensional being called RIS. http://oitofelix.github.io/terminal-matrix-8086/ Also, I'm pleased to announce the release of DeciMatrix 8086, a program designed to decode the Matrix into decimal. It's a spin-off of the Terminal Matrix 8086’s DCMATRIX command. http://oitofelix.github.io/decimatrix-8086/ Finally, I'm pleased to announce the release of QDot 8086, a mid-level programming language targeting the original IBM-PC architecture written as a set of macros for NASM — the Netwide Assembler. It's the language in which Terminal Matrix and DeciMatrix are written. http://oitofelix.github.io/qdot-8086/ Happy hacking! -- ,= ,-_-. =. Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro (oitofelix) [0x28D618AF] ((_/)o o(\_)) There is no system but GNU; `-'(. .)`-' GNU Linux-libre is one of its official kernels; \_/ All software should be free as in freedom; [GNU DISCLAIMER] I'm a GNU hacker, but my views don't necessarily match those of the GNU project. Hereby I express my own opinion, style and perception, in good faith, aiming the betterment of GNU. pgpKATT7In3Sz.pgp Description: Assinatura digital OpenPGP -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
