Re: [Freedos-user] What do you do with your FreeDos PC?

[Dean Galloway]

I set my Freedos machine up as a GOPHER client.

I know a lot of folks use virtual machines for Freedos, but I'm kind of 
partial to the physical device sitting in the corner.


I've had limited success with web browsing and am yet to find an email 
client that supports IMAP.


Never was much of a game player.

On 12/4/2020 11:01 PM, Bryan Kilgallin wrote:

G'day Marv:
I know I'm late to the FreeDos party, but it would help me and maybe 
other newcomers to know what you guys do with your FreeDos PCs.


At the moment, nothing; I'm waiting for a sore foot to heal before 
using an old Polar heart-monitor.


I was thinking of utility type things that are easier or more quickly 
done in DOS, but I'm wide open to any ideas.

Apart from that old application, all I ever did was play Hangman!



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[Freedos-user] Dillo Web Browser

[Dean Galloway]

Hello all,

I've installed Dillo web browser a few times and it's never even 
started.  I corrected the path variable in DILLO.BAT but no success.


Can someone let me know if there are certain "tricks" that need to be 
performed before I can get it going?


Thanks,

Dean.



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Re: [Freedos-user] Dillo Web Browser

[Dean Galloway]

Hello Andrea and all others in the group:

Thank you all for your replies regarding Dillo Web Browser.

I had been under the impression Dillo was a better web browser and may 
be worth the effort to get functioning, but there appears to be more 
negative reports, along with the fact it is not really compatible with 
day to day websites.  I'll probably still leave it in the list of things 
to tackle, just more likely on the back burner.  I'll look more into 
Links and see what I can come up with.


Thank you again!
Dean.

On 12/8/2020 3:23 PM, andrea...@tiscali.it wrote:


Il 06.12.2020 22:38 Dean Galloway ha scritto:


Hello all,

I've installed Dillo web browser a few times and it's never even
started.  I corrected the path variable in DILLO.BAT but no success.

Can someone let me know if there are certain "tricks" that need to be
performed before I can get it going?

Thanks,

Dean.

I used Dillo and before Arachne- dos browsers - but currently the 
only dos browser still developed is LINKS (Links.twibright.com) both 
in textual and gui mode. It is light and efficient even on old pc andrea

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Re: [Freedos-user] fdnet.bat

[Dean Galloway]

Hello Andrea,

Perhaps you can post some screenshots of the messages you are receiving 
when the packet driver loads?


Thanks,
Dean.

On 3/15/2021 12:28 AM, andrea...@tiscali.it wrote:

*hi at all *
*in freedos1.3 there is in C:/fdos/bin the program fdnet.bat. **Ok: wiki.fredos.org explains that it is a program for virtualbox, and 
that in case you have a freedos without virtualbox you have to write a 
line first with your ethernet packet driver.*



*Well, i don't have virtualbox and i don't understand why i have
to load my packet driver in autoexec.bat (or fdauto, bat.) I
prefer to load and unload it according to memory needs, time by time.
Good. however i tried to add my packet driver to my autoexet.bat
right before on the line produced by fdnet.bat .
It don't work.
Responds: /dhcp request send:error, your ethernet card report an
error for every packet sent.Check your cablin ecc/
and my Ethernet card driver don't work too; then I've to delete
all the last line on my autoexec.bat  ( and reload my ethernet
packet driver)to go on line.*


*Is there any explanation on how fdnet.bat works? thank you*

*andrea*


  




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Re: [Freedos-user] fdnet.bat

[Dean Galloway]

Hi Andrea,

OK, just at a glance, you already have the functioning packet driver 
when you load ODIPKT, the ODI driver lists the MAC address, line speed, etc.


What it appears FDNET is doing is attempting to identify and load an 
additional packet driver, using the configuration in MTCP.CFG within the 
package, which is not correct.  You can see this here:


*/System: [345]86 processor, ISA bus, Two 8259s /*
*/Packet driver software interrupt is 0x60 (96) /*
*/Interrupt number 0x5 (5) /*
*/I/O port 0x300 (768) /*
*/My Ethernet address is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF /*

The interrupt is 5, whereas the interrupt/IRQ for the Broadcom card has 
been successfully found at interrupt/IRQ 6.


I'm not sure what you are trying to get working in Freedos but you are 
well on the way to getting TCP/IP working.  The packet driver is 
installed and working from what I can see, FDNET is not necessarily 
required here if you want to use the MTCP tools (DHCP, etc), you can 
load the MTCP tools separately and get the same thing.  Are you familiar 
with this?


Thanks,
Dean.

On 3/15/2021 3:04 PM, andrea...@tiscali.it wrote:

Thanks for your interest:
this is what appears when I load my ethernet packet driver:

*/2 drive(s) available. /*
*/Novell Link Support Layer for DOS ODI v2.20 (960401) /*
*/(c) Copyright 1990 - 1996, by Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. /*

*/BUFFERS 6 1600 /*

*/The configuration file used was "C:\BROADCOM\B44\NET.CFG". /*
*/Max Boards 4, Max Stacks 4 /*
*/Buffers 6, Buffer size 1600 bytes, Memory pool 0 bytes. /*

*/Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller DOS ODI Driver v3.11 
(050908) /*

*/Copyright (C) 2000-2005, Broadcom Corporation. All rights reserved. /*
*/Device - Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller, MAC Address - 
00C09F48F4DF/*

*/LineSpeed - 100Mbps FullDuplex, IRQ - 6, BusNum - 2, DevNum - 2 /*

*/Board 1, Frame ETHERNET_II, LSB Mode /*

*/ODIPKT 3.1 /*
*/(c) Copyright Daniel Lanciani 1991-1996. All rights reserved. /*
*/This software is provided with NO WARRANTY. /*
*/Using Ethernet framing, class 1 /*
*/Registered as high priority chained default stack /*
*/ODIPKT is installed and ready./*  
  
All right. it works.


This is what happens when I "add" fdnet bat:

*/Packet driver skeleton copyright 1988-93, Crynwr Software. /*
*/This program is freely copyable; source must be available; NO 
WARRANTY. /*
*/See the file COPYING.DOC for details; send FAX to +1-315-268-9201 
for a copy. /*

*/System: [345]86 processor, ISA bus, Two 8259s /*

*/Packet driver software interrupt is 0x60 (96) /*
*/Interrupt number 0x5 (5) /*
*/I/O port 0x300 (768) /*
*/My Ethernet address is FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF /*
*/mTCP DHCP Client by M Brutman (mbbrut...@gmail.com) (C)opyright 
2008-2013 /*

*/Version: May 23 2013 /*

*/Timeout per request: 10 seconds, Retry attempts: 3 /*

*/Sending DHCP requests, Press [ESC] to abort. /*

*/DHCP request sent, attempt 1: Timeout /*

*/DHCP request sent, attempt 2: Timeout /*
*/DHCP request sent, attempt 3: Timeout /*

*/Error: Your Ethernet card reported an error for every packet we sent. /*
*/Check your cabling and packet driver settings./*   


It is clear that ther's a conflict, (and I don't know what it is) but other 
than that I am doubtful that
fdnet .bat is useful for those who only use freedos and not vb.
   regards, andrea

Il 15.03.2021 12:32 Dean Galloway ha scritto:


Hello Andrea,

Perhaps you can post some screenshots of the messages you are 
receiving when the packet driver loads?


Thanks,
Dean.

On 3/15/2021 12:28 AM, andrea...@tiscali.it wrote:

*hi at all *
*in freedos1.3 there is in C:/fdos/bin the program fdnet.bat. **Ok: wiki.fredos.org explains that it is a program for virtualbox, 
and that in case you have a freedos without virtualbox you have to 
write a line first with your ethernet packet driver.*



*Well, i don't have virtualbox and i don't understand why i have
to load my packet driver in autoexec.bat (or fdauto, bat.) I
prefer to load and unload it according to memory needs, time by
time.
Good. however i tried to add my packet driver to my autoexet.bat
right before on the line produced by fdnet.bat .
It don't work.
Responds: /dhcp request send:error, your ethernet card report an
error for every packet sent.Check your cablin ecc/
and my Ethernet card driver don't work too; then I've to dele

Re: [Freedos-user] Reminder: get-together on Sunday

[Dean Galloway]

Oh great.  This one I will try to attend!

Thanks,
Dean.

On 3/17/2021 8:09 AM, Jim Hall wrote:

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share this brief reminder:

The next virtual get-together is this Sunday, March 21 (11am
US/Central - use your favorite time zone converter to find your local
time). The meeting is hosted on BlueJeans, but you can connect
directly from any (modern) web browser.

I'll post the meeting URL here when the meeting starts on March 21.


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