Ron wrote:
> Unfortunately, I suspect that we SHALL need these soon. I'v ehad
>several CD-roms through lately from chip manufacturers. When I try to
>look at the files, XT tells me that the directories are all EMPTY!!! I
>fear that this might be something to do with new LFN or FATs???
>
> Dunn
For DOS users, using Linux text editors such as vi and emacs
are very different from the text editors available for DOS.
There is one exception and is the first application I install whereever
I install Linux : SET's editor v0.4.41, a free editor released under
the GNU license (so source code
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote :
> Even though the last time I actually used MS-DOS since I switched
> to DR-DOS (and then PC-DOS) was around 1997, I still keep a copy
> of Edit. Yep, I use the MS-DOS 6.22 Edit. Its actually one of the
> better programs I saw so far. I'm
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:23:44 +, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whilst I'm at it, does the ZIP drive run on pure DOS, too?
Yes, it certainly does. A DOS driver is provided with the supplied
software for the IOMEGA ZIP DRIVE. It will run with DOS version 3.31
and higher.
Clarence V
Clarence Verge wrote:
>
> is there any way to do the inter-user pasting without a mouse ?
Not that I know of. It should be possible to modify the gpm
daemon to access the keyboard instead of the mouse, but I've
never seen this anywhere.
> If I'm at the CLI I don't want to have a mouse clut
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:23:44 +, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Listers,
> Whilst this very interesting thread is active, perhaps I can
> ask whether anyone has found a CD-ROM writer that runs under DOS. I've
> seen lots of drives for sale and they all seem to say the dreaded wo
Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>
> OK folks,
> I guess we could all use a refresher coarse. ;-)
> (this is the exact original message renamed from .mes to .txt)
> http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/memory.txt
>
> ---(clipped from the original message headers)---
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That was
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000 16:07:49 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
> Clarence Verge wrote:
>>> Or Botton wrote:
>> What do NT and Linux do to skip over the 640k limitation in Intel
>> hardware?
> I have no idea what NT might do, but I'll bet Linux re-maps the memory.
> - - Clarence Verge<<
> From what I
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Bernie wrote:
> I currently have "ls -la --color" and at times add "-rc" (making it almost
> like dir/od).
I alias lsa="ls -a --color" and ll="ls -al --color" in my .bashrc file
and think this is very useful ... and I always type these command even
when they doesn't work ;
Edenyard wrote:
>
>Whilst I'm at it, does the ZIP drive run on pure DOS, too?
I can't help with the CD writer, but my Syquest zip drive (EZ135)
sees only DOS.
- Clarence Verge
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Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> Does anyone know why this page is seen so W - I - D - E as displayed
> by Arachne?:
>
> http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/pine/pc/index.html
>
> Just a poorly designed page, or something wrong with the way Arachne
> renders it? Does it look OK when s
Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>
> How did you partition your removable media? Can you use FDISK?
Hi Sam;
I replied to this last night but had forgotten I had unsubscribed the address
I posted from.
I used SYQSHELL.exe which came with the Syquest drive and offers various
options for formatting and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Thomas Mueller wrote:
>
> > and handle two or more at a time?
>
> Any Linux editor can do this by running a second version
> of the editor (ALT-Fx). Even in the CLI, you can paste
> between them using the mouse.
I had explored a bit that multi-tasking aspect of Li
This story has just gone up on http://linuxtoday.com
-
The ViewML Project has produced a high-quality Web browser
in a short time, directly targeting the embedded Linux
environment. By including open-source core components we've
been
Joerg Bartels wrote:
>
> I wonder that such a mistake in the syntax causes
> that bad CMOS-crash.
Linux has some very powerful commands (dd is one),
and small syntax errors can produce spectacular
results. You need to be very careful with your
syntax, particularly when you are 'root'.
Chee
Hi
"Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
E>Whilst this very interesting thread is active, perhaps I can
E> ask whether anyone has found a CD-ROM writer that runs under DOS.
Every cd-r works in DOS, when you have a program which can use it.
(no driver needed)
The problem is that I don't kn
Thomas Mueller wrote:
>
> I have a little experience with Pico, features are
> rather limited,
Pico is designed as basic editor, suitable for newbies.
The limited feature set makes it easy to learn.
> How big a file can Pico handle?
Unlimited.
> I am not familiar with ae and ee.
Also bas
At 05.09.2000 08:54:00, you wrote:
>Thanks for your message.
>
>> I tryed to make a bootdisk for a Corel-Linux
>> installation under BASICLinux
>> dd if=cdrom/Corel/Boot/boot1440.img of=dev/fd0
>
>You've left out the / in /cdrom and /dev.
>
>> snip
>
>BTW, is there any particular reason why you
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 06:49:28PM +0200, Bernie wrote:
> Casper wrote:
> >But it is in the filename, the full filename that is.
> >It's not ls, it's really /bin/ls , it's in /bin so it is executable.
> >That is one of the benefits of the "weird" directory structure.
>
> Ok, what about ~/arachne-
Dear Listers,
Whilst this very interesting thread is active, perhaps I can
ask whether anyone has found a CD-ROM writer that runs under DOS. I've
seen lots of drives for sale and they all seem to say the dreaded words
'Minimum requirements of 'Doze ninety-something and a CPU running at
gigaher
On Sun, 03 Sep 2000 23:36:28 -0500 Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> I visited the page. Very interesting and nicely done. Do you have plans
> to add additional pages for acronyms of more than three letters?
>
I think you mean MTTLAs, Sam!
Ron.
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Hi
"Florian Xaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
FX> There is a 32-BIT DOS:
FX> Dr-DOS, with its memory manager it is a 32-BIT.
IMHO not ... it's a 16 bit DOS with a 32 bit memory manager.
There is no 32 bit API provided ?? (or is there)
IMHO it switches back to realmode to access IO/ DOS API fu
Hi!
>>1)So what's preventing people from making a DOS that will initially
>> run in protected mode? (besides the 286- support.)
>>
>>2)And what about the programs that use "protected mode extenders"?
>
>Ok, lets assume we'll make a new 32-bit DOS:
>
>1. We create a 32-bit DOS
>2. We create a 16-
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 10:42:44 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> EDIT.COM first appeared with DOS 5.00, and it was included also with
> the more advanced versions. In DOS 5.00 you need QBASIC, also included,
> in order for EDIT.COM to work. I don't know if QBASIC is required for
> the more advan
Casper wrote:
>But it is in the filename, the full filename that is.
>It's not ls, it's really /bin/ls , it's in /bin so it is executable.
>That is one of the benefits of the "weird" directory structure.
Ok, what about ~/arachne-1.66b/arachne (ok, this might not be the correct
path since I haven'
Or wrote:
>1)So what's preventing people from making a DOS that will initially
> run in protected mode? (besides the 286- support.)
>
>2)And what about the programs that use "protected mode extenders"?
Ok, lets assume we'll make a new 32-bit DOS:
1. We create a 32-bit DOS
2. We create a 16-bit
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 03:09:17 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
>> For me, PICO was harder to use then Edit. I guess that this is
>> a matter of taste. :)
>> Or Botton
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Which Edit is this, MS-DOS or so
On 5 Sep 2000, at 10:30, Or Botton wrote:
> I still keep a copy
> of Edit. Yep, I use the MS-DOS 6.22 Edit.
>
> (when I need to edit multiple files, I use the Windows 95 version
> of Edit. Which is even better, suprisingly!)
Why don't you keep the W95 one going? That way you don't have
to keep
On 5 Sep 2000, at 9:45, Joerg Dietze wrote:
> AFAIK, You'll have linear memory, if You switch at least to protected
> mode, which is available with 286 or better.
But Protected Mode on the 286 is not very good.You can't switch
back to Real Mode without a reboot...
The 386 was Intel's first mo
Hi
"Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Some Linux text editors are easy to use. Pico, ae,
>> and ee are examples. And there are also Wordstar clones
>> (for those who find Wordstar easy).
TM> I have a little experience with Pico, features are rather limited,
it is only one edit
Sorry, it was another program. Sorry!!
so long, florian
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Datum: Dienstag, 05. September 2000 11:51
Betreff: Re: DOS and the future
>Florian Xaver wrote:
>> Did you read the copyright?
Hi!
> >> They use the protected mode. (memory limited to 4 GB afaik)
> >> The only processor with a 640 K limit is the intel 8086 and 8088.
>
> >> All other processors can additionally to their real operating mode
> >> (protected) emulate the 8086 with its memory limit (real mode)
>
> OB> Which b
On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 10:45:32AM +0800, Joerg Bartels wrote:
> Hey Steven,
> I tryed to make a bootdisk for a Corel-Linux installation under BASICLinux
> dd if=cdrom/Corel/Boot/boot1440.img of=dev/fd0 with cdromdrive mounted
^^
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Richard Menedetter wrote:
> That DOS would not be DOS but OS/2, Linux, NT or any other Protected mode
> OS :)
It will still be DOS for me. (explanation can be found in earlier
rant).
> A Protected mode DOS (can this exist ??) would not be compatible with real
> mode DOS!
So this could be the pr
Florian Xaver wrote:
> Did you read the copyright? It isn't developed from Microsoft :-)))
Edit - MS-DOS 6.22:
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation, 1987-1992.
Edit - MS-DOS 7:
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1995.
Looks like an MS product. Couldnt find any other company in the
help text.. where di
On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 10:25:42PM +0300, Or Botton wrote:
>
> hm... how about an internal hardware based PC emulator? :)
Isn't that what the Crusoe processor from Transmeta is all about?
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Hi
"Or Botton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> They use the protected mode. (memory limited to 4 GB afaik)
>> The only processor with a 640 K limit is the intel 8086 and 8088.
>> All other processors can additionally to their real operating mode
>> (protected) emulate the 8086 with its memory
>Even though the last time I actually used MS-DOS since I switched
>to DR-DOS (and then PC-DOS) was around 1997, I still keep a copy
>of Edit. Yep, I use the MS-DOS 6.22 Edit. Its actually one of the
>better programs I saw so far. I'm still amazed that something like
>this actually came out from M
On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 15:11:10 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> I would like to say right here that *I* am quite happy with the current
> (and past) state of DOS. Personally, I don't WANT filename completion,
> and if I ever came across it I would want to turn it off.
>
Well said, Clarence!
>
>
On Mon, 4 Sep 2000 10:45:32 +0800
Joerg Bartels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Subject: Steven: CMOS-crash with BASICLinux!
>I tryed to make a bootdisk for a Corel-Linux installation under BASICLinux
>dd if=cdrom/Corel/Boot/boot1440.img of=dev/fd0 with cdromdrive mounted
>to cdrom and fd0 mounted to
Hi folks,
AFAIK, You'll have linear memory, if You switch at least to protected
mode, which is available with 286 or better.
Regards Joerg
> I have no idea what NT might do, but I'll bet Linux re-maps the memory.
> - Clarence Verge
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Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Which Edit is this, MS-DOS or something more advanced?
Even though the last time I actually used MS-DOS since I switched
to DR-DOS (and then PC-DOS) was around 1997, I still keep a copy
of Edit. Yep, I use the MS-DOS 6.22 Edit. Its actually one of the
better programs I saw
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000 09:19:35 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Some Linux text editors are easy to use. Pico, ae,
> and ee are examples. And there are also Wordstar clones
> (for those who find Wordstar easy).
I have a little experience with Pico, features are rather limited, nothing
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