Re: [Freedos-devel] DOS File Sharing- was: UEFI, virtual BIOS and virtual hardware - was: Google Summer of Code?

2023-01-30 Thread jerome
Hi Liam, > On Jan 30, 2023, at 9:22 AM, Liam Proven wrote: > [..] > I've managed to not only mount but also convert between formats, and > spaces in names weren't a problem, but this seems a clumsy way to do > it to me TBH. I want to just mount a shared folder on the host PC, as > DOSemu or DOSbo

Re: [Freedos-devel] Google Summer of Code?

2023-01-30 Thread Aitor SantamarĂ­a
Hello, On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 at 22:59, Jim Hall wrote: > I think Microsoft would have had to find a way around the obvious > limitations in DOS, inherent in an operating system from 1981. With > more powerful CPUs, more memory, and networking, you need a more > powerful operating system. Let's cal

Re: [Freedos-devel] Google Summer of Code?

2023-01-30 Thread Liam Proven
On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 at 22:59, Jim Hall wrote: > > The thought experiment starts with: What might have happened if > Microsoft had decided to keep "DOS" and not go the "Windows" route? A > command line operating system, but one that takes advantage of newer > hardware features? Microsoft *did.* Th

Re: [Freedos-devel] UEFI, virtual BIOS and virtual hardware - was: Goo gle Summer of Code?

2023-01-30 Thread Liam Proven
On Sun, 29 Jan 2023 at 14:00, Wilhelm Spiegl wrote: > > Ehhm? Use vhd format supported in win ( except home edition ) That's not the native VirtualBox format, is it? I don't think so. Anyway, I am talking about FOSS OSes here. I don't run Windows. > with virtualbox and you can simply mount the