[Freedos-devel] Back at it with DOG

2024-05-29 Thread Wolf Bergenheim via Freedos-devel
Hi everyone, After ~22 years I got back into coding on DOG. I'm working my way towards a new release, 0.8.4b, in the ~soon timeframe. I'm also working on moving the source code to GitHub and fixing the website. It had apparently broken several years ago... So far I've been fixing the code and imp

Re: [Freedos-devel] Proposal for new package in T2405

2024-05-29 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
Hi Jim, I created an i16env package. Since it is very small and you did not specify a license anywhere, I assumed you intend it to be “Public Domain”. So, that’s how I listed it in the metadata. If that is incorrect, let me know. I added the package to be included on the BonusCD along with t

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS on Pocket386

2024-05-29 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-devel
Jim Hall wrote: [..] > > It arrived Friday. I powered it on to make sure it works, and it does. > > They've pre-installed some pirated copy of Win95 on there, but I'll > > reinstall the whole thing with FreeDOS anyway. :-) > > > > The Pocket386 only boots from the internal C: drive (a CF card). I >

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS on Pocket386

2024-05-29 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
Hi Jim, > On May 28, 2024, at 6:12 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > *I'm resending (with a few edits/updates) because this message failed > over the weekend due to the SF list server outage > > > You may remember the Book8088 micro-laptop and Hand386 handheld from > last year. I al

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS on Pocket386

2024-05-29 Thread Louis Santillan via Freedos-devel
Instead of investing in PS2, I’m building one or more of these. https://docs.pikvm.org/pico_hid_bridge/ On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 12:15 AM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel < freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > On May 28, 2024, at 6:12 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel < > freedos-devel@

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS on Pocket386

2024-05-29 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
> On May 28, 2024, at 6:12 PM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > wrote: > [..] > I also ordered a PS/2 keyboard, because the built-in keyboard is too > tiny to do real work on. It's 8 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/4 (inches). I just got one a few weeks ago along with a PS/2 mouse. Both brand new. I was kind o

Re: [Freedos-devel] Virtual dot matrix printer

2024-05-29 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
Hi Jim, > On May 27, 2024, at 11:41 AM, Jim Hall via Freedos-devel > wrote: > > I created a FreeDOS program that simulates printing on a 9-pin impact > ("dot matrix") printer. > > I made this for a few reasons: 1. I am writing an article about dot > matrix printing, and didn't have a good way