Re: [Freedos-devel] Simplifying FreeDOS

On 10/24/2020 3:26 PM, Jim Hall wrote: On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 6:06 PM Jerome Shidel > wrote: Hi, If I don’t mention removing or keeping something, I don’t have much of an opinion on it. Over time, FreeDOS has grown to include lots of interesting

Re: [Freedos-devel] HD graphics in FreeDOS ? Possible?

020 7:37 AM, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-devel wrote: I was thinking Allegro too at first. But no, the current version does not work in DOS. Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, August 15, 2020 6:14 AM, Random Liegh

Re: [Freedos-devel] HD graphics in FreeDOS ? Possible?

For libraries, my first thought would be Allegro. But that's a game library (if that makes any difference) and I'm not sure if the current version works with DOS or not. On 8/14/2020 8:14 PM, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-devel wrote: It certainly could be done using VESA. I believe the "offic

Re: [Freedos-devel] Large Partitions in FreeDOS.

On 6/12/2020 10:54 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: support still is larger and slower than a 386 kernel on 386, so you are just needlessly tempting 386+ owners to run extremely retro-compatible, less optimized kernels ;-) Also, FAT32 is not just a module which could easily be unloaded, it is the enti

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

Hi, thanks for replying. On 2/11/2019 11:17 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote: On Feb 11, 2019, at 1:37 PM, Random Liegh via Freedos-devel wrote: I just tried to boot FD13LGCY in virtualbox and got (what is to me) the weirdest error: https://imgur.com/a/EENC2Xf (screenshot) As a user, I would

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS 1.3-RC1

I just tried to boot FD13LGCY in virtualbox and got (what is to me) the weirdest error: https://imgur.com/a/EENC2Xf (screenshot) As a user, I would expect something labelled "legacy" to behave the same way previous versions behaved. Meaning, I would expect that image to boot into an installer

[Freedos-devel] 1.3 suggestion continued (sorry, hit enter too soon)

...as I was saying, would it be possible to set aside a "non-free" category the way that Debian does? If that is too complicated and/or arcane perhaps setting aside a "supplemental" folder on the iso for a small amount of software (like 4dos, etc) as a way of distinquishing it from FreeDOS offi

[Freedos-devel] Suggestion for 1.3

Hi I've followed the 1.3 thread via the newsgroup and wanted to ask a question. Would it be possible to provide 4dos (specifically) and other non-or-god-only ___ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourcefo