[Freedos-user] QuickView 2.60 with MP4 support released

Dear all! Wolfgang Hesseler released QuickView 2.60! He has added MP4 seven years after the last version. Download it and buy it from http://multimediaware.com/qv/index.html Cheers   Florian —  Dr. Florian Xaver  - DOS Wiki---

Re: [Freedos-user] For what architectures is FreeDOS designed?

On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:16:19 -0500, Dennis Holierhoek wrote: > But can it also run 8-bit programs? And 4-bit? > In theory, you could run 8-bit object code if you had an NEC V20 or V30 CPU which is 8086 compatible while also featuring an 8080 emulation mode. NEC also made a special version

Re: [Freedos-user] QuickView 2.60 with MP4 support released

This is fantastic (and quite unexpected) news, thanks for sharing! I noticed that QV got some interesting support for external sound drivers. This looks really nice, I'm wondering whether it would make sense to design such an "official" API for newly created (and/or newly-ported) apps... Of cou

Re: [Freedos-user] QuickView 2.60 with MP4 support released

I love quickview. I'm running v 2.58; need to get the upgrade. PV is another good one that I whish someone would upgrade. cheers DS On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:54:02 -0800 (PST) "Florian Xaver" writes: > Dear all! > > > Wolfgang Hesseler released QuickView 2.60! He has added MP4 seven > years af

Re: [Freedos-user] For what architectures is FreeDOS designed?

On Mon, 2014-11-24 at 04:26 -0500, TJ Edmister wrote: > On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:16:19 -0500, Dennis Holierhoek > wrote: > > > But can it also run 8-bit programs? And 4-bit? > > > > In theory, you could run 8-bit object code if you had an NEC V20 or V30 > CPU which is 8086 compatible while als

Re: [Freedos-user] QuickView 2.60 with MP4 support released

Hi Mateusz, DOSers, > I noticed that QV got some interesting support for external sound > drivers. This looks really nice, I'm wondering whether it would make > sense to design such an "official" API for newly created (and/or > newly-ported) apps... How about the VESA audio API? Rarely suppor

Re: [Freedos-user] For what architectures is FreeDOS designed?

On 11/23/2014 10:49 PM, Dennis Holierhoek wrote: > > I am not trolling, just wondering > Well, start with learning what DOS (as in MS-/PC-/DR-/FreeDOS) is in the first place... Why would you even expect it to run 8bit "programs"? Where do those are supposed to come from? And where do you get "4b

Re: [Freedos-user] For what architectures is FreeDOS designed?

On 11/24/2014 1:26 AM, TJ Edmister wrote: > On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:16:19 -0500, Dennis Holierhoek > wrote: > >> But can it also run 8-bit programs? And 4-bit? >> > In theory, you could run 8-bit object code if you had an NEC V20 or V30 > CPU which is 8086 compatible while also featuring an 8080 em

Re: [Freedos-user] For what architectures is FreeDOS designed?

On 11/24/2014 11:08 AM, Carl Spitzer wrote: > Isn't the Z80 what the Space Shuttle and space Telescope used until > the last decade. I seem to remember my old RS-4P was a Z80 chip. CWSIV Nope, the Space Shuttle's main computer was from IBM, based on a radiation-hardened version of a 32bit System/

Re: [Freedos-user] For what architectures is FreeDOS designed?

On 11/24/2014 7:57 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: > On 11/24/2014 11:08 AM, Carl Spitzer wrote: >> Isn't the Z80 what the Space Shuttle and space Telescope used until >> the last decade. I seem to remember my old RS-4P was a Z80 chip. CWSIV > Nope, the Space Shuttle's main computer was from IBM, based on a

Re: [Freedos-user] For what architectures is FreeDOS designed?

On 11/24/2014 5:13 PM, David Kerber wrote: > On 11/24/2014 7:57 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 11:08 AM, Carl Spitzer wrote: >>> Isn't the Z80 what the Space Shuttle and space Telescope used until >>> the last decade. I seem to remember my old RS-4P was a Z80 chip. CWSIV >> Nope, the Space

[Freedos-user] adding drivers, autoexec.bat, config.sys to bootable CD

I can see and modify the files in the ISO image used to create a bootable CD for FreeDOS, but how and where do I add autoexec.bat and config.sys files to the image and thus the bootable CD -- and where would I put the associated files (like SomeDriver.sys)? thanks  John -