Re: [Freedos-user] USB

2015-11-01 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 01/11/2015 02:05, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Does FreeDOS support USB ports? FreeDOS, as any other DOS I know, doesn't. But there are drivers out there that can talk to xHCI controllers and map mass storage USB media to DOS drives. Bret kindly provides such drivers under an open-source license:

[Freedos-user] New FreeDOSers Monthly Reminder

2015-11-01 Thread John Price
MONTHLY REMINDER FOR THE FREEDOS MAILING LISTS Hi! If you are new to the FreeDOS mailing lists, welcome! If you have been a list member for some time, then you can skip this as you should be familiar with the rules by now. --- The

Re: [Freedos-user] USB

2015-11-01 Thread Thomas Mueller
from Marc LaPierre: > Does FreeDOS support USB ports? Sort of. I believe USB support is from the BIOS or UEFI. I believe USB keyboards are OK, not sure about USB mice. My experience with USB sticks in FreeDOS is that they are treated as fixed disks: must be present at boot, and FreeDOS won't

Re: [Freedos-user] USB

2015-11-01 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Mateusz Viste wrote: > > On 01/11/2015 02:05, Mark LaPierre wrote: >> >> Does FreeDOS support USB ports? > > Bret kindly provides such drivers under an open-source license: > > http://bretjohnson.us/ IIRC, that is UHCI only, so unlikely to

[Freedos-user] Quick Basic

2015-11-01 Thread Mark LaPierre
One more question. Will QB run on FreeDOS? -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ -- ___ Freedos-user

Re: [Freedos-user] USB

2015-11-01 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 11/01/15 15:08, Karen Lewellen wrote: > I can speak to the Panasonic one, it is fantastic! > At least in ms dos 7.1 which I use instead of freedos. > Karen > > > On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Mateusz Viste wrote: > >> On 01/11/2015 02:05, Mark LaPierre wrote: >>> Does FreeDOS support USB ports? >> >>

Re: [Freedos-user] USB

2015-11-01 Thread Karen Lewellen
I can speak to the Panasonic one, it is fantastic! At least in ms dos 7.1 which I use instead of freedos. Karen On Sun, 1 Nov 2015, Mateusz Viste wrote: > On 01/11/2015 02:05, Mark LaPierre wrote: >> Does FreeDOS support USB ports? > > FreeDOS, as any other DOS I know, doesn't. But there are

Re: [Freedos-user] Quick Basic

2015-11-01 Thread Mateusz Viste
On 02/11/2015 04:00, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Will QB run on FreeDOS? Yes it will, it's nothing more than a standard 16bit application after all. In my experience both QBasic (interpreter) and QBX (full-blown compiler) work without any troubles. If you are a BASIC person, you might find the

[Freedos-user] Playing infocom games

2015-11-01 Thread David Griffith
For those of you who like to play Infocom games on DOS, please use Frotz 2.40. The latest version crashes randomly on DOS. I'm working on the problem. Any assistance is welcome because right now I'm mainly interested in getting audio output on Unix working all the way. -- David Griffith