Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use DOS a.k.a. FreeDOS for Dummies?

On 4/19/2021 4:41 AM, Thomas Desi wrote: On Sun,20210418- week15, at 22:33, Ralf Quint > wrote: expect that you don't have to do a few things in a more manual way This is correct; but it is for me also a learning process (=read: discovery etc.) in learning how

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use DOS a.k.a. FreeDOS for Dummies?

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 19:53, Tomas By wrote: > > > Just a comment, Open Genera 2.0 (not tried it): > > https://archive.org/details/OpenGenera It is an absolutely fascinating OS and an important piece of history, but it's not freeware or FOSS, it's not a native x86 OS and must run on an emulator,

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use DOS a.k.a. FreeDOS for Dummies?

Hello Liam, This is indeed interesting --- an OS that is fast and light, and knows at least a few things about modern (21st-century) hardware and software standards. There are a _lot_ of choices out there that are not as bloated as modern Linux tends to be, and not super-simple and limited li

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use DOS a.k.a. FreeDOS for Dummies?

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:39:00 +0200, Liam Proven wrote: > [...] I wrote an article for the Register about a decade back with 25 > alternative OSes for x86 machines > https://www.theregister.com/Print/2013/11/01/25_alternative_pc_operating_systems/ Just a comment, Open Genera 2.0 (not tried it): h

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use DOS a.k.a. FreeDOS for Dummies?

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 19:06, TK Chia wrote: > > This is indeed interesting --- an OS that is fast and light, and knows > at least a few things about modern (21st-century) hardware and software > standards. There are quite a few out there. I wrote an article for the Register about a decade back

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use DOS a.k.a. FreeDOS for Dummies?

Hello Eric, hello Thomas, PS: Thanks for mentioning https://kolibrios.org/de/download which supports USB (mouse, keyboard, trackpad, storage) in only 1.5 MB. Does it also support your printer and other USB devices? It does This is indeed interesting --- an OS that is fast and light, and knows

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use DOS a.k.a. FreeDOS for Dummies?

> On Sun,20210418- week15, at 22:33, Ralf Quint wrote: > > expect that you don't have to do a few things in a more manual way This is correct; but it is for me also a learning process (=read: discovery etc.) in learning how the tools work technicall, more then we are used in the current con

Re: [Freedos-user] Why I use DOS a.k.a. FreeDOS for Dummies?

On Sun,20210418- week15, at 21:01, Eric Auer wrote: > > Keep me posted about your USB driver adventures :-) will do. Some info I found here: http://www.bootdisk.com/usb.htm -Th___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lis