Re: [Freedos-user] Announcement: lDebug release 5

2023-03-08 Thread jerome
Hi, > On Mar 8, 2023, at 1:33 PM, C. Masloch wrote: > [..] I added the new release to my repo [1], and the official package update repo [2][3] on ibiblio. > [7]: > https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/debug/ldebug/rel4/ > >

Re: [Freedos-user] Can you recommend a good single-board-computer for legacy OSs?

2023-03-08 Thread Travis Siegel
Thanks man, extremely helpful.  Probably exactly what I've been looking for, for years.  I knew it was out there, (I'd seen reference to such boards in industrial processes posts), but couldn't find them anywhere.  With this, I might be able to actually build a couple of the projects I wanted

[Freedos-user] Announcement: lDebug release 5

2023-03-08 Thread C. Masloch
Hello list, I decided to push out a new release today of my debugger, lDebug (it starts with a small L). Besides many bug fixes, the past year brought some new features, such as some support for a 40-column mode (developed for my HP 95LX handheld computer), the ability to load the debugger as

Re: [Freedos-user] Can you recommend a good single-board-computer for legacy OSs?

2023-03-08 Thread Louis Santillan
Have a look at parkytowers and consider a thin client of pre-Windows 7 or Windows XP vintage. They're usually cheap and plentiful on ebay and the like. https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/hware/hardware.shtml On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 3:19 AM Frantisek Rysanek wrote: > > ...oops, I have a small

Re: [Freedos-user] Can you recommend a good single-board-computer for legacy OSs?

2023-03-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
...oops, I have a small typo correction: > Note that Vortex86, especially in the DX2 generation, is pretty close > to machines of the 486 / Pentium era. > actually I meant the Vortex86DX, not the DX2. (The DX2 is actually moving away slightly from the old-skool bare metal.) Frank > It's got

Re: [Freedos-user] Can you recommend a good single-board-computer for legacy OSs?

2023-03-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
On 8 Mar 2023 at 2:15, Ben Hutchinson wrote: > > My current laptop computer is a Dell Inspiron 7559. It has this cool > feature where it lets you go into the firmware settings at bootup > with F2. Then you can disable "Secure Boot" after which you can then > enable "Legacy BIOS". This lets me

Re: [Freedos-user] Can you recommend a good single-board-computer for legacy OSs?

2023-03-08 Thread Chas Hopkins
Frank, thank you for that fantastic summary. Regards Chas On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 at 10:03, Frantisek Rysanek wrote: > > On 7 Mar 2023 at 23:06, Ben Hutchinson wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2023, 5:14 PM Volkert via Freedos-user > > wrote: > > > You might look for products based on a Vortex86 SoC.

Re: [Freedos-user] Can you recommend a good single-board-computer for legacy OSs?

2023-03-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
On 7 Mar 2023 at 23:06, Ben Hutchinson wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 7, 2023, 5:14 PM Volkert via Freedos-user > wrote: > > You might look for products based on a Vortex86 SoC. Those have > > a legacy BIOS and can boot MS-DOS and older Windows versions > > and such.  > > [ + a link to the Vogons

Re: [Freedos-user] Can you recommend a good single-board-computer for legacy OSs?

2023-03-08 Thread tom ehlert
> I'm looking for one that's mass produced, just like Arduinos and > Raspberry Pis are mass produced hobbyist computer boards.  The only > problem with those is they don't support intel CPU instructions. ROFL Tom ___ Freedos-user mailing list