Hi there,
Ooops. First posted using a private address not the list address. :(
Sorry all for the delay in replying - life intervened but I've now had
the chance to investigate this a little.
On Sun, 8 Sep 2024, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote:
Actually, many reasonably new computers support
Hi Daniel,
Sorry for the late acknowledgement. Issues. :(
I found your post absolutely fascinating. The more so because, about
25 years ago, I learned to fly a helicopter. :)
On Sun, 8 Sep 2024, Daniel Essin via Freedos-user wrote:
This is more of an fyi than an answer to anything. During th
Hi g. W.
Writing with a question, and an answer to your USB keyboard situation.
For the record, I am typing with one, right now, in DOS which is the only
operating system on my computer.
However, which leads to the question.
My BIOS has USB support, and at first that was enough to run the keybo
This is more of an fyi than an answer to anything. During the Vietnam
War, Richard Piick developed a system for the Marine Corp to manage the
helicopter spare parts inventory. It combine an os, a database, query
language and report writer. In the early 80's t was released for the
8086 pc (ibm A
Hi!
Actually, many reasonably new computers supported the following:
- boot from USB storage devices (flash sticks, SD cards in card
readers, USB zip, USB floppy, USB CD/DVD, harddisks, SSD etc.)
- use USB keyboards as if they were PS/2
- use USB mice as if they were PS/2
You may have
Hi there,
If you're not interested in the background, please skip to THE QUESTION. :)
On Saturday, June 1st, 2024 at 2:51 AM, Roger via Freedos-user wrote:
Would be really interesting to hear, how people continue actively using
DOS today, including their hardware/software environment. ...
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