Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-21 Thread dos386
But the Warcraft II that I`m familiar with did run under plain DOS (well... with DOS4GW). Then the complete ReactOS discussion is pointless. 1. Get WC II working under FreeDOS (troubleshoot DOG4/SW or try DOS32/A) 2. Get the network working Only the included map editor needed Windows (3.1 or

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-20 Thread dos386
I am curious if you can run Warcraft II under Wine I never tested this WC II at all :-| ReactOS used to an effort to clone Windows 95 YO ... FreeWin95 IIRC tried to clone 95, ReactOS always NT (but moving: NT4 - 2K - XP - Wi$ta - 7 - 8 - ???) until that was abandoned in favor of the NT

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-20 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012-12-20 08:30 (GMT) dos386 composed: there is no solution for Win16 There is. It's just not free: OS/2 Warp (old IBM name) eComStation (current release) -- The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive. Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-20 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: So yes, if I can run hxrt on top of freedos and come up with some sort of packet driver for the PCI Realtek network card... that will be legal and I won't have to worry about how many computers I'm setting

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-20 Thread TJ Edmister
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:58:34 -0500, Rugxulo rugx...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: So yes, if I can run hxrt on top of freedos and come up with some sort of packet driver for the PCI Realtek network card... that will

[Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-19 Thread kurt godel
The grub4dos approach is the best, since you can boot anything with it; if that doesn't appeal to you, I would say install the 98 first, as it was designed to commandeer the entire works; the freedos stuff can be copied to the c drive *after an initial installation/backup of the freedos, which is

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-19 Thread Chris Evans
why install win98?if the computer is specd for it, install freedos, and then install ubuntu and dual boot between the two. and use wine for windows stuff. On Dec 19, 2012, at 1:36 PM, kurt godel wrote: The grub4dos approach is the best, since you can boot anything with it; if that

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-19 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Chris Evans aaxiomfin...@gmail.com wrote: why install win98?if the computer is specd for it, install freedos, and then install ubuntu and dual boot between the two. and use wine for windows stuff. Because the intent is to play games that are native for

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-19 Thread dos386
I'm not even sure there's a reason to have FreeDOS in the mix. Sure there is, especially if your 98 copy isn't legal. -- LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-19 Thread Michael Robinson
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 03:32 +, dos386 wrote: I'm not even sure there's a reason to have FreeDOS in the mix. Sure there is, especially if your 98 copy isn't legal. My copy is sort of legal, but I don't have as many licenses for it as I have computers running it. The computer I'm running

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-19 Thread dmccunney
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Michael Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 03:32 +, dos386 wrote: I'm not even sure there's a reason to have FreeDOS in the mix. Sure there is, especially if your 98 copy isn't legal. My copy is sort of legal, but I don't

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos-98

2012-12-19 Thread Andrew Robins
I think that MSFN has some great support for Win98 - I followed it for some time a few years back and there are quite a few dedicated volunteers there who had included USB 2.0 drivers, perfected the various security updates etc. Plenty of debate there as to the legality of the unofficial upgrades,

[Freedos-user] freedos/98 dual boot.

2008-11-25 Thread kurt godel
Jim, I eventually got back to you, that I had *satisfactorily* done it, with 98 in 'c', freedos in 'd'; the trick for me was to master 'devload' and shsucdx. The only bugaboo left is that DOSUSB still cannot coexist with cd rom when fdos is in 'd', yet they do work together if fdos is in 'c'; this

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos/98 dual boot.

2008-11-25 Thread Jim Hall
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:14 PM, kurt godel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim, I eventually got back to you, that I had *satisfactorily* done it, with 98 in 'c', freedos in 'd'; the trick for me was to master 'devload' and shsucdx. The only bugaboo left is that DOSUSB still cannot coexist with cd