Seems to me that I tried freedos and it did not work very well. I will have to try again. -- charlie Crawford. At 04:25 PM 9/10/02 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks Ralph. I found out what happened to the MSDOS alternative. It >seems from Dr. DOS with Novell, it turned into Open DOS as a subtitle when >the parent company of Lineo bought it. Lineo has been integrating it with >their flavour of Linux products. If you go to www.drdos.com, you will find >a image file which runs under any flavour of Linux they say. Lineo has >stopped development of Dr. DOS because they feel Linux is the path toward >riches. Any comercial usage involves payment to Lineo for their last >version 7.03 which multitasks and such. But, do not take heart, Freedos >exists today. As long as it is for personal usage, Freedos can be had by >all. It is a direct takeoff from Dr. DOS. The Web site is www.freedos.org > >At 11:28 AM 9/10/02 , you wrote: > >Ross Eadie staggered into view and mumbled: > >> > >> > >>At 07:09 PM 9/9/02 , Charlie wrote: > >>>Heh heh. Microsoft should drop Windows and expand DOS. Never happen eh? > >> > >>On the topic of DOS, has anyone heard what happened with the Open DOS > >>project that came out of the purchase of DR. DOS? Last I heard they were > >>multitasking DOS. Given my current problem with the stupid SCSI adapter, I > >>would be considerate of a move to something like Open DOS. > >> > > > >Open DOS was renamed DR-DOS as it was upgraded from version 7.01 to > >7.02 and finally 7.03. The company that was developing this OS won > >its suit against Microslop (Microsoft), and then stopped upgrading > >DR-DOS. I do not believe any upgrades have been done to the OS > >since then, but I believe the OS has been released to the public > >domain. In 2000, I put together a list of operating systems which > >were available for Intel type architecture, including DR-DOS. > ><a href="http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~rreid/links/os.html";> > >The list > ></a> > >is a little dated, but it is still available. Links are available > >from that page to the various places where the operating systems can > >be found. I guess I should update the thing so it includes something > >about Speakup--yet another pressing project;). > > > >Have a _great_ day! > > > >-- > >Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. > >rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid > >Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. > >_PI = 4 * ARCTAN (1) > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >--- >Ross Eadie >Voice: (204) 339-5287 > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
