Yes, I have to agree. When I initially installed dosemu, it came with freedos. With all due respect and keeping in mind that this is not a proprietary product, I found it to be pretty crappy, which is why I got rid of it under dosemu. Greg On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 03:56:19PM -0400, Charles Crawford wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
