On Tue, 26 May 2015, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU wrote: > Microsoft's COMMAND.COM is not as great.Since when did it include two > different memory versions (4dos)?FreeDOS includes extra commands that are > built in,such as BEEP,SOUND,and a few other batch commands.As for > compatibility with older computers,why not use their original OS?There are > many archives online that have original zipped copies of MS-DOS.FreeDOS (As > far as I know) is built for the more modern era (90's+).Before this > time,computers didn't follow a standard hardware layout.One computer had a > floppy port and no harddrive,and another required a master boot disk to > boot.As for the WHY,some peopel just like vintage hardware.I do.Perhaps we > could modify the original MS-DOS source,to keep it compatible with he > original 8086 machine,while adding more features? > Regards, > -Jayden
FreeDOS was, at least originally, intended to be a replacement and successor to said original DOS. Even MS-DOS 6.22 and PC DOS 7.0 still ran on 5160s and Tandy 1000s. I think these days there's more of an attitude of FreeDOS being mainly for use in VMs, rather than on metal. A shame, really. Personally, I went back to PC DOS - mainly because things always worked the way I expected them to (something not really true with FreeDOS). I don't think *my* goal of what *I* want out of FreeDOS is shared by most of the developers, so generally, I've stayed out of conversations while I watch what goes on. To be honest, I think "works like MS-DOS 3.3, has the better hardware support of DOS 6, and some of the useful features from DOS 6, while still staying true to its roots as an OS for *8088* PCs" is what I want - rather than mainly as an emulation mode for newer machines - and since the latter seems to be the preferred direction around here, I don't think my input is very much desired or desirable, so I don't say much. The benefit of FreeDOS is that it's *free* - and not free as in "arr, matey". -uso. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
