If it is slow..then..hmm.Perhaps we could somehow size down the memory
block usage of all the FreeDOS calls/programs?Just tossing around ideas,as
it would be cool to know someone is using an OS that can be used on modern
and old PC's.(It's kind of the same thing as saying I can use windows 8 on
a commodore VIC 20.It would be nice to know we reached that goal.).
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Steve Nickolas <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>
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