(http://www.freedos.org/download/).Try the floppy images here.
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Edouard Forler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for proposing something. I don't mean to ask for an immediate
> solution to this issue. And I know the [dev] resources are low.
>
> If I can find some time to do it, I would like to investigate why it is
> slow. ms-dos was written in assembly until ms-dos 4, however they kept
> much of it after that and as I said, ms-dos 6.22 works much faster on an
> XT. Is freedos written in assembly as well ?
>
> Also, as mentionned years ago on this list, I might have tested it with
> some useless extenders enabled by default. So I think there is room for
> investigation.
>
> Actually, the whole reflexion started when I saw this ODIN stuff. My
> first reaction was "oh ? there's a specific 8086 Freedos distro called
> ODIN ?" But now I see it's not very well maintained.
>
> Do you know if there is any 5"1/4 image of Freedos with a sort of
> minimal set of features available ?
>
> EF
>
> Le 26.05.2015 16:43, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU a écrit :
> > 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]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 26 May 2015, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU wrote:
> >
> > > Microsoft's COMMAND.COM <http://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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