Re: [Freedos-devel] Simplifying FreeDOS

2020-11-08 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 10:40 AM Mark Olesen wrote: > > DOS Chromebook? I do not believe FreeDOS could compete with the latest > web browser technologies. It is an interesting concept though.I > believe an attempt was made to Resurrect Amiga with a working machine > and desktop sometime ago. >

Re: [Freedos-devel] Simplifying FreeDOS

2020-11-08 Thread Mark Olesen
DOS Chromebook? I do not believe FreeDOS could compete with the latest web browser technologies. It is an interesting concept though.I believe an attempt was made to Resurrect Amiga with a working machine and desktop sometime ago. FreeDOS is fun stuff for sure. Every once in a while, I enjoy tinke

Re: [Freedos-devel] Simplifying FreeDOS

2020-11-08 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 8:10 AM Mark Olesen wrote: > > That sounds fantastic. It is unfortunate development was abandoned. > Having multiple choices seems like a good idea. TinyCore Linux also has a "Core" (11 MB) "base system which provides only a command line interface". The biggest proble

Re: [Freedos-devel] Simplifying FreeDOS

2020-11-08 Thread Mark Olesen
That sounds fantastic. It is unfortunate development was abandoned. Having multiple choices seems like a good idea. Q: Does anyone know if DELL still uses FreeDOS for firmware and BIOS updates? Or maybe they used to ship a computer with FreeDOS as the primary OS? At one point, I know they did. I

Re: [Freedos-devel] Simplifying FreeDOS

2020-11-08 Thread Rugxulo
Hi again, (Sorry in advance for the ramble.) On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 2:06 PM Rugxulo wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 4:21 PM Steve Nickolas wrote: > > > > On Sat, 24 Oct 2020, Eric Auer wrote: > > > > > Regina REXX was not very small, while some others are small? Regina was (IIRC) compiled

Re: [Freedos-devel] Simplifying FreeDOS

2020-11-08 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 2:24 PM Mark Olesen wrote: > > Great idea. I like minimalism. However, I don't think networking > drivers are up to snuff to completely automate the process. This has already (unofficially) been done. * https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distrib