On 28 Jun 2024, mary4 said the following...

i am curious if anyone uses this os on their old systems

I just installed it on my HP t510.

I have a ways to go to get networking up. Lots to learn there.

I hope it can actually get online and make a connection to the internet.

I've recently built an mgetty system with a modem through an ATA, but I don't have to use the modem to get my FreeDOS system online.

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On 28 Jun 2024, Ben Collver said the following...

Re: anyone uses FreeDOS?
By: mary4 to All on Fri Jun 28 2024 11:08:05

I am using FreeDOS on two systems.

A 1995 desktop with a Pentium processor and 32 MB memory.

A 2005 laptop with a Pentium-M processor and 512 MB memory.

They are both networked through a serial port and sneakernet.

I use FreeDOS because i like that it comes with source code.

Hi Ben,

Do your systems have network cards?

Did you attempt to get tcp/ip working with them with FreeDOS?

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i am curious if anyone uses this os on their old systems

I just installed it on my HP t510.

I have it on my old iMac2011. It worked fine but I haven't used it on daily basis for a long time.. like 5 years or so.. But when I did, I liked to call it HackinDOS ;)

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On 02 Nov 2024, hollowone said the following...

i am curious if anyone uses this os on their old systems

I just installed it on my HP t510.

I have it on my old iMac2011. It worked fine but I haven't used it on daily basis for a long time.. like 5 years or so.. But when I did, I
liked to call it HackinDOS ;)

i think its a nice OS and i like some of the features. I gave up on the networking part of it for a bit and went to MSDOS. I was pretty confused on how to use FreeDOS and the documentation just wasn't saying enough for me. Now that I learned a bit more about how to make MSDOS use ethernet I think I may give it a try again. MSDOS documentation is gone now days, but I found enough online with an OK example to get my system online.

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MSDOS documentation is gone
now days, but I found enough online with an OK example to get my system online.

With the concept of Shadow Libraries plus AO's books there is a lot of forgotten knowledge available again and because those were once commercially published books, quality and structure is very well thought out usually.

I relearned TASM's IDEAL mode thanks to one of those books.

I've learned about packet drivers and custom TCP stack solutions purely from online resources still being actively maintained by various individuals.

If you have any specific question, shoot, maybe I have found the answer already. I've been playing with DOS on almost daily basis for 3-4 years already. Staying loyal to 6.22 as my basis.

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With the concept of Shadow Libraries plus AO's books there is a lot of

I've never heard of Shadow Libraries, or AO's books. Are AD's books meaning 1980's books?

forgotten knowledge available again and because those were once
commercially published books, quality and structure is very well thought
out usually.

Yes back before computers were everywhere the books were a lot more detailed.

I relearned TASM's IDEAL mode thanks to one of those books.
If you have any specific question, shoot, maybe I have found the answer already. I've been playing with DOS on almost daily basis for 3-4 years already. Staying loyal to 6.22 as my basis.

Hard to find those books, and knowledge.

What are your favorite resources?

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With the concept of Shadow Libraries plus AO's books there is a lot o

I've never heard of Shadow Libraries, or AO's books. Are AD's books meaning 1980's books?

Re: Shadow Libraries

https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-the-largest-shadow-libraries/

Best equipped today is Anna's Archive. I liked Z-Library before but now it's full of scam.

AO => Archive Online (www.archive.org) of course.

If you search both, you can find a lot of interesting books for free (of course legality of such download can be discussed on per country's local laws/interpretations.

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