FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old Machines
FreeDOS is a free and open‐source operating system designed to be compatible with MS‑DOS. Developed to keep the DOS experience alive even after Microsoft ended support for MS‑DOS, FreeDOS has grown into a complete environment that not only preserves classic DOS functionality but also introduces modern enhancements.
Read More: https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable
I pushed an update to #DOStodon (the #Mastodon client for MS-DOS):
- Updated README because of login-problems with Mastodon 4.3 or newer
- Uploaded #win32 version (works on #WinXP or newer)
Grab it at https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon
The annual #BASIC 10 Liner contest has returned! Code like it's 1989!
I just updated my #MSDOS image viewer/converter #DosView
* Updated libjpeg to 9f.
* Updated libjasper to 4.2.4.
* Fixed a crash when running out of memory during loading/display.
* Fixed version number when running DosView.
* Added help overlay in view mode.
* Patched Allegro to support more BMP formats.
* Fixed DE LSM for FreeDOS.
https://github.com/SuperIlu/DosView/releases/tag/v1.7
#RetroComputing
#jpeg #png #qoi #webp #bmp #tga #NetPBM #ras #tiff #jpeg2000 #pcx #FreeDOS #GIF #PSD #HDR #PIC
I finally received this Samsung N210, in very good condition! The battery still has a very good autonomy & the power supply/charger that I had, is compatible & does its job. Even if it's not original. Finally, here is the plan for the hard drive:
- #MSDOS 6.22 (or #FREEDOS 1.4?)
- Windows XP Professional
- Games Partition
- A compatible Linux: any recommendation?
Updated Interesting DOS programs at
dosprograms.info.tt
But depending on my `fdconfig.sys` I either get it in a boot-loop (IDK if from b.com or 9dos) or a kernel-panic from 9dos ("double fault"... at least it's getting out of b.com!).
Anyone have troubleshooting resources for adjusting #FreeDOS `fdconfig.sys` or #Qemu flags (or other emulators) for circa-1992 software?
I'm too young to remember config.sys, and my #RetroComputing hasn't involved much #DOS yet.
But remember how we used to have a bunch of bootloaders and kernels that were #MSDOS programs, so that #DOS could initialize the hardware for it (eg: syslinux)? That's the #Plan9 1e process; run `b.com` from DOS, and that will load the `9dos` kernel.
And unlike Solaris 2 or RISC/os or whatever, #FreeDOS is #FreeSoftware and is easy to get running in #Qemu.
When It Comes To DOS, Don’t Forget DR-DOS. - Despite the latest and greatest Intel-derived computers having multi-core 64-bit p... - https://hackaday.com/2024/12/25/when-it-comes-to-dos-dont-forget-dr-dos/ #softwarehacks #freedos #svardos #ms-dos #dos
My favorite pastime is to build tiny retro machines based on industrial surplus. Sadly, the cost of these parts in the US have gone through the roof over the past few years. But I have my little collection #retrocomputing #retrogaming #repurposed #msdos #freedos
Got one of those ancient Eee PCs? They were useless when new, but now with FreeDOS and SBEMU, they make for a decent DOS machine, as seen here.
#ancienttech
#dinosaurhardware
#nostalgia
#retrogaming
#retrogames
#vintagegaming
#FreeDOS
#SBEMU
What I’ve learned about open source community over 30 years – Both.org https://www.both.org/?p=7601 #opensource #community #FreeDOS #technology
Up to the point where I obtain the #Freedos 1.3 USB image and use guestfish to swap out FDAUTO.BAT, bringing the #reedos system right to the C:\> prompt.
Getting to this point takes ~2GB of dependencies and because of virtualization, I need to cheat a bit on the docker image creation and rely on the host kernel image release version being available as a linux-image package in Ubuntu. This means that the produced docker image is less portable but there's not a great way around it.
