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  • From: Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] dosemu
  • Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:24:22 +1000

Hi Sindi,

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 02:16:36 +0000 (UTC)
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:


> > I will set up a BL2 and a BL3 download directories and post to this list.
> > Let me know what I should copy over from you, the URL where they are,
> > and which BL they are for.
>
> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl has the files
> /blfiles.htm describes them
>
> Please mirror gs850.tgz and the lynx package (which I think James also
> has) and David's dosemu.tgz They are for BL2 - the former with upgraded
> libc 2.2.5. And you can put a link to the others, or to the .htm file
> with explanations of how to install/use them.

I have set up the directories from: http://www.ausreg.com/bl/
which feeds either BL2 or BL3.

I have already uploaded to BL2: dosemu.tgz, the freedos....tgz that goes
with it, and gs850.tgz.
I will upload the static lynx next time I am online.

I have still to fix up the .html pages, so it is very bare-bones at the
moment.


> >> Why use pkzip instead of linux unzip?
> >
> > Because the Linux unzip doesn't work in DOS. :)
>
> But you could switch terminals to unzip something from linux.

It is more convenient to use DOS progs in dosemu than to keep switching
backwards and forwards - for me, anyway. And its not as if room is a problem.
My BL2 (modified) installation in which I am running dosemu is on a 32 GB
partition.

> Dosemu is only on the terminal you started it from. You could be running
> BL2 on another terminal, and BL3 on a third terminal..

:)

I don't think you really meant that. :)

> >> Is there some small viewer for X that adjusts image size properly?
> >
>
> > zgv is still a good option. But you will find QuickView for Linux to
> > be one of the best.
> Is it precompiled for slackware?

I got my zgv from DeliLinux.

QuickView is compiled for "Linux". It works out of the box in BL2, but
not in BL3.


> > I don't have WP51 for DOS to look at. Any idea where it can be
> > downloaded ?
>
> It is not freeware.

No, I didn't think think it would be. Oh, well !

> >> What is DOS controller?
> >
>
> > It is a DOS port of Midnight Commander (approximately) but a bit
> > easier to configure. It has become my file-manager of choice for DOS.
> > Unfortunately, under dosemu it doesn't find any of the "disks" except a:
> > - the floppy drive, and that makes it unusable.

Oops ! I should have said that it is a development on from Norton
Commander, written in assembly, but with some coding errors taken out. It is
very quick, and can act as a thin shell for commandline calls.
For DOS, I recommend it. I will post it on my site.

> Odd.

It seems that it doesn't deal nicely with "networked drives", which is
what c:, d: show up as in dosemu.
It runs happily with both panels logged into a: . :(


> > I have found the following also usable under (x)dosemu: Breeze (word
> > processor) clock damp (MP3 player) df46 (file manager) display
> > (graphics viewer) dosamp (mp3 player) file maven (file transfer)
> > laplink (file transfer) mxdir (fancy version of "dir") ndn
> > (Necromancer's DOS Navigator) pv (graphics and avi player) sea
> > (graphics) view (document viewer) mpeg.exe (mpeg player)
>
> Good to know about laplink. Saves learning to do a serial cable file
> transfer.

It's only good for drive to drive. Unless David has a way to access the
parallel port from within dosemu, there is no way to talk to another computer.

> I have SEA3. Have you tried QPV (quick picture viewer) and
> DISPLAY (viewer, free).

Yes, they both work OK.

> QPV needed DOS4GW and wont' even work easily with
> DR-DOS.

It runs OK in dosemu.

Regards,
Ron

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Ron Clarke
AUSREG Consultancy http://www.ausreg.com
Tadpole Tunes http://tadpole.mytunebook.de/
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