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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Ron Clarke wrote:

> 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.

Thanks, and if you want to post a link to my explanations of what to do 
with them feel free.  Please also post my netpbm package and the 
tifftopnm.gz update that David compiled.


>    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.   :)

I did too mean that.
vt1 - run dosemu
vt2 - run BL2
vt3 - mount the BL3 partition and chroot to it to run BL3
chroot /dev/hdb1 /bin/sh --login

> > > > 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.

Me too.

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


I will take a look at their home page, unless you want to post it at your 
site.


> > >    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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