China DOS Union

I also like the so-called free-type software. Can the moderator provide the download address of FreeDOS, preferably the source code download, and then introduce the usage method of the compilation tool, and finally make an executable OS. Let everyone practice.

Just used the DOLBA program I wrote to extract the floppy image of FREEDOS to a floppy disk. Immediately going to test it.

Actually, the 1M memory limit is just related to the relationship between 16-bit and 32-bit. In a 16-bit environment, there is only a single-task environment, so TSR programs simulate a multi-task environment, but it is restricted by the 1M memory. In a 32-bit environment, multi-tasking can be executed, so no TSR programs are needed at all. As long as you don't close a program after opening it, it remains resident in memory. And the 32-bit can access up to 4G memory at most.

It should be a kind of supplement.

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所以赞，维赞以某种方式产生强烈的冲动，迅速冲向某个地方，进入某种紧张的情境。
孩子们，沃戈和塞纽恩做了让基达品特宗不愉快的事，于是维赞发怒了，我们得阻止基达品特。
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亲吻维赞！！！维赞会去做，要是我不这样做，那我就会陷入麻烦之中！！！
出发吧！！！

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DOS has its advantages. You can take any CD, floppy disk, or USB flash drive that has the three DOS files (Freedos only has two). As long as the machine you use has a CD drive, floppy drive, or supports USB flash drive booting, this DOS can run. But Windows can't, because Windows needs drivers for everything, and it might even have a blue screen or black screen.

I like DOS, and I also like Linux. Of course, Windows is not bad either. It's just that each has its own strengths, depending on how much you've learned and where you use it: If you forget the password of a machine with XP installed or you want to crack its password, what to do? It's very easy with DOS. Of course, now WIN32, WIN98, WINXPE, and even Linux can all be put on CDs or USB flash drives based on DOS. DOS is the foundation of these system maintenance disks.

Freedos, today I found a useful point here: My ADATA 512MB run-type USB flash drive, of the JOGR type. The various software installations of MSDOS can't boot it. Only a cursor flashes when booting. But after installing Freedos, it boots, and I can use my FANX (a modified CD version of Linux) on this USB flash drive. It's really cool, but I also found a problem. I'm using Freedos for the first time. I've been using MSDOS since 1995. I don't know the similarities and differences between Freedos and MSDOS in batch processing. It seems that the config.sys has also become fdconfig.sys. I'm going to check relevant information online and study hard.

I think that people who say DOS is bad and lousy usually started using computers relatively late. DOS is relatively more complex and has more things to remember. To be a master in others' eyes or a real master, only complex things can create differences among people.

I think that in daily applications, graphical operating systems are still more convenient and efficient than this command-line operating system. Although they have an insatiable demand for hardware resources, compared with the convenience and intuitiveness in use, people with average skills still prefer to use graphical operating systems.

In the system maintenance applications where command-line operating systems are good at, with the emergence of live version graphical operating systems (such as WINPE), various characteristic tools of DOS have gradually had graphical alternative tools, and they are more in line with people's daily operation habits.

Moreover, "new DOS" such as FREEDOS or even FREEDOS32 actually has nothing new. It just follows in the footsteps of DOS/WIN32. For so many years, common and basic functions such as UNICODE, long file names, and new file systems can only be realized by third-party programs. It seems that network functions are not integrated, web browsing is too dependent on the graphical interface, and multimedia is too dependent on hardware drivers, not to mention. As for system maintenance, just talk about hard disk maintenance, and there is no sign that they have integrated the currently popular cloning, partition adjustment and other functions into FDISK.

In general, imitation/compatibility is the keynote of FREEDOS (in fact, that's what they say and do). So I think there is no expectation of a real new era of DOS appearing. Unless someone organizes to do this work, but with things like LINUX around, how many technical talents can settle down to make up for the various defects of DOS/FREEDOS one by one? Maybe "re-inventing the wheel" is more convenient.

PS: Out of nostalgia, I installed FREEDOS and UCDOS98 on VPC these two days and played with them for two days, but found that there is no practical use at all. For system maintenance, I use WINPE tool disks (live CDs), for daily office work, I use MS OFFICE, even for taking notes, NOTEPAD is more convenient, and for personal data management, I use ACCESS. Hey, for me, DOS may really only be for nostalgia.

For the general public, the Shell is indeed easy to use, but the fatal weakness of the shell: slow. It is very obvious on my machine.
Windows NT Explorer is very slow to open the system32 directory, but it is very fast to dir under the command line...
The really easy-to-use ones are still the cmdline or text interface. I use edit or OOo2.1 to write things, use wget+type or lynx or opera to browse the web, all very easy to use. Use New Zhuyin to input Chinese, use an MP3 player to listen to music, use GTalk/phone/text message to chat. These basically don't need the GUI shell, most can be done under the cmdline... basically no commercial software is needed.
Using FreeDOS for office work and so on is actually completely feasible.
In addition, the DOS shell program does have some drawbacks. It does not support Unicode at the kernel level, which makes the display of Chinese and other characters a big problem. Also, not having drivers, I don't know if it is time-consuming or bad. It is indeed very universal, but does everyone have the feeling of wanting to vomit when facing the 16-color screen? Such ugly graphics. The VESA mode is of course very good, but it can't be used with old graphics cards.
Sound: The effect of the PC speaker is really not to be praised. The sound card also needs IRQ, port, messy things, and needs to check technical documents...
The 32-bit protected mode is very good, but many programs do not support it. I don't know if you have tried some old programs, or the 640kb bottleneck...
Back then, Bill Gates thought too well. 640kb is enough! Now let him use 640kb of memory!
All these emm386 xmsmmgr are symptomatic remedies.
It seems that only rewriting the kernel is the way. Looking forward to the appearance of ASM masters, rewriting the kernel...
I believe that the DOS after rewriting the kernel is the best OS!

I still like MS-DOS the most

Originally posted by yiyesong at 2003-5-27 12:00 AM:

I haven't used FREEDOS, so I don't know how compatible it is with MSDOS. After all, Microsoft has such a huge influence, everything has to...

Yes, that's right. The truly free ones may not have much chance of development in the long run. After all, relying solely on my own enthusiasm and perseverance is not enough.

With the official release of FreeDOS 1.0, it should be used because only when everyone uses it can it be developed.

MS-DOS has long stopped being developed, and its limitations will only increase. For example, on my 320G hard disk, it can't boot itself and can't be used as a boot operating system, I mean when the system is installed on a disk larger than 300G.

I feel that using FreeDOS 1.0 is not very convenient yet.

Yeah

Great, not bad!!!

absolutely support