oops, my mistake. The OS was updated pst 1994 though, I downloaded the brand spanking new version of DR-Dos in 1997, and it was good(came with novel netware, not a bad deal, the price(zip) was right):)
the name changed back to DR-DOS for 7.2. I was using it around that time, and it's at that point where I couldn't find it on calderas site anymore.
I have a suggestion for the internet.
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MS DOS: A Eulogy
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For dos, use arachne at www.arachne.cz for browsing the web. It's a very decent application, and given the choice of using either this or the monstrocity of trumpet winsock and netscape under windows 3.1, I'd use(and have) arachne in a heartbeat.
Re:Remembering DOS
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MS DOS: A Eulogy
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Would everyone quit it? Just because some news article says that dos is dead doesn't mean jack. Will your boot disks suddenly become dead? Will all the code suddenly stop working? The answer is a resounding NO. Hell, even under XP, the command prompt still exists. Sure, it's a castrated bastardized version of dos, but it's still there. Under linux, Bochs and dosemu run dos apps just fine (dosemu hates certain apps though...)
Even better, most of dos is utterly expandable. Drivers are relatively easy to write for it, programs written under dos can use any hardware which can be used by another OS (albiet usually through some hacked drivers, a la win9x:) ).
Just don't proclaim this OS dead because some new (and crappy) OS comes out.
Disclaimer: I have a dedicated DOS machine at home.
I don't see why it isn't the case manufacturers responsibility. Dedicated hardware and a small sensor set up next to the processor (or even as a small bimetallic strip between the processor and heatsync to measure temp. would be capable of reading a bad tempeture in a fraction of a second (basically, the moment the strip heats up), and could cut power to the entire PC. With some clever design on the part of the motherboard manufacturers(just placing a sensor on the bottom of the CPU in the ZIF slots middle), high temps. could be detected even faster.
...I have to agree with every post which says "heatsyncs don't fall off!", since any decent motherboard and any decent heatsync should be designed to not fall off in the first place(cheap plastic or cheap tin is the only real reason they should break).
On the same note, did anybody ever hear about the research into heatsyncs which AMD was doing which let a K6-2 run without a fan? That could be useful if applied here.:)
Get over it. How long are you going to dwell on it? Months? Years? Decades?
Welcome to the world. People die every day, and if you honestly think we should all drop everything forever because slightly more people died last month than usual, then you should really lay off the crack.
If I was American, I'd be showing up in front of congress with a gun.
Speak softly and carry a big stick. : )
To be truly patriotic is to be willing to fight for what others have died for in the face of ANY enemy. To give up these(or *any*) freedoms up is to disrespect the sacrifice of many brave men who have fought for it in the past.
The people who try to have freedoms removed are traitors to their nation, and should really be treated as such. Don't like freedom? You don't have to have any, here, we'll take some away for you! (*locks on their doors click closed*)
Yes, and that piece of code (which I'm too lazy to go and find out about:)) isn't at all for the following people:
look! Goatse.cx pics!
I like to f*ck things!
BSD IS DYING!
I LIKE BSD'ing YOUR SISTER! HAHA!
first post! HAHA!
Yeah, it's the unpopular opinions which get modded down (actually, good ones (well thought out arguements for the use of microsoft products) get modded up. Mindless "U Suxorz BeeCause U Not WiNDoZe (1 R 1337!!!)" seem to be generally modded down.)
...And besides, if you have freinds, you can just use their internet access to troll for a while:)
I don't read gaming magazines anymore. Most writers for these publications are self important idiots who think they know more than they do, and think that because they play games, they are fit to design them and even talk about hardware.
The truth is, many are a kissing losers who will often give a piece of software the review they want to give it, then complain about the same piece of software later. This is especially true with windows reviews. How many Windows ME reviews were overwhelmingly positive? How many references to Windows ME are actually positive today? (hint:None)
Even with hardware, reviewers will try to present hardware in the best possible light because they want to believe that the hardware is good (how many good reviews are out for Savage4 based chips? How many reviewers later say that they wouldn't recommend it?)
Personally, I'll just buy reputable parts (athlon 4 or XP(original works well too), geforce 2 or 3, good stuff like that)
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Companies have no unalienable right to make a profit(and therefore stay in business, and therefore exist) when they don't make a product which has sufficient demand to make a profit.
What you say makes it sound like you believe people shouldn't be allowed to gather together to play baseball, to perform in a civic concert band or choir.
Not if nobody wants to play baseball, or nobody wants to be in a band, or nobody wants to be in a choir.
Nobody can say "please Mr. Government! Nobody wants to join my band! Please, make some legislation so I can force them to!"
isn't "open monopoly" an oxymoron? Theres a difference between a single company dominating and a thousand different comanies who all have their own packages competing which all happen to be open.
...it's the difference between a "monopoly" and "competition".
The one thing about BeOS that most linux users don't understand is *why* people use it(how many "switch to Linux/BSD/whateverOS" posts have there been?).
One of the reasons I loved BeOS so much was the thing that I don't see much of in software anymore. OPTIMIZATION! Their software was actually optimized to run well (and quickly). Even on the p75 with NO CACHE I tried it one, it was impressive(descent 1X ran really smoothly).
The day they stopped optimizing software, I lost most interest in cool PC apps. What was the point? It's very nice that they can use a kludge solution to make the program work(poorly), but I've always been a sucker for software which actually pushes the limits of what hardware can do and look good doing it.
I just broke out my old OS/2 Warp 3.0 disk a couple weeks ago. Installed it. It's good. I'm trying to install win95 in a VDM. Their VDM (which runs linux as well) is far faster than anything else out there (almost full speed for a 166!), and that's good.
I also own BeOS. Another good OS, but I must admit that using Bochs for compatibility is a bad solution (too slow!!!). Natively though, BeOS is a fantastic OS which will always have a place on my hard drive. Did anybody see that animation application which came with it?
Ironically, I'm trying to get ahold of an amiga so I can try it out. I don't think I'll ever find a person with one who is willing to give it up though...
one thing though, I'm not a freak by any means, I'm just a person who will use the tool for the job. OS/2 is great for cross-platform compatibility(no reboot to change OS!:)), BeOS is great for internet access(though people have argued this with me for hours at a time), and is a great platform for the people who just want to check their E-mail and surf the web (especially since it makes just about anything else seem slow in comparison). I have linux on another drive too(RH7.1), and it's a fine multipurpose OS (like windows), which is growing in uses, and I'd have no problem with traching my mother how to use it for web browsing and word processing.
I am lucky to have learned so many operating systems in my early days on computers -- it opened my mind for the possibilities which an alternate OS present...
Re:People need to realize that...
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Apple releases iPod
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just IMHO, LCDs aren't the displays of the future. I use one quite a bit since I use a laptop as my primary computer, but I prefer the better refresh of a CRT(hey! Where'd the mouse go!?). The technology I'm keeping an eye on is that organic display technology. As far as I can tell, it's going to be big when they start putting the safe, low power (even lower than LCD) monitors out there with this technology.
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I prefer code to show how something is done.
while ((Assholes_In_World == TRUE) && (Polititians_Can_Be_Bought == TRUE)) {
action = Kick(ass) & Take(names);
}
:)
Canada has one, but it's called the charter of rights and freedoms.
:)
http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/
My nick is SJ, and I AM CANADIAN
Finding stuff for DOS is much easier than finding stuff for Windows 3.1
oops, my mistake. The OS was updated pst 1994 though, I downloaded the brand spanking new version of DR-Dos in 1997, and it was good(came with novel netware, not a bad deal, the price(zip) was right) :)
I thought freedos started as C dos though...
the name changed back to DR-DOS for 7.2. I was using it around that time, and it's at that point where I couldn't find it on calderas site anymore.
For dos, use arachne at www.arachne.cz for browsing the web. It's a very decent application, and given the choice of using either this or the monstrocity of trumpet winsock and netscape under windows 3.1, I'd use(and have) arachne in a heartbeat.
Would everyone quit it? Just because some news article says that dos is dead doesn't mean jack. Will your boot disks suddenly become dead? Will all the code suddenly stop working? The answer is a resounding NO. Hell, even under XP, the command prompt still exists. Sure, it's a castrated bastardized version of dos, but it's still there. Under linux, Bochs and dosemu run dos apps just fine (dosemu hates certain apps though...)
:) ).
Even better, most of dos is utterly expandable. Drivers are relatively easy to write for it, programs written under dos can use any hardware which can be used by another OS (albiet usually through some hacked drivers, a la win9x
Just don't proclaim this OS dead because some new (and crappy) OS comes out.
Disclaimer: I have a dedicated DOS machine at home.
I don't see why it isn't the case manufacturers responsibility. Dedicated hardware and a small sensor set up next to the processor (or even as a small bimetallic strip between the processor and heatsync to measure temp. would be capable of reading a bad tempeture in a fraction of a second (basically, the moment the strip heats up), and could cut power to the entire PC. With some clever design on the part of the motherboard manufacturers(just placing a sensor on the bottom of the CPU in the ZIF slots middle), high temps. could be detected even faster.
:)
...I have to agree with every post which says "heatsyncs don't fall off!", since any decent motherboard and any decent heatsync should be designed to not fall off in the first place(cheap plastic or cheap tin is the only real reason they should break).
On the same note, did anybody ever hear about the research into heatsyncs which AMD was doing which let a K6-2 run without a fan? That could be useful if applied here.
Get over it. How long are you going to dwell on it? Months? Years? Decades?
Welcome to the world. People die every day, and if you honestly think we should all drop everything forever because slightly more people died last month than usual, then you should really lay off the crack.
If I was American, I'd be showing up in front of congress with a gun.
Speak softly and carry a big stick. : )
To be truly patriotic is to be willing to fight for what others have died for in the face of ANY enemy. To give up these(or *any*) freedoms up is to disrespect the sacrifice of many brave men who have fought for it in the past.
The people who try to have freedoms removed are traitors to their nation, and should really be treated as such. Don't like freedom? You don't have to have any, here, we'll take some away for you! (*locks on their doors click closed*)
But then, I'm pretty tired...
There are. Want proof? Read most of the other posts in this thread. :)
I WAS kidding, though it is really scary the number of people who thought I was serious.
:)
Anybody could have seen by the way they used the word what it really meant, but here's my comedic justification:
Gang Bang: Sexual term
Gang Banger: Someone who participates in a Gang Bang
Do they actually know what Gang Bangers are?
:)
I thought this story was about ex-porn stars becoming web developers
personally, I just gave up on moderation. I've been modded down for stupid reasons in the past, so WTF?
:))
If I get karma, I'll just abuse it. It's the best way to have fun (I have the karma for a few +5 posts, so why not
I wouldn't take the advice of a reviewer, but I'd try to find somebody who used the product before.
The best way to find out how reliable a piece of equipment is is to find out what's wrong with it.
my PCCHIPS motherboard would have been off my to-have list so quickly!
Yes, and that piece of code (which I'm too lazy to go and find out about :)) isn't at all for the following people:
:)
look! Goatse.cx pics!
I like to f*ck things!
BSD IS DYING!
I LIKE BSD'ing YOUR SISTER! HAHA!
first post! HAHA!
Yeah, it's the unpopular opinions which get modded down (actually, good ones (well thought out arguements for the use of microsoft products) get modded up. Mindless "U Suxorz BeeCause U Not WiNDoZe (1 R 1337!!!)" seem to be generally modded down.)
...And besides, if you have freinds, you can just use their internet access to troll for a while
Doubtful...
:D
Considering they are merely manipulating benchmarks, I don't see how having a faster card could be construed as cheating.
...otherwise, all those geforce3 people would be banned from every server with a P2 on it
I don't read gaming magazines anymore. Most writers for these publications are self important idiots who think they know more than they do, and think that because they play games, they are fit to design them and even talk about hardware.
The truth is, many are a kissing losers who will often give a piece of software the review they want to give it, then complain about the same piece of software later. This is especially true with windows reviews. How many Windows ME reviews were overwhelmingly positive? How many references to Windows ME are actually positive today? (hint:None)
Even with hardware, reviewers will try to present hardware in the best possible light because they want to believe that the hardware is good (how many good reviews are out for Savage4 based chips? How many reviewers later say that they wouldn't recommend it?)
Personally, I'll just buy reputable parts (athlon 4 or XP(original works well too), geforce 2 or 3, good stuff like that)
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Just a little rant -- food for thought.
You seem to have missed the point.
Companies have no unalienable right to make a profit(and therefore stay in business, and therefore exist) when they don't make a product which has sufficient demand to make a profit.
What you say makes it sound like you believe people shouldn't be allowed to gather together to play baseball, to perform in a civic concert band or choir.
Not if nobody wants to play baseball, or nobody wants to be in a band, or nobody wants to be in a choir.
Nobody can say "please Mr. Government! Nobody wants to join my band! Please, make some legislation so I can force them to!"
isn't "open monopoly" an oxymoron? Theres a difference between a single company dominating and a thousand different comanies who all have their own packages competing which all happen to be open.
...it's the difference between a "monopoly" and "competition".
The one thing about BeOS that most linux users don't understand is *why* people use it(how many "switch to Linux/BSD/whateverOS" posts have there been?).
One of the reasons I loved BeOS so much was the thing that I don't see much of in software anymore. OPTIMIZATION! Their software was actually optimized to run well (and quickly). Even on the p75 with NO CACHE I tried it one, it was impressive(descent 1X ran really smoothly).
The day they stopped optimizing software, I lost most interest in cool PC apps. What was the point? It's very nice that they can use a kludge solution to make the program work(poorly), but I've always been a sucker for software which actually pushes the limits of what hardware can do and look good doing it.
strange...
I just broke out my old OS/2 Warp 3.0 disk a couple weeks ago. Installed it. It's good. I'm trying to install win95 in a VDM. Their VDM (which runs linux as well) is far faster than anything else out there (almost full speed for a 166!), and that's good.
I also own BeOS. Another good OS, but I must admit that using Bochs for compatibility is a bad solution (too slow!!!). Natively though, BeOS is a fantastic OS which will always have a place on my hard drive. Did anybody see that animation application which came with it?
Ironically, I'm trying to get ahold of an amiga so I can try it out. I don't think I'll ever find a person with one who is willing to give it up though...
one thing though, I'm not a freak by any means, I'm just a person who will use the tool for the job. OS/2 is great for cross-platform compatibility(no reboot to change OS!:)), BeOS is great for internet access(though people have argued this with me for hours at a time), and is a great platform for the people who just want to check their E-mail and surf the web (especially since it makes just about anything else seem slow in comparison). I have linux on another drive too(RH7.1), and it's a fine multipurpose OS (like windows), which is growing in uses, and I'd have no problem with traching my mother how to use it for web browsing and word processing.
I am lucky to have learned so many operating systems in my early days on computers -- it opened my mind for the possibilities which an alternate OS present...
You're right. High quality vehicles don't break nearly as often as lesser ones.
I'll have to take your word for that.
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but a 25-30 inch CRT is S W E E T.
just IMHO, LCDs aren't the displays of the future. I use one quite a bit since I use a laptop as my primary computer, but I prefer the better refresh of a CRT(hey! Where'd the mouse go!?). The technology I'm keeping an eye on is that organic display technology. As far as I can tell, it's going to be big when they start putting the safe, low power (even lower than LCD) monitors out there with this technology.