@IPXFong @davefischer #GEOS 2.0 runs on top of #FreeDOS, but you have to modify the geos.ini file
After the Geoworks install finishes, edit geos.ini (in c:\geos20) and set
fs = os2.geo
Then it'll start up fine when you run geos.bat
This also makes it work in #DosBox
Alors, je n'y connais absolument rien mais pensez-vous que l'on puisse entraîner cette #ia https://github.com/yeokm1/dosllam2
sous #freedos pour qu'elle réponde en français sur un entraînement de données en français ?
Il y a quelqu'un que ça tente de m'expliquer comment faire ? 
Morning Fedi! Favorite tracker music?
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FreeDOS 1.4 is out now! 
Jim Hall covers how new sound emulators, image tools, and critical updates breathe new life into classic DOS computing. Celebrate 30 years of FreeDOS!
https://allthingsopen.org/articles/freedos-1-4-retrocomputing-system
We are excited to announce the release of FreeDOS 1.4
｢ FreeDOS is an open source DOS-compatible operating system that you can use to play classic DOS games, run legacy business software, or write new DOS programs. Any program that works on MS-DOS should also run on FreeDOS ｣
WordStar 4.0, #DOS software George R.R. Martin has used for all of his writing, running flawlessly on #FreeDOS 1.4 in a Virtualbox VM.
While I usually don't promote #proprietary software (especially one with a proprietary file format like WordStar), with the help of a page on Technically We Write ( https://technicallywewrite.com/2024/06/26/wordstarfiles ) I have some ideas for ways to make WS4 files forwards-compatible with #libre software. But I'm just a hobby dev so the chances of finishing anything is low. We'll see.
My blog post about the ITX Llama board
#retrocomputing #msdos #freedos
https://blog.nootch.net/post/the-promise-of-a-new-vintage-pc/
After some delay I did an update of #lib16 (a tiny helper library for #OpenWatcom 16-bit DOS programs).
https://github.com/SuperIlu/lib16
This time I added #Lua to the mix (example prj04). You can now write graphical scripts using Lua on #MSDOS. I also included the regular lua.exe and luac.exe binaries. This is compiled for i386/387 upwards...
![require "prj04/func"
FG_COL_IDX = 32
BG_COL_IDX = 0
X_SPACING = 8
MAX_WAVES = 4
Theta = 0.0;
Amplitude = {}
Dx = {}
YValues = 0;
function Setup()
local w = width + 16; -- Width of entire wave
for i = 0, MAX_WAVES do
Amplitude[i] = (math.random(10, 30))
local period = math.random(100, 300)
Dx[i] = ((math.pi * 2 / period) * X_SPACING);
end
YValues = {}
NumYValues = math.floor(w / X_SPACING)
for i = 1, NumYValues do
YValues[i] = 0
end
end
function Draw()
CalcWave();
vga_wait_for_retrace()
vga_filled_rect(0, 0, width, height, BG_COL_IDX)
vga_wait_for_retrace()
RenderWave();
end
function CalcWave()
Theta = Theta + 0.02
for i = 0, NumYValues do
YValues[i] = 0;
end
for j = 0, MAX_WAVES do
local x = Theta;
for i = 0, NumYValues do
-- Every other wave is cosine instead of sine
if j % 2 == 0 then
YValues[i] = YValues[i] + math.sin(x) * Amplitude[j];
else
YValues[i] = YValues[i] + math.cos(x) * Amplitude[j];
end
x = x + Dx[j];
end
end
end
function RenderWave()
for x = 0, NumYValues do
vga_circle(x * X_SPACING, height / 2 + YValues[x], X_SPACING, FG_COL_IDX)
end
end
vga_init()
vga_grayscale_palette()
Setup()
while true do
local k = getkey();
if k == KEY_ESC then
break
end
Draw()
end
vga_exit()](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/376/840/897/430/522/original/a58d8ee7ec60181d.png "require \"prj04/func\"
FG_COL_IDX = 32
BG_COL_IDX = 0
X_SPACING = 8
MAX_WAVES = 4
Theta = 0.0;
Amplitude = {}
Dx = {}
YValues = 0;
function Setup()
local w = width + 16; -- Width of entire wave
for i = 0, MAX_WAVES do
Amplitude[i] = (math.random(10, 30))
local period = math.random(100, 300)
Dx[i] = ((math.pi * 2 / period) * X_SPACING);
end
YValues = {}
NumYValues = math.floor(w / X_SPACING)
for i = 1, NumYValues do
YValues[i] = 0
end
end
function Draw()
CalcWave();
vga_wait_for_retrace()
vga_filled_rect(0, 0, width, height, BG_COL_IDX)
vga_wait_for_retrace()
RenderWave();
end
function CalcWave()
Theta = Theta + 0.02
for i = 0, NumYValues do
YValues[i] = 0;
end
for j = 0, MAX_WAVES do
local x = Theta;
for i = 0, NumYValues do
-- Every other wave is cosine instead of sine
if j % 2 == 0 then
YValues[i] = YValues[i] + math.sin(x) * Amplitude[j];
else
YValues[i] = YValues[i] + math.cos(x) * Amplitude[j];
end
x = x + Dx[j];
end
end
end
function RenderWave()
for x = 0, NumYValues do
vga_circle(x * X_SPACING, height / 2 + YValues[x], X_SPACING, FG_COL_IDX)
end
end
vga_init()
vga_grayscale_palette()
Setup()
while true do
local k = getkey();
if k == KEY_ESC then
break
end
Draw()
end
vga_exit()")
Does anyone know how to fix double input when pressing the arrow keys in #freedos 1.4 on #Linux #qemu ? I've tried the command line option "fix" -global i8042.kbd_throttle=on but some programs (lynx, nethack) still read my arrow keys as pressing exactly twice instead of once. I'm using Gentoo.
I really want to give FreeDOS a serious try and give some dev on it a shot but this is a bit of a dealbreaker. I'm open to trying other virtual machines that don't require KVM/hardware virtualization.
FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old Machines
—André Machado
｢ The FreeDOS project began in 1994 when Jim Hall, then a physics student at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls, observed that Microsoft had announced the end of support for MS‑DOS. Unwilling to see DOS functionality disappear, Hall posted a manifesto on Usenet proposing the development of an open‑source DOS replacement ｣
https://machaddr.substack.com/p/freedos-history-legacy-and-a-valuable
"FreeDOS 1.4: Still DOS, still FOSS, more modern than ever" The article also mentions other DOSes like SvarDOS and the comments also mentions things like DESQview/X
FreeDOS 出 1.4 版
也是在 Lobsters 上看到的，FreeDOS 上一版 1.3 是 2022 年了，久久出一版：「We are excited to announce the release of FreeDOS 1.4」。 之前有跑起來懷念一下... 目前聽到的用途還是以老遊戲為主。在「理論」上是可以跑 TCP/IP 應用，不過實用性應該是不高？ …
https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2025/04/10/12338/freedos-%e5%87%ba-1-4-%e7%89%88/
