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From: Chris E. <aax...@gm...> - 2014-04-21 03:50:02
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i also have the garbo uwasa archive too http://digitalatoll.com:8080/pub/garbo/pc/ -- -chris Computer Consultant & Repair Tech Digitalatoll Solutions Group Tawhaki Software http://digitalatoll.com/ http://tawakisoft.com/ Cell: 916-612-6904 On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Karen Lewellen <kle...@sh...>wrote: > Chris, > very fine assortment here. May I share this link in a few places? > You might be surprised how many bbs structures still exist, and there is of > course still good old fashioned telnet. > www.telnet.org > thanks, > Karen > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2014, Chris Evans wrote: > > > I still have my dos lib collection from the bbs days still online > > > > > > http://digitalatoll.com/pub/DOSLIB/ > > > > -- > > -chris > > Computer Consultant & Repair Tech > > Digitalatoll Solutions Group > > Tawhaki Software > > http://digitalatoll.com/ > > http://tawakisoft.com/ > > Cell: 916-612-6904 > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 12:04 PM, dmccunney <den...@gm... > >wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Bob Schwier <sch...@ya...> > >> wrote: > >>> Is there a repository for eight bit DOS and utilities? > >> > >> I think you mean "16 bit". 8 bit is usually used to refer to > >> predecessor micros running things like CP/M. > >> > >> Technically, the 8088 CPU DOS used 20 bit addressing, with a total > >> address space of 1MB. The PC reserved memory over 640KB for the > >> system, resulting in the infamous 640KB RAM limit, and various > >> convolut4ed methods of getting around it. > >> > >> There are an assortment of places you can still get old DOS software. > >> A lot of open source code is collected in the FreeDOS repository, at > >> http://www.freedos.org/software/ > >> > >> Other useful DOS sites include: > >> > >> Klaus Meinhard's 4DOS Info site, primarily devoted to the 4DOS > >> COMMAND.COM replacement bundled with FreeDOS, but with links to other > >> DOS sites > >> http://www.4dos.info/ > >> > >> Doctor DOS Betamax, an attempt at a comprehensive DOS information and > link > >> site > >> http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/DOS-Head.html > >> > >> Free Software for DOS - An archived version of a site originally > >> created by Richard Green, and subsequently taken over and expanded by > >> the late Steve Adelewitz. > >> http://www.bttr-software.de/freesoft/ > >> > >> Free Software for DOS - After Steve's death, Richard Green resurrected > >> his original site > >> http://reimagery.com/fsfd/index.htm > >> > >> There are an assortment of other collections of old DOS software out > >> there, and Google is your friend. (A lot is of questionable value > >> now, as it was originally issued as shareware, but can no longer be > >> registered to get full working copies.) > >> > >> Old DOS software still runs in a console window in the virtual DOS > >> session under Windows through Win XP. (and Win7 if you have a 3w2 bit > >> copy of it.) IT will not run on current 64 bit machines with 64 bit > >> versions of Windows, because support was dropped for 16 bit > >> applications. To run them, you need to run a virtual machine like > >> Virtual Box, and run the 16 bit apps in it. . > >> ______ > >> Dennis > >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > >> "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and > their > >> applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > >> this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Freedos-user mailing list > >> Fre...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > |