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@millihertz FW: @freedosproject Want to explain this before I unfollow/mute you and never speak of #FreeDOS again?

👾 100 Games Tested: Is FreeDOS 1.4 Better Than MS-DOS?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYb6VfSZLUs

#freedos #msdos #dosgaming #retrogaming

👾 100 Games Tested: Is FreeDOS 1.4 Better Than MS-DOS?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYb6VfSZLUs

#freedos #msdos #dosgaming #retrogaming

👾 100 Games Tested: Is FreeDOS 1.4 Better Than MS-DOS?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYb6VfSZLUs

#freedos #msdos #dosgaming #retrogaming

👾 100 Games Tested: Is FreeDOS 1.4 Better Than MS-DOS?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYb6VfSZLUs

#freedos #msdos #dosgaming #retrogaming

👾 100 Games Tested: Is FreeDOS 1.4 Better Than MS-DOS?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hYb6VfSZLUs

#freedos #msdos #dosgaming #retrogaming

NetHack 5.0.0 released a couple days ago, and I'm happy to report that it *still* supports MS-DOS(and #FreeDOS) quite nicely. https://www.nethack.org/v500/ports/download-msdos.html

I'm curious what the Fediverse would recommend as a resource for learning MS-DOS in 2026.

I have limited exposure to it having grown up mostly on Windows 9x, but I use a Linux CLI and these days, I always opt for Powershell in the rare cases where I use Windows because it supports Unix-like commands. As such, I'm very limited on what I know about using DOS.

I see some tutorials on Youtube, I'm just curious what y'all think.

#Retro #retrocomputing #msdos #dos #dosgaming #dosbox #freedos

On the other end of this spectrum, I'd like to add: There's nothing stopping anybody extending MS-DOS to 64-bits to create a new boot-to-DOS OS that new software can be written for. Like, we don't have to stick to MS-DOS compatibility ad-inifinium. There can be new DOSes, there can be new software for command-line text-mode interfaces that aren't 40 million lines of C, just a BIOS or UEFI abstraction that will run on literally any hardware in the last 35 years and continue to run [hopefully] for the next 35 years.

#MSDOS #FreeDOS #retrocomputing

Dear Friends whoo can-can use Mastodon,

1) It took me a while but I am using Mastodon from any hardware/software combination. Even #Windows at the local library.
2) Can I say the same ease of use about my hardware and #software usage? [Clue ~ NO!]
3) For example this morning using three different screen-shot programs I was barely able (eventually successful) to take a partial desktop #screenshot.
4) And so I looked for a new OS. #FreeDOS in #ReactOS maybe? Heavens still not available for every day use after 30 years of development? Wot?
5) #EasyOS developer is asking about what desktop colour scheme people prefer. The choices are all two tone monochrome. We honestly have been using colour monitors for 30 years AND if people want #monochrome they can change to blue and light blue or red and pink. What sort of crazed time wasting is this?

Anyway enough whingeing from me the most terrible person in the #development cycle (an actual end user)

I am now going to finish my herbal tea. Pray to the St of GNU
https://stallman.org/saintignucius.jpg
https://stallman.org/saint.html

🙏🏿 :agummyhug: :google_emoji_kitchen_skull_and_tulip_mashup:

Dear Friends whoo can-can use Mastodon,

1) It took me a while but I am using Mastodon from any hardware/software combination. Even #Windows at the local library.
2) Can I say the same ease of use about my hardware and #software usage? [Clue ~ NO!]
3) For example this morning using three different screen-shot programs I was barely able (eventually successful) to take a partial desktop #screenshot.
4) And so I looked for a new OS. #FreeDOS in #ReactOS maybe? Heavens still not available for every day use after 30 years of development? Wot?
5) #EasyOS developer is asking about what desktop colour scheme people prefer. The choices are all two tone monochrome. We honestly have been using colour monitors for 30 years AND if people want #monochrome they can change to blue and light blue or red and pink. What sort of crazed time wasting is this?

Anyway enough whingeing from me the most terrible person in the #development cycle (an actual end user)

I am now going to finish my herbal tea. Pray to the St of GNU
https://stallman.org/saintignucius.jpg
https://stallman.org/saint.html

🙏🏿 :agummyhug: :google_emoji_kitchen_skull_and_tulip_mashup:

Dear Friends whoo can-can use Mastodon,

1) It took me a while but I am using Mastodon from any hardware/software combination. Even #Windows at the local library.
2) Can I say the same ease of use about my hardware and #software usage? [Clue ~ NO!]
3) For example this morning using three different screen-shot programs I was barely able (eventually successful) to take a partial desktop #screenshot.
4) And so I looked for a new OS. #FreeDOS in #ReactOS maybe? Heavens still not available for every day use after 30 years of development? Wot?
5) #EasyOS developer is asking about what desktop colour scheme people prefer. The choices are all two tone monochrome. We honestly have been using colour monitors for 30 years AND if people want #monochrome they can change to blue and light blue or red and pink. What sort of crazed time wasting is this?

Anyway enough whingeing from me the most terrible person in the #development cycle (an actual end user)

I am now going to finish my herbal tea. Pray to the St of GNU
https://stallman.org/saintignucius.jpg
https://stallman.org/saint.html

🙏🏿 :agummyhug: :google_emoji_kitchen_skull_and_tulip_mashup:

@Meckerkopp

#klugscheißermodus

gcdrom ist ein DOS-Treiber für SATA-Chipsätze mit dem ich mein DVD-Laufwerk unter #FreeDOS zum laufen bekommen habe. Funktioniert sicherlich auch mit #Blueray. ☝️🤓

https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/drivers/gcdrom

#FreeDOS folk, what do you use as editor/IDE when working with OpenWatcom and NASM?

Finally, #FreeDOS is installing. #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Watch me unbox a brand new computer with an AMD 500MHz CPU. Yes, MEGAHERTZ. This will run FreeDOS on bare metal beautifully - including SoundBlaster! #msdos #freedos #sbc #retro #retrogaming #retrocomputing

I've spent a bit of time today browsing through #pouet and #demozoo looking for #adlib demos that exercise the YM chip it carried. Not really played with #demos on #freedos before ;-)

I've spent a bit of time today browsing through #pouet and #demozoo looking for #adlib demos that exercise the YM chip it carried. Not really played with #demos on #freedos before ;-)

I've spent a bit of time today browsing through #pouet and #demozoo looking for #adlib demos that exercise the YM chip it carried. Not really played with #demos on #freedos before ;-)

I've spent a bit of time today browsing through #pouet and #demozoo looking for #adlib demos that exercise the YM chip it carried. Not really played with #demos on #freedos before ;-)

I've spent a bit of time today browsing through #pouet and #demozoo looking for #adlib demos that exercise the YM chip it carried. Not really played with #demos on #freedos before ;-)

DR-DOS Is Back, But Not Quite As We Knew It | Hackaday. https://hackaday.com/2026/03/15/dr-dos-is-back-but-not-quite-as-we-knew-it/

"Some of you may remember a controversy where a previous rights holder, DR DOS INC, was found purloining FreeDOS code in violation of the GPL. Perhaps because of that, [CheeseWeezel] isn’t using any old code, and isn’t open-sourcing what he’s done. Right now, the beta of DR-DOS 9 is free for non-commercial use"

Me quedo con #FreeDOS.

Any recommendations for a decent QEMU frontend for Android? I want to run FreeDOS on my phone. Preferably something on F-Droid!

#Android #FDroid #QEMU #FreeDOS

Still refactoring and have to make it work on real iron, but my 3D engine already works on #dosbox . For now it supports Linux, #Dreamcast and DOS / #FreeDOS

I've been silent for a bit so I think it could be fun to share what I'm working on: BRIDGES.ROM, a proof-of-concept polyglot binary that is at once a valid:

- BIOS bootable disk image
- DOS .exe binary
- Win32 .exe binary
- Game Boy ROM
- Game Boy Advance ROM
- Raspberry Pi kernel
- Super Nintendo ROM
- PlayStation disc image

So far, the first three are working.

It'll be a very, very simple demake of Death Stranding.

The journey is the goal, but I'm making steady progress. The hardest bit so far was engineering the very first bytes to be a valid MZ header, x86 code and ARM code.

I've come to the conclusion that I'll need to write a custom linker, so that's my project for the weekend!

#Programming #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #FreeDOS

I installed FreeDOS on an older laptop (Lenovo ideapad s205) and so far I am impressed! It would be much easier if there was any up to date documentation though - currently in-OS help is a good start but references non-existing external wiki (wiki.freedos.org), which has been “moved”. Or rather: nuked and replaced with some absolute basics under help.freedos.org
Dick move, if you ask me…

Positive surprise: contrary to what existing documentation says, usb drives work seamlessly - insert, reboot, works.

Now I am off to see if I can find packet driver for my Realtek Ethernet…

#freedos

By my reading, that new California age verification act requires that #FreeDOS, a real-mode unprotected operating system targeting 30 year old hardware, implements effective age verification 😄​

🧵

Anyone looking for a simple and easy upgrade to their DOSBox experience should upgrade to the @freedosproject command-line interpreter called FreeCOM.

It's a beautiful thing that essentials like these still receive updates and bug fixes. You get numerous improvements when you switch to this, and it only takes up 2 KB of conventional memory to run.

https://github.com/FDOS/freecom/releases

#DOSBox #FreeDOS

@afreytes #qtetris will play in the #freedos install of #DOSbox pretty well :)

@afreytes And in #freedos there's qtetris

https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.4/html/en/games/qtetris/20250410.0/index.html

3/5 A #DOS based system such as #FreeDOS could be an option. It is an #OpenSource OS and can run on low resource hardware. However, #XFDOS already fills this niche.

3/5 A #DOS based system such as #FreeDOS could be an option. It is an #OpenSource OS and can run on low resource hardware. However, #XFDOS already fills this niche.

3/5 A #DOS based system such as #FreeDOS could be an option. It is an #OpenSource OS and can run on low resource hardware. However, #XFDOS already fills this niche.

3/5 A #DOS based system such as #FreeDOS could be an option. It is an #OpenSource OS and can run on low resource hardware. However, #XFDOS already fills this niche.

3/5 A #DOS based system such as #FreeDOS could be an option. It is an #OpenSource OS and can run on low resource hardware. However, #XFDOS already fills this niche.

Update: Added an internal amplifier and speakers. Need to figure out how to clean this wiring mess up, then 3D print some panels.

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

Update: Added an internal amplifier and speakers. Need to figure out how to clean this wiring mess up, then 3D print some panels.

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

Update: Added an internal amplifier and speakers. Need to figure out how to clean this wiring mess up, then 3D print some panels.

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

Update: Added an internal amplifier and speakers. Need to figure out how to clean this wiring mess up, then 3D print some panels.

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

Update: Added an internal amplifier and speakers. Need to figure out how to clean this wiring mess up, then 3D print some panels.

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

Bill Gates si scusa per "ogni minuto" trascorso con Jeffrey Epstein
https://go.squidapp.co/n/i27526Q ED ORA ABIURA #UINZOZZ! HAHAHAHA SARAI COSTRETTO AD INSTALLARTI #Linuxfromscratch SU TUTTI I TUOI COMPUTER! VERRAI LAPIDATO MEDIANTE FLOPPY DISK DA 3,5 con #Freedos SOPRA! PASSERAI IL RESTO DELLA VITA SOLO IN UNA STANZA, SENZA WINDOWS. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bill Gates si scusa per "ogni minuto" trascorso con Jeffrey Epstein
https://go.squidapp.co/n/i27526Q ED ORA ABIURA #UINZOZZ! HAHAHAHA SARAI COSTRETTO AD INSTALLARTI #Linuxfromscratch SU TUTTI I TUOI COMPUTER! VERRAI LAPIDATO MEDIANTE FLOPPY DISK DA 3,5 con #Freedos SOPRA! PASSERAI IL RESTO DELLA VITA SOLO IN UNA STANZA, SENZA WINDOWS. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bill Gates si scusa per "ogni minuto" trascorso con Jeffrey Epstein
https://go.squidapp.co/n/i27526Q ED ORA ABIURA #UINZOZZ! HAHAHAHA SARAI COSTRETTO AD INSTALLARTI #Linuxfromscratch SU TUTTI I TUOI COMPUTER! VERRAI LAPIDATO MEDIANTE FLOPPY DISK DA 3,5 con #Freedos SOPRA! PASSERAI IL RESTO DELLA VITA SOLO IN UNA STANZA, SENZA WINDOWS. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bill Gates si scusa per "ogni minuto" trascorso con Jeffrey Epstein
https://go.squidapp.co/n/i27526Q ED ORA ABIURA #UINZOZZ! HAHAHAHA SARAI COSTRETTO AD INSTALLARTI #Linuxfromscratch SU TUTTI I TUOI COMPUTER! VERRAI LAPIDATO MEDIANTE FLOPPY DISK DA 3,5 con #Freedos SOPRA! PASSERAI IL RESTO DELLA VITA SOLO IN UNA STANZA, SENZA WINDOWS. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

A REAL SoundBlaster AWE64 in a briefcase. With 28MB RAM expansion. Designed for Cubic Player. Running FreeDOS. Vortex86 CPU / 512MB RAM. Battery powered, basically a laptop you'd never take to an airport 😆

#retro #retrocomputing #freedos #cubicplayer #tracker #demoscene #music #s3m #mod #awe64 #soundblaster

Ce furieux fait booter son PC depuis un disque vinyle

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://korben.info/pc-boot-avec-vinyl-platine-disque.html