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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: John McCue
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:32 UTC
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From: jmccue@neutron.jmcunx.com (John McCue)
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:32:11 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:20:08 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:
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>> I really miss the simplicity of DOS.
>
> Nobody is stopping you from running it.

True

But I hate VMs and I need to find hardware, plus, more
importantly, a place to set up the hardware where I am
living now :)

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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Scott Dorsey
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:49 UTC
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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
Date: 24 Apr 2024 18:49:37 -0000
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John McCue <jmclnx@SPAMisBADgmail.com> wrote:
>Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:20:08 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:
>>
>>> I really miss the simplicity of DOS.
>>
>> Nobody is stopping you from running it.
>
>True
>
>But I hate VMs and I need to find hardware, plus, more
>importantly, a place to set up the hardware where I am
>living now :)

It doesn't take much hardware, which is part of the nice thing about it!
And FreeDOS will actually run off a USB stick, which makes it incredibly
handy to run small stuff because you don't have to dedicate a machine
completely to it.
--scott

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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:22 UTC
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:32:11 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:

> ... I hate VMs ...

You hate tools which were invented specifically to make it easier what you
would like to do?

Subject	Author
Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022	John McCue
Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022	Scott Dorsey
Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022	Lawrence D'Oliveiro