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why DOS? (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 17.09.2007, 21:25
(edited by Rugxulo on 17.09.2007, 21:38)

> > I mean, FreeDOS is more "free" than any Windows, and
>
> ... nevertheless you tested the Galactical stuff on Vi$ta :confused:
Only after testing in real DOS. (Hey, I'm human, I don't use DOS exclusively, just a really big fan.) Besides, somebody has to test it under Windows since it's so widespread. :-P

> > > yet people always port stuff to Windows and not nearly as much to DOS
>
> Because they don't have DOS, and consider DOS as desperately old,
> obsolete, dead, crappy, unusable, no-GUI, no-multitask, no-multiabuser,
> no-internet, no-multimedia, no-sound-in-DOS, not-free, M$-proprietary,
> DOS=MS-DOG, no-hardware-support, runs-on-oldest-PC's-only, no-serious-OS,
> "Windows"-booter only, needs-"Windows"-anyway, 16-bit-only, 640-KiB-only,
> unreliable-in-NTVDM, no-GUI-in-Vi$ta, no-DOS-at-all-in-Vi$ta-64,
> no-USB-in-DOS, beginner-programmers-toy-only, ...
Don't have DOS? Get FreeDOS! (BASE .ISO is only 8 MB, bootdisk is 1.44 MB)

USB? We need more drivers (ported from Linux? I wish ...). GUI? I prefer TUI. Multitask? Again, probably need more developers (or testers for TriDOS, which ain't quite stable, supposedly; MT is also kinda wimpy but interesting too). No sound? Blame AC97 for breaking compatibility with old SB (use Mpxplay or Open Cubic Player or emulation drivers, if you can). Runs on older PCs? That's a pro, not a con! 16-bit? So what, if it works it works. Actually, most DOS software requires 386+, that's kinda implied these days. 640k? You can obviously easily use more than that. NTVDM/Vista/Win64 ain't real DOS anyways (nor is DOSEMU but better than nothing, I guess).

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