The Caffeinated Equine Thread
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But I had to see what happens.
I finally made a difference!
FreeDOS is great and I love it, but I have had a few programs fail to work because they look for files the FreeDOS developers renamed for no reason except to feel special, because FOSS developers are cursed that way.
So I'm trying a weird fork of DR-DOS instead. I already miss some of the modern features FreeDOS has, but damn is it immediately obvious that DR-DOS is a more solid foundation than what FreeDOS is built on. Personal computing truly went wrong.
I guarantee this is not how anyone else on planet Earth just spent their Saturday.
So I'm trying a weird fork of DR-DOS instead. I already miss some of the modern features FreeDOS has, but damn is it immediately obvious that DR-DOS is a more solid foundation than what FreeDOS is built on. Personal computing truly went wrong.
I guarantee this is not how anyone else on planet Earth just spent their Saturday.
Because apparently I cannot spend a Saturday like a normal person, I am now building my DOS machine inside OS/2 Warp instead of FreeDOS or DR-DOS.
OS/2 is actually good for this. I cannot tell what it is good for other than using it to run DOS sessions, but at least it is good for that one thing. As awesome as FreeDOS is, it still can't quite run Windows 3.1 properly yet, while OS/2 Warp does it out of the box.
OS/2 is actually good for this. I cannot tell what it is good for other than using it to run DOS sessions, but at least it is good for that one thing. As awesome as FreeDOS is, it still can't quite run Windows 3.1 properly yet, while OS/2 Warp does it out of the box.
A phone call had me on hold for over an hour today so I went back to my DOS project. I found out that OS/2 has a tool that scans your drives and suggests programs you can set up inside the built-in Windows VM, and if you approve it'll set them up for you. Neat.
I was idly clicking stuff, and my operating system suddenly offered to do my work for me.
Does that help?
Does that help?
It was a cry for mercy.
Trying Linux again, because I do still need a modern browser.
If this goes through, yay it worked.
If this goes through, yay it worked.
I keep getting the same Uber and Doordash drivers. I'm sure they have a somewhat regular route, so I could place my orders on a schedule that happens to align with theirs, but I am not doing that. My schedule is highly variable, but it's still lining up such that I get the same drivers.