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FreeDOS
Introduction
The Trackball
The Floppy
Memory Management
PCMCIA
DOS Networking
Conclusion
Three years ago I installed "Freedos" on my Compaq Contura Aero,
a version of DOS which is free software.
It turned out to be an interesting puzzle, just like GNU/Linux.
A few days ago I found my notes and ideas that I already had prepared for
a new section on this website. I publish them now, although
they are a bit fragmentary and not all of the problems were solved.
There are already newer versions of freedos and its applications at
the Freedos Website. Nevertheless the
information on this website cover my installed version from 2003.
If you have fun trying freedos on an aero yourself and you find some better solutions,
please send them over. At the moment I don't find enough time for this hobby,
so I stopped exploring these possibilities myself.
Even though my installation of freedos and dos-networking on the aero is
still some years old, it has a big advantage: It works.
Have fun with it!
Uli, 09.08.2006
Copyright (c) 2006 Ulrich Hansen.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document (including all pictures) under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
