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- Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Microsoft released MS-DOS and Word source code to public
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5877
Re: Microsoft released MS-DOS and Word source code to public
According to the blog post, they plan to release DOS 1.1 and 2.0 too. :roll: Actually, what they've released is MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0. The blog lists "DOS 1.1 and 2.0" because, according to Tim Paterson, PC DOS 1.1 is equivalent to MS-DOS 1.24, so the source code for MS-DOS 1.25 that they'r...
- Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Microsoft released MS-DOS and Word source code to public
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5877
Re: Microsoft released MS-DOS and Word source code to public
The open source license allows you to create derivative works, but you can't distribute them.
- Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Introduce myself
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8462
Re: Introduce myself
The getbuilds page was in Italian when I visited yesterday. It's apparently pretty easy for the translators to overwrite or override English when they upload their translations since it keeps happening, so they might be reluctant to give even more people the ability to turn off the English version o...
- Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Why is it taking so long?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 43722
Re: about Win2003 / or Vista+7
And what i miss after XP EOS: the windows search in XP was quite comfortable and configurable. Vista and 7 search are not as pratical. That's what I missed the most, too. XP had an amazing Search GUI that allowed you to search by virtually any criteria. It's supposedly possible to search by any of ...
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Fix of the Week
- Replies: 191
- Views: 516974
Re: Fix of the Week
It makes CORE-6774 even worse, so whether this is a good fix or not depends on your perspective.
- Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Progress on the USB
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2203
Re: Progress on the USB
Kudos on the Underpants Gnomes reference!
- Mon Mar 10, 2014 10:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Double-click to close
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10895
Re: Double-click to close
Many have said they didn't know about this method. Once it is learned, it's so convenient as to be an absolute show-stopper to lose it. I was never aware of it, and I haven't used it a second time since learning about it. On my 23" monitor, the right-hand X is no more than 20" from the le...
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:18 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: MS wants Nerds to help get Windows XP away from grandma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 86124
Re: MS wants Nerds to help get Windows XP away from grandma
There is a form of OS/2 Warp called eComStation. At their site, it listes companies that use it. The current version is 2.1 with a beta in version 2.2. :ugeek: I've used the public beta LiveCD and enjoyed using it. There are only a handful of stores that sell it (the only one in Canada hasn't updat...
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:43 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: MS wants Nerds to help get Windows XP away from grandma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 86124
Re: MS wants Nerds to help get Windows XP away from grandma
but no one would be satisfied using Windows 3.1 if they could have XP, and most people wouldn't be satisfied using XP if they could have 7. I'm nitpicking :mrgreen: , but it really depends on your use scenario. I have seen lab equipment running on Windows 3.1 waaaay after 98 was introduced and bank...
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Chance for ReactOS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1928
Re: Chance for ReactOS
I don't think he was suggesting to take a stance. I think the idea was that the US might impose an export and sales ban on Russia, as they do with North Korea (apparently the export and sales ban on Iran was lifted recently). Unable to purchase Microsoft Windows, but dependent on Windows software, t...
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: MS wants Nerds to help get Windows XP away from grandma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 86124
Re: MS wants Nerds to help get Windows XP away from grandma
how fast Windows 3.1 boots ... on my old Core 2 Q6600 That's ironic :D Windows 3.1 is long history, Q6600 is my second best machine :) It's my second best machine, too. I was expecting a much bigger boost than I got when I bought my i7 3770; I could still be happily using my Q6600 as my primary com...
- Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:50 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: MS wants Nerds to help get Windows XP away from grandma
- Replies: 35
- Views: 86124
Re: MS wants Nerds to help get Windows XP away from grandma
You should see how fast Windows 3.1 boots from a CompactFlash card using a CF-to-IDE adapter on my old Core 2 Q6600 compared to Windows XP on the SSD in my Core i7 3770. It's easily 5 times faster even on slower hardware.
- Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: Why is it taking so long?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 43722
Re: Why is it taking so long?
I hate Windows 7 with a passion. Most people love Windows 7 with a passion. I found the transition from XP to 7 to be extremely easy, and the only thing I had to give up was Windows XP's awesome search UI. On the rare occasions when I wanted or needed to use XP in the early days after the change, I...
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: First boot = BSOD
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7282
Re: First boot = BSOD
And by the way I suggest that if there are any win*** files/commands they should be renamed with for example ros*** because for me ROS is not a clone of Windows - it is NT based independent system. 8-) They have to be named win*** for compatibility reasons. There are any number of programs that dep...
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
- Topic: EPIC WIN!
- Replies: 1324
- Views: 1446356
Re: EPIC WIN!
Shift - Print Scrn on my keyboard, or Paste or Paste From in Paint does not work. Am I doing something wrong? Shift+Print Screen = System Request. In Windows, Print Screen captures the entire desktop and Alt+Print Screen captures the application that has focus. I'm not able to get either to work in...