DOS ain't dead

The DOS user base is much larger than you think (Miscellaneous)

posted by sol, 30.10.2007, 16:44

> BTW I foud that Seagate started using Free SW for their diag. tools. New
> Seatools bootdisk use FreeDOS kernel 2035, ctmouse and Seatools is now
> compiled by DJGPP using Allegro instead Zinc ZAF. So why they didn't used
> linux or windows instead? :)

Because their tools are already written for DOS, and it makes it much easier to make software that accesses hardware directly to do so OS-independently or using DOS.

READ: "Much easier to make software that can destroy your data and crash your PC in DOS."

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• Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - Jack, 17.10.2007, 23:39 (Miscellaneous)
  • Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - Steve, 18.10.2007, 08:27
  • Only One "Customer" -- ONLY ONE!!! - sol, 23.10.2007, 17:41
    • NO! - Jack, 23.10.2007, 21:49
      • NO! - sol, 23.10.2007, 22:50
        • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 24.10.2007, 13:55
          • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 24.10.2007, 17:43
            • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 24.10.2007, 18:27
              • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 24.10.2007, 18:38
                • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 25.10.2007, 09:16
                  • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 25.10.2007, 17:16
                    • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - lucho, 25.10.2007, 18:05
                    • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 02:27
                      • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 02:32
                        • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 04:42
                          • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 06:27
                            • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 07:42
                              • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 17:40
                                • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 27.10.2007, 14:04
                            • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 08:07
                              • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 26.10.2007, 18:05
                                • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 27.10.2007, 13:55
                                  • 30 seconds boot time - lucho, 27.10.2007, 14:32
                            • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 28.10.2007, 01:38
                              • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Steve, 28.10.2007, 04:26
                              • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 28.10.2007, 20:18
                                • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 29.10.2007, 13:31
                                  • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 30.10.2007, 16:47
                                    • The charm of DOS - lucho, 30.10.2007, 17:23
                                    • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - Rugxulo, 31.10.2007, 00:43
                      • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 07:59
            • The "Title" of This Thread. - Jack, 24.10.2007, 19:36
              • The "Title" of This Thread. - sol, 24.10.2007, 19:46
                • Get Something ELSE!! - Jack, 24.10.2007, 22:27
                  • Get Something ELSE!! - sol, 24.10.2007, 23:01
                • The "Title" of This Thread. - DOS386, 25.10.2007, 06:30
                  • The "Title" of This Thread. - rr, 25.10.2007, 10:48
                    • The "Title" of This Thread and the God - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 08:10
                  • The "Title" of This Thread. - Steve, 25.10.2007, 14:55
                • Boot floppy - lucho, 25.10.2007, 15:29
                • The "Title" of This Thread. - DOS386, 28.10.2007, 02:00
                  • The "Title" of This Thread. - sol, 28.10.2007, 20:28
          • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - RayeR, 29.10.2007, 12:35
            • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - sol, 30.10.2007, 16:44
              • Seagate and DOS - lucho, 30.10.2007, 17:24
                • Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 19:20
                  • DyDOSaurs - lucho, 30.10.2007, 20:05
                    • DyDOSaurs - sol, 30.10.2007, 20:10
                      • Questions to Solomon - lucho, 31.10.2007, 10:32
                  • Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 21:05
                    • Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 21:47
                      • Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 22:29
                      • Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 30.10.2007, 22:34
                        • Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:48
                          • Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 02:29
                            • Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 05:01
                              • Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 14:44
                                • Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 17:26
                    • Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:43
                      • Seagate and DOS - Rugxulo, 31.10.2007, 00:51
                      • Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 01:12
                        • Seagate and DOS - sol, 31.10.2007, 04:35
                    • Seagate and DOS - sol, 30.10.2007, 22:47
                      • Seagate and DOS - Khusraw, 31.10.2007, 01:22
              • The DOS user base is much larger than you think - RayeR, 31.10.2007, 12:40
  • One of the biggest improvements to DOS - lucho, 25.10.2007, 16:39
    • One of the biggest improvements to DOS - Tom, 25.10.2007, 17:06
  • Let's End THIS Poor-Old Thread, As Well! - Jack, 31.10.2007, 15:46