DOS ain't dead - Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license

Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 29.07.2020, 09:47

> This includes ... TODDY v6.15 (A DOS command line editor)

Years ago (before 2010?), when I was still using my P166 (586) w/ 32 MB RAM running DR-DOS 7.03, I used Toddy as a better replacement for DR's own COMMAND.COM HISTORY. It was able to unload (so no full reboot needed, if more low RAM required), came with sources (not that I needed that), and it was quite powerful without relying on a heavyweight shell like 4DOS (which has its own cmdline editing). It was quite good, but with FreeDOS' FreeCOM, you need to use a build without their own wimpier (but reasonably good) built-in DOSKEY-like functionality compiled in. So I never did use it much on FreeDOS, so far.

I also used WARP, which is basically an ANSI.SYS clone with built-in paging upon full screens. But I don't use that anymore, and honestly, I rarely use ANSI at all. You could instead use MORESYS + NNANSI (unloadable TSR) (or just NANSI.SYS proper, if you don't need to unload).

I don't think I ever used his SLEEPER, instead preferring FDAPM's IDLEHALT DPMS screen saver. But one guy on a newsgroup recently was trying to do screen savers, so I pointed him to that and a few others.

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Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - rr, 27.07.2020, 19:51 (Announce)
- Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - ecm, 27.07.2020, 23:34
  - Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - rr, 28.07.2020, 20:36
    - Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - Rugxulo, 29.07.2020, 09:40
      - Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - rr, 04.08.2020, 21:34
- Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - rr, 28.07.2020, 20:36
  - Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - ecm, 29.07.2020, 02:10
    - Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - rr, 04.08.2020, 21:30
  - Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - Rugxulo, 29.07.2020, 09:33
    - Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - rr, 04.08.2020, 21:32
- Eric Tauck's old software goes MIT license - Rugxulo, 29.07.2020, 09:47