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# MS-DOS stuff



_Tools, info, links and resources for MS-DOS_



## Recommended software



|SOFTWARE |Desc|Notes|d|

|-|-|-|-|

| EIDL | Places CPU in a HALT state when DOS is idle, allowing the CPU to run cooler | https://www.bttr-software.de/products/eidl/ |  |

| DOSKEY (enhanced!) | With tab autocompletion and other great stuff | http://www.paulhoule.com/doskey/| | 

| Blackout | Screen blanker/saver | Note: place this into a non-"blackout" subfolder otherwise autoexec.bat will not process its parameters correctly. Eg use ```C:\apps\blackout.exe 12``` in ```autoexec.bat``` | |

| UNISOUND | UNISOUND is a Freeware DOS-only tool useful to configure and initialize ISA PnP sound cards from serveral brands and models, like ESS, Creative, ALS, CMI, ADI, Yamaha, Diamond tech, Aztech, OPTi, Crystal, community-made ones like Orpheus, AWE64 Legacy... (And also some non-PnP cards, like early SB16 software configurable models which required DIAGNOSE.EXE, are supported). Works on all x86 CPUs (8088/8086/286/386... and higher) | https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=72553 | 

| FastDOOM |  Doom port for DOS, optimized to be as fast as possible!  | https://github.com/viti95/FastDoom | 

| [CuteMouse](https://sourceforge.net/projects/cutemouse/) | CuteMouse is a DOS based, open source mouse driver, which supports many protocols of serial and PS/2 mice. It can search for a serial mouse at all COM ports or only at a specified port. An important CuteMouse feature is its small memory footprint: the resident part (TSR) occupies less than 3.5kb. CuteMouse can also install itself in upper memory, when available, without requiring external utilities such as the LH (LoadHigh) command. Modern BIOSes often make USB mice visible through the PS/2 interface if you enable "legacy" support in BIOS setup. | | |

| DOSMid | Midi Player | | This is the only Midi player that works for me |

| Norton Commander | | | 

| PlayWAV | http://www.fysnet.net | | |

| Treesize | | | 

|  EtherDFS | a network drive for DOS | https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=52260 |



# System info



#### Process config.sys line by line (and also skip processing of autoexec.bat)



```F8```



#### Backup/copy folder

- Copies subfolders (/s) including empty ones (/e)

```xcopy "C:\SomeFolderName" "D:\SomeFolderName" /s /e```



#### Virtual/protected mode

 

 - To use real mode, comment out HIMEM.SYS from config.sys and reboot



#### CPU



CHKCPU



### Screen Utils



- UltraVision https://www.4dos.info/tools/uv212.zip



![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38451588/133178127-07499414-f1ad-4479-b9e8-80958b0a954f.png)



http://www.reimagery.com/fsfd/screen.htm#screenmode



# Audio



- http://www.reimagery.com/fsfd/sound.htm#midiplayers



- https://www.cubic.org/player/download.html



- https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=37630



 |--|---|--|

 | | | | |

 |--|--|--|--|

 |MIDIplay | Play MIDI files through PC speaker  |     MIDIplay is a freeware 19K DOS program which plays a MIDI file through a PC's internal speaker. Output is monophonic  | no working links found |

 |SBPlay | SND, VOC, WAV, AIF, IFF, RAW sound files player – no sound card required  | | ftp://ftp.externet.hu/pub/mirror/sac/sound/sbply258.zip |

 | LxVox - Tiny WAV file player (8-bit mono), no sound card required. | http://hplx.pgdn.de/lxvox.zip | | |

 | PlayWAV 1.0 Quick playing of WAV files  | http://www.dreamlandbbs.com/sound/utils/playwav.zip | | | 

 | DOSMid | http://dosmid.sourceforge.net/ | | |



# GUIs



- OpenGEM



![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38451588/131199150-ce5e09fe-b31c-4d9e-8d96-386a65208200.png)



- COSTA graphical shell:



https://github.com/jacobpalm/costa



# Menus



| Screenshot | Menu Software| Info | Comment|

|-|-|-|-|

| ![image](https://github.com/SpitFire-666/ms-dos/assets/38451588/7bfb9e41-fe31-43c1-8dd6-56e4d8e7cd61) | Moo | Doesn't support LFNs (trips up on ```~``` character which it uses for internal purposes | https://archive.org/details/moo31 |

| ![image](https://github.com/SpitFire-666/ms-dos/assets/38451588/79ac1988-8cb5-4e7c-80e1-61046770264f) | RLoader | | |

| | AutoMenu | | |



https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/934-launchbox-for-ms-dos-special-edition/



## 

https://github.com/alespergl/slr/releases/tag/v0.1



## RLoader

https://github.com/marco-sacchi/RLoader



# MS-DOS Tool Alternatives



EDIT: Edit http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Edit



MEM: http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Mem



FREESP - Faster free space/dir listing: https://github.com/ChartreuseK/FREESP



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/dn2.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/doszip.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/fdshell.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/fdtui.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/paint2.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/pgme.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/group-edit.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/ewsnake.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/flpybird.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/vertigo.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/group-gui.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/cal.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/du.html



https://sourceforge.net/projects/dog/



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/foxcalc.html



http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/pdtree.html



https://github.com/Baron-von-Riedesel/Jemm



# Prompt Customisation



ANSI.SYS required to be loaded!



- Coloured prompt

  ```$e[37m $p ```

```



$e[xx;yy;zzm

```

xx = attribute code, yy = background color code, and zz = foreground color code.



```

0 Turn Off Attributes

1 High Intensity

2 Normal Intensity

4 Underline (mono only)

5 Blink

7 Reverse Video

8 Invisible

30 Black

31 Red

32 Green

33 Yellow

34 Blue

35 Magenta

36 Cyan

37 White

40 Black

41 Red

42 Green

43 Yellow

44 Blue

45 Magenta

46 Cyan

47 White

```



- Load ANSI

config.sys

````

  DEVICE = C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS

  ````

```PROMPT $e[1;32m$p$g$e[m ```



![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/38451588/175847189-2f360671-7655-4490-870f-29378812acf2.png)



```PROMPT $e[1;32m$p$g$e[m```



```PROMPT $e[1;31M$p$g$e[0;32m```



![image](https://github.com/SpitFire-666/ms-dos/assets/38451588/0f6bc6ed-e41d-4aec-be24-072183fa9fc7)



INVERTED

  PROMPT $e[7;10m$p$g$e[m  

  

PROMPT $D $B $T$H$H$H $_ $P$G



PROMPT $D $B $T$H$H$H $_ $P$G

  

  

- Merry Christmas

````

prompt $e[1;5;37m  *$_$e[0;32;40m  1$_ $e[1;31;42m u $_$e[33;42m

  x o $e[30;40m$e[K$_  _$_$e[31m MERRY$_CHRISTMAS!$_$e[37m$p$g

````

````

prompt $e[1;32;40m  Z$_$e[33;43m   $e[40m$e[K$_$e[43m    $_

  __ $e[37;40m$e[37;40m$e[K$_ BOO!$_$_$e[35m  $p$g$e[37m

 ````

 ````

 prompt

  $e[44;37;5m$e[16C$e[0;44;1;31m$_111$e[36m111$e[31m111$e[3

  5m11 1\]$_$e[32;5mx x x x x x   x$e[0;1;44;37m$e[1A$p$g

````



https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/11073/set-screen-resolution-in-dos-only-pc



## Boot menu



https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/6801/how-do-i-create-a-boot-menu-to-select-between-windows-and-dos/6802#6802



https://kb.iu.edu/d/aamm



# FONTS



FONTEDIT: https://www.uselesssoftware.com/download/fontedit-zip



FontEdit is a program which lets you to modify the font used in DOS Text mode with a VGA adapter. It provides a graphical interface in which you can modify the standard DOS font. It is mouse driven, and cannot be run without a mouse.



https://github.com/viler-int10h/Fontraption



https://github.com/viler-int10h/vga-text-mode-fonts



# Hardware



## ISA USB adapter (incl mass storage)



![image](https://github.com/SpitFire-666/ms-dos/assets/38451588/b1a6d704-22dd-4b91-8fe9-d513659c8f4a)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgtvVi_mjjg



### Bracket

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5350142



### updated driver (faster)



https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1074259#p1074259



http://www.toughdev.com/content/2018/04/usb-flash-drives-on-8-bit-isa-bus-using-ch375-isb-to-usb-adapter/



https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=43311



https://monotech.fwscart.com/XTCFMini_Bootable_8bit_ISA_CF_Card_Interface/p6083514_19478750.aspx



## parallel-port, Ethernet-to-WiFi connectivity.



## 🐁 Mouse



http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/



# Applications



TheDraw/AcidDraw



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iObKua8bdr8



https://dosprograms.info.tt/links.htm



https://winworldpc.com/library/applications/platform-dos



http://www.sysinfolab.com/index.htm

PC Tools, 

CPBackup, 

Autodesk Animator,

VPIC, 

QPEG, 

E3 text editor

QText

EinsteinWriter

Scream Tracker 2/3

Impulse Tracker

Blaster Master 16

TeleMate

Terminate

BlueWave

DESQview



DOS Navigator 



 

# Networking and Internet



http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FAQs/dos-apps.html



## SSH



https://github.com/AnttiTakala/SSH2DOS/



## Internet 



https://github.com/jhhoward/MicroWeb



https://github.com/DrKylstein/retro-proxy -  A https to http proxy that allow old browsers to access modern sites, with conversion and compression options. 



https://github.com/tenox7/wrp



## SMB Networking



http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/samba/dos.html



https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configuring_FreeDOS_to_Access_a_Samba_Share



http://www.toughdev.com/content/2018/06/using-microsoft-network-client-3-0-for-ms-dos-with-modern-versions-of-windows/



### Initialise NIC

````

C:\LAN\3C509.COM 0x60

`````



NET.EXE - http://www.ka9q.net/code/ka9qnos/



https://syncterm.bbsdev.net/ -  SyncTERM is a BBS terminal program 



### mTCP



http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/mTCP.html



### Setup



- Create Environment var

````batch

SETMTCPCFG=C:\LAN\CONFIG.CFG

````



- create CONFIG.CFG file (in the folder that SETMTCPCFG points to)

````batch

PACKETINT 0x60

IPADDR 192.168.1.99

NETMASK 255.255.255.0

GATEWAY 192.168.1.1

NAMESERVER 192.168.1.2

````



- DHCP.EXE - Get an IP

````

DCHP.EXE

````



- HTTPSERV.EXE



Hosts a web page, eg http://192.168.1.50/index.htm



````

HTTPSERV -doc_root c:\lan

````



- FTP



Setup an FTP server, eg Xlight FTP Server



# UNSORTED



https://github.com/ChartreuseK/VGASNOW



Necromancer's DOS Navigator, 

ems/xmsdsk, 

mfplay, 

pkzip, 



cd-emulation programs fakecd/fakedr so I don't have to mess with disks...

 

https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC



https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=63514

 

### Graphics, Pictures, and Publishing

- Micrografx Designer (poor man's CorelDraw, but even better IMHO)

- Paint Shop Pro

- ACDSee

- Sea Graphics Viewer with support for high resolution video modes. http://www.dcee.net/Files/Graf/sea11gfx.zip

- QPEG-386 (DOS image viewer, VESA support)

- PictView http://www.pictview.com/pictview.zip

- LxPic http://hplx.pgdn.de/lxpic.zip

- ShowJPG http://www.pictview.com/showjpg.zip

- PixView http://www.cs.unibo.it/~rossi/pixview/pixv23.zip

- LWhiz ftp://ftp.sac.sk/sac/graph/lwhiz.zip

- PrintMaster and BannerMania (kind of a very basic publishing programs (banners, greeting cards, etc.)



### Office:

- PFS Professional Write Plus (DOS word processor)

- Microsoft Word 2.0

- Microsoft Excel 3.0

- Recognita Select (OCR) 

- Ami Pro

- Quatro Pro, from time to time)



### Engineering:

- AutoCAD 12 (DOS and Windows 3.1)

- Easyplot

- Matlab 3.5 SE

- Mathcad 6

- Lahey FORTRAN

- QuickBasic



### Utilities:

- Stacker

- Colorado Backup

- QEMM

- Norton Utilities

- Checkit Pro

- PCTools

- DiskCopyFast

- F-Prot

- Ontrack Disk Manager

- XTree Gold

- Volkov Commander 

- Electronics Workbench

- TreeSize: http://www.cnd.org/HYPLAN/yawei/freesoft.html

 

 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=58922

 

 



Arachne web browser:



http://www.glennmcc.org/



# Graphics



VMODE

 

 

# GAMES



https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=81589



https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=82495



- http://www.pixelships.com/adg/

- https://github.com/viti95/FastDoom

- https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=61035&hilit=t3100&start=160

- The Catacomb Abyss 3D

- LHX attack chopper

- Wings of Fury

- Paganitzu 

- Pinball Night Mission

- http://www.mobygames.com/game/mach-3/

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PopCorn_%28video_game%29

- Colorado, 

- Targhan,

- Starblade, 

- Metal Mutant - all great 2D games from French developer Silmarils. They all work on both CGA and Hercules

- North & South - ton of fun and local multiplayer possible. CGA & HGC both.

- Prince of Persia - timeless classic. Native CGA and Hercules support.

- Prehistoric - tough as nails, but I have a soft spot for it. Native CGA and Hercules support.

- BlockOut - 3D Tetris clone. Not that great today, but played a hell out of it as a kid. Native CGA and Hercules support.

- Budokan - nostalgia factor mostly for me, but still can be enjoyable in small doses. Native CGA and Hercules support.

-  Digger - quick, fun, works via SimCGA (you have to jump through a few hoops) on Herc.

- Sokoban - did not like it too much as a kid, but appreciate logic games more now. Native CGA and Hercules support.

- Korean Dungeon Boy

- Street rod

- Arctic Fox

- OutRun

- California Games

- Pinball Dreams

- https://github.com/nanochess

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE6SkrEFcoI

- https://www.youtube.com/c/dosnostalgic/videos



## DEMOS



https://www.dropbox.com/s/df1h2w2zapo2kpv/crystfix.zip?dl=0



http://www.oldskool.org/demos/explained/demo_reviews.html

 

## QBasic



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqy7Xfklo7w



https://forum.thegamecreators.com/thread/222397



http://www.petesqbsite.com/downloads/graphics.shtml



# Convert a VirtualBox VM to a physical disk



```

"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\vboxmanage" internalcommands converttoraw DOS-256MB.vdi DOS-256.img

```



# References 



https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=82258



http://reimagery.com/fsfd/#siteidx



https://www.danielsays.com/ssg-dos.html



http://www.dcee.net/Files/Graf/



https://www.danielsays.com/ssg-dos-mace1.html



https://www.danielsays.com/ssg-dos-fs.html



https://www.vcfed.org/forum/forum/genres/pcs-and-clones/15399-ms-word-5-5-for-dos-for-free-legally?15238-MS-Word-5-5-for-DOS-for-FREE-(legally)=



https://www.fltk.org/index.php



https://winworldpc.com/product/pc-speaker-driver-wi/pc-speaker-driver-windows-31



https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=82258



https://github.com/zerokelvinkeyboard/tachyonos



https://sourceforge.net/projects/michalos/



 https://sourceforge.net/projects/zexos/

 

 https://www.mdgx.com/dos.htm#DOS

 

 NewDeal Office 3.2a



http://www.doshaven.eu/released/2007/



https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_texteditors



http://www.bttr-software.de/freesoft/



https://www.uwe-sieber.de/english.html



http://mpxplay.sourceforge.net/



https://www.4dos.info/dalter.htm



http://www.resoo.org/docs/dos/free_software/fileman1.htm



http://ndn.muxe.com/



http://dosprograms.info.tt/utils.htm



https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos



http://www.reimagery.com/fsfd/#siteidx



https://www.tindie.com/products/theoldnet/rs232-serial-wifi-modem-for-vintage-computers-v3/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S35-jFSMEf8