From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 23:21:57 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 664DA106564A for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:21:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BAA28FC0C for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:21:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-15-138.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.15.138]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 974983E1E5; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:21:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id p7INLsaQ004007; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:21:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:21:54 +0200 From: Polytropon To: scott mcclellan Message-Id: <20110819012154.3c9e76aa.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new to os X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:21:57 -0000 On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT), scott mcclellan wrote: > I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or > maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis). Pick FreeBSD as an OS, it will be a benefit for your UNIX skills and your productivity, as well as for your opinion about learning in general. :-) > Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to > gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past > for me 30 years - on a TRS-80). I know remember extremely > little of OS vernacular. Oh you mean _that_ DOS, not the real DOS which is much older than 30 years, even older than me! :-) Furthermore, I always thought the TRS-80 ran CP/M, not DOS, but I could be wrong as I (1st) didn't do any research on it (first sin!) and (2nd) don't own one so I could check. > Am I biting off more than I can chew, or is there a OS > commands for dummies out there, or does FreeBSD have such a > critter that one can go through. FreeBSD allows you to run PC emulators that you can install and run DOS on. Furthermore, there's the doscmd port. Have a look at the content of /usr/ports/emulators and see what fits your needs. The traditional command line interpreters in DOS, e. g. COMMAND.COM, as well as the binaries itself give you some help. A system with better documentation is Norton's NDOS, which has also a more flexible command line interpreter, still being fully compatible. There are even free DOS operating systems that you can run by a means that FreeBSD provides as a "host OS". > I'll pour through the FAQ and got hrough the online manuals > for now. But it all seems greek. Can someone point me in a > diresction to degreek this stuff for me. If you can be more specific, using a more precise question? At this point, it's mostly guess work, at least to me. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...