From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 23:22:53 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 3F186106564A for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:22:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@rodperson.com) Received: from www6.pairlite.com (www6.pairlite.com [64.130.10.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F5678FC15 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:22:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atomizer (pool-72-77-28-206.pitbpa.fios.verizon.net [72.77.28.206]) by www6.pairlite.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 06B7DB803; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:22:54 -0400 From: Rod Person To: scott mcclellan Message-Id: <20110818192254.0d5a0f91.rodperson@rodperson.com> In-Reply-To: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:22:53 -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). > 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). Ah, I remember those days, but FreeBSD's is not based on DOS, it based on Unix. If you want to relive DOS I'd suggest try FreeDOS http://www.freedos.org/ -- Rod Person http://www.rodperson.com "It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma..." Winston Chruchill