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    • MiNiDOS 2026 Release 0.03 =========================       https://archive.org/details/minidos-003       MiNiDOS is a bootable and installable MS-DOS 6.22 compatible distribution. 1. Introduction --------------- MiNiDOS is an MS-DOS distribution with the following three aims: 1) Maintains backwards compatibility so that you can run all former DOS software without issues. Components have been carefully chosen to follow this route. 2) Keeps its business in an incredibly small and portable shape. Tiny programs are much more convenient for deployment on vintage storage media which is more often than not, restricted by space limitations. So for this particular purpose a 1.44 MB (IBM DOS formatted high density floppy disk size) has been selected as a boundary. 3) Attempts to become the ultimate MS-DOS 6.22 Swiss Army knife. A great deal of effort has been put in order to pack the relevant stuff to carry out the most common user operations, modernizing whenever the possibility arises, without of course compromising the above two stated objectives of this MiNiDOS distribution. 3. MiNiDOS Main Features ------------------------ 3.1 Multiple boot menu options for improved backwards compatibility 3.2 Command-line auto completion 3.3 Command-line scroll-back buffer 3.4 Full clipboard support in DOS 3.5 Long file name support 3.6 FAT 12, FAT 16, FAT 32, exFAT, NTFS, EXT2/3 and HPFS file systems 3.7 Drivers for FireWire, USB, CD/DVD-ROM, PCMCIA/CardBus and ZIP/JAZ devices 3.8 Universal sound card driver that offers an all-in-one solution 3.9 Generic mouse driver with wheel support 3.10 RAM support beyond 64 MB (up to 4 GB) 3.11 Big resizable RAM drives up to 2 GB in size 3.12 Conventional RAM available to run most demanding MS-DOS memory games 3.13 Powerful diagnostic, repair and maintenance capabilities 3.14 Minimalistic text editor for regular use 3.15 Graphic User Interface for compressing files in RAR format 3.16 RAR, ZIP, ARJ and LZH archive decompression has been integrated 3.17 DOS Structural behavior management and report tools 3.18 Disk image creation and file extraction 3.19 Intuitive file manager that follows the popular two panel paradigm 3.20 Serial and parallel port communication program 3.21 VirtualBox shared folders are mountable on-demand 3.22 Easy to use hard drive preparation and system installation tools 3.23 Power management including CPU slowdown and several associated commands 3.24 Numerous utilities which add more power and flexibility to your system 3.25 Many commonly used external MS-DOS commands 3.26 Plenty of executable conversion programs to tinker with 3.27 A robust and stable system 3.28 Unparalleled compatibility 3.29 A working system for PCs with even an 8088 CPU and little memory 3.30 Extensive built-in MiNiDOS manual 3.31 Available for general consumption, for everyday use 3.32 There is much more to MiNiDOS than meets the eye Changes since last release: - Updated DEBUG to version 2.51 which has several bug fixes - Updated HELP to match all new changes and fixed a few old entries - Updated DEVLOAD to version 3.26 that fixes some bugs - Updated DOSLFNMS to version 0.42 - Updated UNISOUND to version 0.82a that brings a wide range of new features - Updated SANE to version 2.00 which has been entirely reworked - Updated PRN2FILE to version 1.0a that has better user help facilities - Updated SHUTDOWN to version 2.00 which incorporates REBOOT features - Replaced CHOICE with a new one that is way smaller - Replaced ESCAPE with DUSTER as it is smaller and works on 8088 CPUs too - Replaced DOSIDLE with EIDL which is simpler and smaller - Replaced EXE2COM with EXE2BIN that reflects classic DOS functionality - Replaced HELP.BAT + DESCRIPT.ION with HELP.COM - Replaced SHARE with other one more compatible with MS-DOS 6.22 - Replaced both NTFS4DOS and DRFAT32 with Paragon DOS IFS driver - Replaced XDVD2.SYS with XGCDROM.SYS for improved compatibility - Reworked KEYB to more properly reflect its classic DOS functionality - Reworked MENU.INI and its SYSREP counterpart - Added DOSINFO that displays DOS system information on HDD installations - Added EMUDET which detects an active virtual or emulated environment - Added FIXEDDRV which describes system's hard drives characteristics - Added MINICOM which is a terminal communications program - Added IRQ that lists hardware interrupts - Added PCZIPDRV which is a DOS device driver for Iomega Zip/Jaz drives - Removed KEYTEST due to function duplicity (KPUSH does similar job) - Removed ENUFDISC which has issues detecting if media is present - Removed REBOOT as its functionality has been merged into SHUTDOWN - Removed RESINFO.EXE and VC2.BAT which proved to be unstable - Removed WHICHFAT that does not reliably work on all circumstances - Removed XMS.COM as it under-reports XMS and proved to be barely useful - Optimized a few batch files - Fixed and updated all MiNiDOS documentation  
    • Si bien los primeros equipos de 8 bits salieron al mercado con menos de 64kb, llego el momento en que la tecnología de direccionamiento se encontró con un limite inquebrantable. No poder direccionar mas que 64kb.   No fue hasta 1978 cuando intel presenta el procesador 8086 y mediante la paginación de memoria que se logro direccionar 1MB, sin embargo para esos años, las empresas apostaban por lo seguro, procesadores de 8 bits, desarrollos mas económicos que en 16 bits, y hacer mucho dinero con un modelo conocido, hasta que IBM revoluciona el mercado con la IBM 5150 y 5160 PC XT... todo lo demás es historia, que puedes verla en este excelente, video!      
    • Todo MMO es farmeable, cuando puedes convertir las moneda del juego en dinero real, aqui el caso de Lost Ark      
    • El día que tenga mi nave espacial quiero que venga con una HP-250 con disco rígido y diskette de 8"    
    • Recap de Mother, fuente, monitor y cambio de disco por placa con SD!      
    • Que paso con Commodore?   La pregunta que todos nos hicimos mas de una vez.. bueno, de este excelente canal nos llega un resumen en 20' que lo explica muy bien!      
    • Hola muy buenas!, comparto una solución ideal para hacer blanqueo de piezas retro en interiores, para aquellos que no tienen sol todo el dia, o que necesitan hacer un trabajo y quizas el clima en esos días no ayuda. Una batea re-utilizable con led!        
    • Que increíble, emoción por volver a ver el capitulo 1 de Robotech!!!      
    • Si bien el video es en portugués, pueden acceder a escucharlo en castellano/español con el doblaje automatico   Buenos datos para recordar!    
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