Msg: Re: New Windows installer for vDos-lfn

Hi Kari,

I have added the feature to disable date/time synchronization in vDos-lfn so that it can maintain its own local date and time different from the system date/time. You can achieve this by setting "TIMESYNC=OFF" in config.txt. After that, you will able to change the vDos-lfn date/time by using the standard DATE and TIME command in vDos-lfn. As usual, I have updated the vDos-lfn binary and installer. Please download the new version.

Wengier

On Wednesday, May 18, 2016 2:07 AM, Kari Eveli wrote:

Hello Wengier,

It is nice to notice that there is a drive to have things implemented.
One feature I once asked Jos was the ability to overcome the Y2K problem
by running the application in the 1980-1999 timeframe. This could open
up the possibility to run Y2K-crippled software (e.g. MS Word for DOS
version 5.0) on modern platforms (it can be done under MS Virtual PC
2004-2007 by changing the time, but this application is no more
developed and the setup of DOS virtual machines is overwhelming for some
users). Jos was of the opinion that this was too cumbersome to do. Maybe
it is, I do not know.

Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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17.5.2016, 16:12, Wengier W (Redacted sender wengierwu for DMARC) wrote:
> Yes, according to Jos in the sourceForge forum, support for /WAIT and
> .CMD will probably added into the next version of vDos, which is
> coming soon (probably by the end of this month). By that time vDos-lfn
> will support them too. On the other hand, if the next version of vDos
> still don't support them (which is unlikely I think), I will add these
> features to vDos-lfn by myself.
>
> Wengier