Based on our record, FreeDOS should be more popular than vDosPlus. It has been mentiond 8 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
It sounds like you're using LPT1 directly (bypassing the Windows print manager, which makes sense here) and filling up the printer's buffer. I know next to nothing about NTVDM, so I don't have a software fix to recommend. You might be able to bypass the problem by using a productivity-focused DOS emulator like vDOS or vDOSPlus. You could also try hardware fixes: hunting down an old parallel printer buffer or... Source: almost 2 years ago
Interesting MS-DOS history to be uncovered. FreeDOS, an open source DOS clone, has been around for a while: https://freedos.org/ https://github.com/FDOS. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago
I wonder if that machine can run FreeDOS. Source: about 1 year ago
Some kind of VM with no sharing or network access... VirtualBox, Bottles, or your host of choice... Install DOS (FreeDOS or whatever you wish I guess). Source: about 1 year ago
Then there is FreeDOS, which also isn't Linux, but it is still open source and a lots of fun to use. Source: over 1 year ago
You know you are absolutely right. I’m going back to DOS. Source: over 1 year ago
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