Georgiana BrummellI know there are many #DOS gamers here and those who simply love #retroComputing and #technology . But are there any serious DOS #programmers here as well? If so, in which language/s do you write? (I want to learn #QuickBasic , but I am at the very beginning, and it's not advanced enough for what I need.) Does anyone here work on the development of #FreeDOS ? Assuming any of the above is true, do any of you know about #accessibility and #ScreenReaders ? I am totally #blind and have loved DOS since I was a teenager. I am now forty-one. I am aware of the many updates to the system over the years, but have been unable to take advantage of them due to the fact that no new or updated #AdaptiveTechnology is being developed for it. Everyone seems to love Linux. I don't. Neither do I like Mac OS. I love Windows XP and 7, but 11 drives me mad. I think we deserve another alternative to all of these, and I also think that DOS can be it if a few things are added to it, including a talking installer, an updated screen reader and good software speech synthesis. For those of you who think DOS only equals dialup modems and floppies, you may wish to read this, or at least skim through it.
Julius Kaiser@dandylover1 There's @dec_hl around here - crafter of DOStodon - the Mastodon client for MS-DOS.
SuperIlu@jlsksr @dandylover1 As Julius pointed out, I do some DOS programming in my free time.
Mostly in plain C, but I have done FreeBASiC for fun, too. You might want to check it out…
My main project is DOjS, a JavaScript runtime for DOS, DOStodon is implemented using that.
@dandylover1 @jlsksr well, usually there is no JavaScript on DOS. I just used it as the language of choice for my project. It is not related to the functionality it provides in web browsers on modern systems.
In DOjS there is a text mode editor for programming (which might be accessible, but I’m not sure), but if you run the program it will switch to graphics mode.
In DOjS there is a text mode editor for programming (which might be accessible, but I’m not sure), but if you run the program it will switch to graphics mode.
@dandylover1 @jlsksr
I have another project called jSH that has no embedded editor, but you can use it to create text mode programs in JavaScript.
This one is something like the “ugly” child of my projects as it doesn’t get as much love as it should 😆
I have another project called jSH that has no embedded editor, but you can use it to create text mode programs in JavaScript.
This one is something like the “ugly” child of my projects as it doesn’t get as much love as it should 😆