Pineapple Desktop

The Sweetest Desktop Environment for DOS

v1.0 BETA - Tester Build

About

Pineapple is a graphical desktop for DOS systems. Built for minimal hardware - runs on 386+ with no FPU. Designed for embedded systems like Vortex86 PCs.

Running Pineapple

From DOS prompt, type:

PINEAPPL - Standard VGA mode (320x200)

PINEAPPL /SVGA - SVGA mode (640x480)

PINEAPPL /CGA - CGA mode (4 colors)

Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+Q - Quit Pineapple
Ctrl+W - Close window
Ctrl+S - Save (Notepad/IDE)
ESC - Close menu/dialog

Applications

Finda - File manager
Notepad - Text editor
Calculator - Basic math
Paint - Pixel art editor
Shell - Command prompt
ACDC IDE - Code editor
Gopher - Gopher browser
IRC - Chat client
Weather - Weather info
Netzillah - HTML viewer
Pineappleman - Game
Tic Tac Toe - Game

Networking Setup

Network apps need a packet driver loaded on INT 0x60.

For DOSBox-X (SLIRP):

1. Add to dosbox-x.conf [ne2000] section:

ne2000=true

nicbase=300

nicirq=10

backend=slirp

2. In DOS, run: NE2000 0x60

3. Create WATTCP.CFG with:

my_ip = 10.0.2.15

netmask = 255.255.255.0

gateway = 10.0.2.2

nameserver = 10.0.2.3

For Real Hardware:

1. Get NE2000 packet driver for your NIC

2. Load: NE2000 0x60 IRQ IOBASE

3. Create WATTCP.CFG with your network settings

Shell Commands

File Commands:

dir, ls - List files
cd - Change directory
pwd - Print directory
type, cat - Show file
mkdir - Make directory
del, rm - Delete file
copy, cp - Copy file
ren, mv - Rename file

System Commands:

cls, clear - Clear screen
mem - Memory info
top, htop - Task monitor
ver - Version info
date - Show date
time - Show time
echo - Print text

Network Commands:

pktdrv - Load packet driver
netstat - Network status
netdebug - Debug network
arptest - Test ARP
nettest - Test connection
ping host - Ping a host

IRC Commands

/nick name - Set nickname
/server srv - Set server
/channel #c - Set channel
/connect - Connect to server
/join #chan - Join channel
/msg nick msg - Private message
/who - List users
/quit - Disconnect
/help - Show commands

System Requirements

386 or better CPU (no FPU needed)
VGA display (SVGA optional)
DOS 5.0 or later
4MB RAM recommended
NE2000-compatible NIC for networking

Credits

Developed by Chelson Aitcheson

Uses Watt-32 TCP/IP stack

Thank you for testing Pineapple!