On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:21:15 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) wrote:
> Hi Bastiaan!
> 24 Jan 2002, "Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BF> Does that make C an operating system?
> no, it's a programmin language :)
> BF> Abt 20 years ago computers like Sinclair and MSX had BASIC for their
> BF> OS.
> No ... those computers had a OS + the BASIC Interpreter.
> The C64 had a kernal ROM (OS) + a BASIC ROM (basic)
> it was simply the case that the OS started the basic interpreter.
> It was the same with the first versions of IBM PCs ... they had also a
> version of DOS in the BIOS.
> BF> Would it be possible to re-compile DOS and other OS's (even windows?)
> BF> to C, BASIC or whatever higher programming language?
> BF> Or machine specific 'mnemonics'?
> ?? DOS, Windows and Linux are all written in C.
In most cases the source is not delivered with the program... that's why
I ask if recompilation would be possible. Just to get hold of the
source.
If the source is there we could try to compile it in another OS ??
Bastiaan
> You compile those sources and get the OS binaries ...
> I don't fully understand your question.
> BF> Bastiaan
> CU, Ricsi
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