Hi!
4-Янв-2005 20:05 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Devore) wrote to
[email protected]:
>>Can freedos be use in a real-time environment successfully?
Yes, of course, because DOS itself doesn't uses machine resources until
you call it explicitly. On the other side, DOS is not asynchronous system,
so your application will be stopped while DOS perfoms its tasks (and disk
IO), unless you perform tricks with timer interrupts handling.
MD> Kind of depends on your task priority needs and data collection, interface,
MD> latency, and throughput requirements. You could use FreeDOS for a
MD> stock-ticker program without fear, but I would stay away from it for
MD> tornado chasing. 'Course, I'd stay away from tornado chasing, period.
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