Hi,
Arkady V.Belousov escribiÃ:
Hi!
16-ÐÐÑ-2005 10:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AITOR SANTAMARIA MERINO) wrote to
[email protected]:
ASM> (2) I don't think MS-DOS 5.0 is an improvement over 3.3, even
It is: HMA and UMB, config menus, new/documented APIs (and
ASM> Ok, let me re-phrase: of course it is based on 3.30,
Same, as Linux "based" on Unix or WinXP "based" on Win9x.
Wrong example: Linux has nothing to do with a Unix in its
implementation, whereas the USER INTERFACE Microsoft Windows 5.10 (I
believe?) of WindowsXP is the successor of the UI MS-Windows 4.X/5.X or
WinXP/ME. I don't think that MS have rewritten MS-DOS 5.10 either, but
it is based on the MS-DOS 3.30 sources.
ASM> but I think it goes much further than that:
Contraditcion: "don't think is an improvement" or "goes much further"?
This sort of things happens when one does not want to understand.
diff (MS-DOS 5.X, MS-DOS 6.X) << diff(MS-DOS 3.30, 5.0)
where << is the sign meaning in phisics MUCH LESS.
ASM> improved memory management,
"Improved"? DOS' memory management is too dumb to improve it. Or, you
mean additions in MM for UMB and HMA?
For me, the ability to use the extended memory is an improvement.
ASM> and response to WIN386 broadcast messages are just two examples.
ASM> (4) The necessity to comply with RBIL was questioned in this list time ago
And?
ASM> Just to mention some.
? You mean: "spec should mention RBIL as reference source"?
No. I mean that I can't remember exactly the stage, but there was a
moment where MS-DOS behaviour does not go along RBIL, and the spec
mentions RBIL in this case (although it claims about MS compatibility too).
Aitor
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