On 3/26/2014 2:23 AM, Charles Belhumeur wrote: > You know, I just had a thought folks. Maybe FreeDOS should have been > a 64 bit version right from the start. Why couldn't a 386 mode OS be > written that looked and behaved like real mode DOS be written? You'd > need some kind of low order shell to have backward compatibility with > real mode stuff. but WIndows XP and 7 do this. But otherwise it would > allow access to all the RAM and drive space and likely good task > switching too for things like browsers, which I hear was a pain in the > ass for FreeDOS. Well,because such an OS already exists, it's called Linux.
It is really sad to see these days that people don't understand anymore what DOS (as in MS-, PC-, PTS-, Free-) iswas all about... :-( Ralf --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
