Hi again, On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:19 AM, Rugxulo <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Jim Michaels <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I got too excited and posted a message. I dug further into the readmes and >> found out there is a commercial version of VMiX. there is no web site that I >> could find. the project seems to get updated about once every 5-10 years. > > Probably best not to pin too many hopes on it. > >> it runs on top of DOS. I believe it was the commercial version of VMiX >> (itself protected mode) that works with protected mode programs now, and it >> the cost used to be something like $35. >> >> it uses i586 code, but requires real mode to start.
The website appears to be here: http://www.sysdev.org/sdev001.htm Their "Links" page points, among other things, to "FreeDOS Project Home" (http://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos). Their "News" page says, "VMiX-386 now has its own Home Page and presence on the Internet." (And apparently they are interested in possibly porting GEM but only point to Deltasoft's old website, for now.) Scratch that, they say this as well: "Our VMiX O/S, the 'BABy' Microkernel, all underlying DOS I/O, tools and shells are being ported to AMD's x64 and Intel's ia64 architectures. This will ensure a DOS style presence into the future and upcomming 64-bit computing." (Eh?) "Products" points to "VMiX-x86 Operating System" (vmix-3.0.12-msdos.zip), but, how do I say this diplomatically, it's not very "interesting"! At least, some things make me doubt this will ever be GPL-compatible! "FAQs" says this, "Question: How can I participate in VMiX's Development?..." (and the answer is the guy's email address! I haven't tried pestering him, but seriously, don't get your hopes up!!!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
