Before you get too involved with a 32 bit DOS-like operating system can you update us on your progress with FreeDOS 1.2? I thought you were working on that too. On Jun 17, 2015 11:07 AM, "Mercury Thirteen" <mercury0x0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think there's been sufficient time for everyone who is interested to > reply. Beginning Monday, talks will begin on a 32-bit DOS kernel. > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Antony Gordon <cuzint...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'd suggest using 0xC3 0x00 as a magic number for any non-8086 >> executable. >> Or, for preference, using a 4-byte magic number: 0xC3 0x00 0x00 followed >> by >> a byte giving the supported CPU architecture. Then the logic in the >> loader >> would be: >> >> >> Here’s an easier solution. Follow the pattern Microsoft set with PE >> files. PE files BTW is the executable format for Windows EXE files. >> >> Visit this link - >> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Disassembly/Windows_Executable_Files#MS-DOS_COM_Files >> >> i think it might be a little simpler this way. >> >> -- >> John Elliott >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > >
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