> Interesting you should mention this; I and a few others have been working on 
> a 
> 32-bit Protected Mode DOS-style kernel (see the Night group forum 
> [here](https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/night-dos-kernel) for 
> more 
> info) for a while now. While I never got too deep into DPMI (and therefore 
> don't know how much help I would be to you) I'm interested in taking a look 
> at 
> your project. Since it seems we have a similar goal, maybe there's a nugget 
> or 
> two of info that can be shared to help both projects along.

Hi. I’m not using DPMI. PDOS/386 itself is 32-bit.
What I have is more a DRMI – a real mode
interface, as I drop down to real mode in order
to do BIOS calls. This is all transparent to
applications that run as pure 32-bit.

It seems that your Night Dos runs entirely as
32-bit, writing your own drivers, whereas I am
relying on the BIOS.
Another difference is that my project is public
domain, not GPL.
But there is no reason why the API that actual
32-bit applications use shouldn’t be consistent
between both projects. So I have joined your
group to see if we can agree on something in
this respect. There should ideally be a number
of 32-bit flavors of MSDOS for users to choose
between, with a common API.
BFN. Paul.
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most
engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot
_______________________________________________
Freedos-devel mailing list
Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel

Reply via email to