On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, [UTF-8] Aitor SantamarÃa Merino wrote: > Arkady V.Belousov escribiÃ: > > >>>And we even don't may prove this or check how those MS-DOS editions > >>>support this function. > >>> > >>> > >LG> From what I tested, it's only in MS-DOS 4.0 indeed. But I've said I won't > >LG> remove it, period. > > > > But why you add it?! > > > > > I have to agree with Arkady. Two things why I feel it could be inconvenient: > - the extra few bytes it takes > - the fact that, being unique to MS-DOS 4.0, some app may be using this > as MS-DOS 4.0 proof, thus believing that they are living in MS-DOS 4.0, > whereas FreeDOS kernel is more similar to 5.X or 7.X...
One problem is that having a user-callable int2f-12 function is a little inconsistent. These guys are all meant to be called from within DOS (perhaps via MSCDEX/NLSFUNC) Bart ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
