Hi, > What I'd like to do is set up a separate partition on my (large, fast) HD > and eliminate WINDOZE from this completely. I can of course buy a copy of > MS-DOS and install this on the new partition. But I think, hang on a > bit, > FreeDOS ought to be just as good?
Yes it should be. > QUESTION: Is it likely that my existing code will simply transfer from > running under MSDOS to running under FreeDOS, just like that, bing! ? Yes. FreeDOS is mostly compatible to MS-DOS, only some DOS internal stuff should differ (I'd expect your graphics software doesn't care about DOS internal data or similar). If some DOS service doesn't work in FreeDOS as you'd expect it, write a bug report or ask here for help. > By this I mean: given that the suite only handles the keyboard and mouse, > plus making calls to memory and banging pixels up on the screen in VGA or > EGA --- no sound, no peculiar external device drivers etc --- are all the > calls now made to DOS for doing this going to be the same (when > recompiled > of course) when made to FreeDOS instead? Yes. Also, recompilation for FreeDOS usually isn't required. (BTW, sound handling is "independant" from the DOS version because DOS itself doesn't care about sound at all.) Regards, Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
