On 1/29/2013 11:09 AM, Tom Ehlert wrote: >> - An editor should be small enough to run on a 128K machine. > FreeDOS will not run on a 128K machine.
Ok. Then make it 256. You get the idea. I haven't looked into the source code, but is FreeDOS really that much of a memory hog where it will not boot and run in 128K? That seems absurd. We can debate how useful a 128K machine is, but DOS can't possibly be using all of that memory. >> - Calculator? How many people do not have a physical calculator or cell >> phone laying around nearby? > you are right. but wtf will I use a 128K machine for if I have a > iPhone around ? Because some people are interested in old hardware ? What kind of question is that? Why is anybody messing with FreeDOS in the first place? Let's not get into that discussion again ... >> - An editor should have "journalling" to help recover the lost work if >> the machine crashes while editing. This is normally done by recording >> the keystrokes to a separate temporary file and flushing them to disk >> periodically. In the event of a crash the journal file can be replayed >> to restore most of the edits, and hopefully not cause another crash >> because of a bug in the editor. > yep. and run on a 128K machine ? DAED and (the advanced version of Dewar's Visual EDitor) has this feature. It ran well in a 128K machine. Journalling to a file is less of a memory hog than undo is. Here is a link: http://brutman.com/PCjr/downloads/daed.zip > > - A hexadecimal display mode. > yep. and run on a 128K machine ? Hex display of the current screen is that much overhead? You know that most of my mTCP applications run in 192K or less, and that includes and entire TCP/IP stack ... I understand your skepticism. But running in a 128K machine is really not such a stretch. (Unless FreeDOS really is a memory hog. I'll have to go see what it's using.) Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
