Hello,
On 27-Oct-99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> While (hopefully) someone is looking, are there any plans for Rebol/DOS?
>> I know... DOS is old and antiquated and has no multitasking or windowing
>> features, but it IS SMALL, and FREE/CHEAP (DRDOS, FREEDOS, etc), and
>> requires very little computing resources... ideal for many of the
>> applications I'd like to pursue with REBOL. The philosophy of rebol
>> states that it is intended for set-top boxes and the like, wouldn't DOS
>> be a good candidate (w/o HD, just run from ROM/RAM) for implementing such
>> things?
>
> Why not grabbing an old Amiga 500 for such kind of stuff. And there you
> really have more than 8+3 characters. Or an A1200 which could give enough
> animation capability and video compatible output ideally usable in set top
> boxes ;-)
The problem there can be availability and price, even on the used Amigas
(ever looked for one on ebay?)
You can get 386 to Pentium class machines cheaper if you look. And on
those, why not go with Linux? It is 32 bit and multitasking (I've been
starting to play with it on a 8MB 486 in the past month, while using the
Amiga for internet). Of course, this doesn't address the video requirement
(NTSC, PAL, HDTV or whatever) of a set top box. Though converters are
available.
Elliott
