isn't there a similar API at least on some Windows versions for NTFS or
even FAT32 ?
Yes.
Would it make sense for FreeDOS to offer that API?
No.
tom
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is possible. the problem is with the installer, not with ZIP.
pipes == temp space under DOS. So doesn't change much.
I meant, that the problem is with the *permanent* space requirements.
233 Kb *temp* requirement is certainly available; at least if you have
- a CDROM
- some
One could at least think of having multiple console drivers residing
concurrently in a system, say CO80: and BW80: connected to different
video systems and screens, and CON dynamically assigned
one can *always* think of something, that would break something else.
but with this kind of thinking,
This might be a problem for system using display frontend drivers
or for screen reader software, although I am not currently aware
of a particular example.
It is, however, a problem, for the CopyCursor feature built into
our FreeKEYB advanced keyboard driver,
Now I start to understand, why
IMO, I prefer working 2003 for 98% all cases over might work
in 2010 - eventually (if I'm not too busy)
Hm, being at 98% in 2003 is completely illusoric, IMHO.
you are right.
but then I prefer 80% in 2003, and hope for 95% in 2010
IMHO the fine arts of engineering is to find the right
Interprocess communication in a true microkernel architecture is a drag
though (simply a question of overhead you generate if you send messages
instead of directy talking to the hardware).
It's mostly a drag, because 'pure' message passing involves context
('process')
switching, which is *very
I understand the last Q/A as PC DOS 7 is abandonware, feel
free to grab it whereever you can find it ???
certainly not - note 'local computer shops'
http://www-3.ibm.com/software/os/dos/compare.html
... among others, low memory footprint.
Read the rest yourself...
a pretty long TODO for us
Sorry for a newbie to enter the discussion here. Was just wondering,
it
appears to me this is just the sort of thing that Tripple Dos does -
multitasking so you could run multiple instances of DOS. Maybe you
were thinking of something else, I don't know...
Yes, but Tripple Dos is
for instance, what good is
encryption/decryption software with released source code that hackers
can look through?).
I STRONGLY disagree.
encryption/decryption software withOUT released source code that
ANYBODY can go through is probably trying to replace obscurity by security
and should be
