Re: [Freedos-devel] 32-bit DOS

2018-07-06 Thread Paul Edwards
> Interesting you should mention this; I and a few others have been working on > a > 32-bit Protected Mode DOS-style kernel (see the Night group forum > [here](https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/night-dos-kernel) for > more > info) for a while now. While I never got too deep into DP

Re: [Freedos-devel] Ideas

2018-07-06 Thread Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-devel
I, for one, would personally love to see FreeQB. Even if it only converted BASIC to assembly and relied on NASM for compiling, it would be a welcome addition to the FreeDOS family. The language could even be extended with several features found in other BASICs, such as PowerBASIC. I began a BASI

Re: [Freedos-devel] 32-bit DOS

2018-07-06 Thread Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-devel
Interesting you should mention this; I and a few others have been working on a 32-bit Protected Mode DOS-style kernel (see the Night group forum [here](https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/night-dos-kernel) for more info) for a while now. While I never got too deep into DPMI (and theref

[Freedos-devel] 32-bit DOS

2018-07-06 Thread Paul Edwards
Hi. About 30 years ago, someone made a comment on a group saying "until DOS is made 32-bit, DOS extenders are just a kludge". I didn't know much about DOS-specifics back then to even understand the comment. Microsoft abandoned the MSDOS API, but what would a 32-bit version of the MSDOS API look

[Freedos-devel] Ideas

2018-07-06 Thread Ercan Ersoy
Hello, I have a few ideas. FreeQB: FreeQB is replacement for Microsoft QBASIC. FreeQB is QBASIC.EXE for FreeDOS and compatible QBASIC. It may run 8086 and low memory. This software may be written write C++ and FDOSTUI Library. FreeDOS Calculator: A calculator for FreeDOS. This software may be

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Coreutils

2018-07-06 Thread Ercan Ersoy
Thanks, I will work for FreeDOS Coreutils. Best regards, Ercan Good luck in your project! I have a question: Did you write any code yet? I can only see the readme and the license. On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Ercan Ersoy mailto:ercaner...@ercanersoy.net>> wrote: Hello, I hav