Re: [Freedos-kernel] Questions about Kernel editions

2015-08-04 Thread Tom Ehlert

 I am an E.E./Comp. Sci. student, but I want to contribute to the FreeDOS
 Kernel.  Would it be fine if I began setting up a multiuser/multitasking
 system like Digital Research's DOS 5, and begin the work to get Forth 
 into the kernel?

the kernel is definitively not the right place
to integrate Forth into, be it multiuser or not.

there is zero disadvantage to have FORTH.EXE doing all the magic

of course feel free to experiment (thats one of the reasons open
source exists), but the the probablity that this would ever get
integrated into the FreeDOS kernel has 8 leading zero's

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Tom


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[Freedos-kernel] Questions about Kernel editions

2015-08-03 Thread Tom
I am an E.E./Comp. Sci. student, but I want to contribute to the FreeDOS 
Kernel.  Would it be fine if I began setting up a multiuser/multitasking 
system like Digital Research's DOS 5, and begin the work to get Forth 
into the kernel?   I am just going to make a branch to test each of 
these, and if you like it then I will make a commit.  If not it will be 
a short lived fork.  I have been following this project, and I would 
love to see it get more attention.

  I have a Tandon 80386SX machine with 1MB of ram (hopefully getting it 
up to 8MB) and rock a 5.25 drive in my main rig with modern hardware.  
I don't want to see this go away just because it's old.  I will be 
doing all my tests on the Tandon while it has 1MB.  Does that sound 
alright?

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