On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Geraldo Netto wrote:
> LiLo - LInux LOader?
>
> Geraldo
> Non dvcor, dvco => Sapere Aude
> São Paulo, Brasil, -3gmt
> site: http://exdev.sf.net/
>
>
I believe that is what he is referring to...
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LiLo - LInux LOader?
Geraldo
Non dvcor, dvco => Sapere Aude
São Paulo, Brasil, -3gmt
site: http://exdev.sf.net/
On 13 April 2010 09:02, Tom Ehlert wrote:
> if you like the idea of a multitasking DOS, just get DeskView,
> and see if you like the idea of a multitasking DOS as much as we
> (you and
if you like the idea of a multitasking DOS, just get DeskView,
and see if you like the idea of a multitasking DOS as much as we
(you and me) did in ~1990
> Yes indeed. But then, there clearly are some skilled people working on
> FreeDOS!
sorry, no. there is clearly nobody *working* on FreeDOS (w
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Eric Auer wrote:
>
> Hi Liam,
>
> to multitask DOS apps which use direct hardware access,
> you have to use vm8086 mode of the 386 and newer CPUs.
> Many apps have this problem, only few use only the DOS
> kernel to access hardware. Many at least also use BIOS. [..
2010/4/11 Sir Gallantmon (ニール・ゴンパ) :
>
> It's already been done. One really well known one is DJGPP, which implements
> enough of the POSIX API to run the tools it includes. Another I've found is
> emx+dos. I don't know how POSIX compliant it is (Wikipedia says it is
> "largely" compliant verses DJ
Hi Liam,
to multitask DOS apps which use direct hardware access,
you have to use vm8086 mode of the 386 and newer CPUs.
Many apps have this problem, only few use only the DOS
kernel to access hardware. Many at least also use BIOS.
You could wrap something around kernel and BIOS to keep
track of
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> I know there are people working on a 386 version of FreeDOS or
> something like that, but I have something that in a way is a more
> modest idea.
>
> I wonder if people today have forgotten the multitasking
> DOS-compatible OSs of the 1980s?
I know there are people working on a 386 version of FreeDOS or
something like that, but I have something that in a way is a more
modest idea.
I wonder if people today have forgotten the multitasking
DOS-compatible OSs of the 1980s? First was Digital Research's DOS+,
which was CP/M-86 modified to m
