Or wrote:
>> on some kind of media from which it can be installed. It's necessary to
>> store the software itself and the user-created documents in some format.
>> DOS file structure, with its directory trees and file allocation table,
>> is a common standard on personal computers. Why create a new standard?
But if "NewDeal" was an OS then it would be able to start from a floppy (or
HD/CD) without a need for any OS under it. Sinec that's the case it can't
be an OS - it still needs:
1. Kernel (i/o services, memmory etc.)
2. Command Shell
So therefor it's not an OS - an OS has both of these (atleast a default
command shell - most OS can change these but not all).
>If it was an "OS", then it should have had the file system implemented
>inside its files instead of using an external software allready defined
>as an OS.
I agree Or, no OS can be depending on another - that contradicts the whole
thing.
>Even then, NewDeal is not an external OS utility. It is not
>a device file or a command.com replacement. It is ran and quited
>as a normal DOS software. So just like most people wouldnt call
>TSRs or a mouse driver an OS, even though it provide you a certain
>"service", I do not call NewDeal an OS, but an Interface software.
Interesting enough I asked a teacher this a year ago and he said that as
soon as a TSR is loaded it makes it a whole new OS. Of course this was his
oppinion (and he doesn't even hold the OS course). If I remember I'll ask
my teacher that will hold the OS course tomorrow (it's a diffrent course he
has with us at this moment).
But never the less a single TSR isn't an OS - and that was the key issue
here was it not?
//Bernie
http://hem1.passagen.se/bernie/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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