Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/09/14/17:04:16
General Note: My comment about a 32-bit DOS was a "gee, it would be
cool if" comment, and not an "I'm committed to replacing MS-DOS,
Linux, and Win95" comment. At the moment, I am NOT working on this,
and I have NOT decided to even start it. If you really want me to
work on it, you may pay me by the hour(*) and I'll write whatever you
want. Otherwise, you may NOT ask if your favorite feature will be in
it.
(*) I charge $150 per hour, mostly to keep people from bugging me
unless they're *really* serious (or really desperate).
> Ok. I have a question. If I partition my hard disk, it would
> be possible to run this 32 bit DOS? I think it would be nice a small
> program located in the boot record that let select from what
> partition startup the computer, so selecting between Loose 95 and
> DOS32 (and others if they are available, for example: Linux).
I think I first have to decide IF I'm going to do this, then decide
how I'm going to handle multiple boot records :-)
> I think that if this thinks not get considered, (personally) I
> would not use that DOS32.
OK, that's fine by me. I won't force you to use anything.
> Because there are a lot of Loose 95 applications that I
> need, my mather, my father and sister needs. It is inevitable, there is a
> lot of people using Loose95, and they force me to use this OS. Also I think
> that Loose 95 isnt too bad, is more bad the company (Micro$oft).
Then run Win95, if that's what you need. I'm not trying to reinvent
anything here, nor solve 99% of the world's problems.
> Some questions about this dream DOS32:
> - For example, it can use a dynamic cache like Loose 95 and Linux?
I don't know.
> - Disk operations would get faster because of the no needing
> to switch to real mode?
I don't know.
> - It will not get very huge or yes?
I don't know.
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