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From: "Richard Krehbiel" <krehbiel AT crosslink DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
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Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 21:05:28 -0400
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Michael Kearns <michael AT toobie DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote in message
news:37d7913a DOT 10901976 AT news-reader DOT bt DOT net...
> Hi.
>
> I'm curious to know if anyone like myself thinks it could be enhanced to
> provide a suitable OS for modern PCs. Windows and Linux are both fine if
> that's what you want - I have no qualms with that.
>
> The idea is to retain the whole 'feel' of DOS, whilst providing
enhancements
> like: 64Bit Filesystem with proper long filenames, while providing
backwards
> compatibility through the IO services. Multitasking and TCP/IP built into
> the 'kernel'.

May I offer a suggestion?  Boot up Win NT, start "MS-DOS Prompt" (heh heh),
pop it to full screen text mode.  I offer this as a good model for such a
modern new command-line OS.  Provide the Win32 APIs and ABI needed to
support command-line programs.

Phar Lap's TNT DOS extender may already be what I'm thinking of - minus the
file systems and network stack.

I wonder if WINE code could be used as a starting point?

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Richard Krehbiel, Manassas, VA, USA
rich AT kastle DOT com (work) or krehbiel AT crosslink DOT net (personal)


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