Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/09/13/08:36:20
On 12 Sep 1999 01:49:52 -0500, les AT Mars DOT mcs DOT net (Leslie Mikesell) wrote:
>What improvements would you want that haven't already been done
>years ago in other operating systems?
It's not just a case of having 'new' features. It's incorporating existing
enhancements into an OS which I happen to like and think is well suited to
the x86 platform.
>The only thing DOS does is load a program and then let it take
>complete control of the machine. That turns out not to be a very
>good model if you ever want to run two programs at once. Why not
>run DOSEMU under Linux, either on the console or in an Xwindow?
Hence the proposal for multi-tasking within the DOS kernel. A lot of people
suggest running DOSEmu under Linux, or using an NT DOS box, or something
similar, but all of those solutions entail having a lot of additional
'baggage' (the other OS) installed and taking up resources.
I could quite happily run a DOS emulation under Windows (any variety),
Linux, FreeBSD, BeOS and probably quite a few other OSs. I don't want that.
I want DOS, by itself, with enhanced functionality. Simple.
Regards,
Michael.
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