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From: | Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc |
Subject: | [Severely OT] Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss |
Date: | Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:39:36 -0700 |
Organization: | Harvey Mudd College |
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Damian Yerrick wrote: > > Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> wrote in message > news:37DD58FE DOT 54640A0E AT hmc DOT edu... > > Besides, most of the config files on Unix are for daemons that don't > > even exist on DOS. Drop those, and things will be much simpler > > (though perhaps useless). > > Don't daemons exist on DOS, in the game DOSDoom, which > was made with DJGPP? > > < No, those are demons. No 'a'. > > I knew that. Actually, look at DOOM loading sometime. R_Init: Init DOOM refresh daemon - [...................] I've often wondered how that was meant. Perhaps DOOM had multiple threads and its own scheduler?? -- Nate Eldredge neldredge AT hmc DOT edu
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