Mail Archives: opendos/1997/01/21/00:39:55
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> >Well, if OpenDOS EMM386 is better than QEMM then I'd either have to
> >change my CONFIG.SYS (DOS 6.22 multiconfig) into irish stew, or else
> >I'd have to be able to let OpenDOS use a different file such as
> >CONFIG.OPD or something. If OpenDOS doesn't let me do that, then
> >I'll...
> >I'll..., I'll download the source code and change CONFIG.SYS to
> >whatever I
> >want!!!!!!!!!! OH YES, THIS WILL BE GOOD!!!!!
> Why stop there? Just rewrite it to query the user for which config files
> to use - or even better, which SYSTEM to load :)
Yah, that could be nice, but, it could also be annoying too! Consider
this: Reboot, LILO - type DOS, OpenDOS kernel loader menu - pick MSDOS
6.22, Multiconfig pick whatever.
Yikes. But hey, I'm not complaining. The more configurable things are,
the better!
> >No problem. Any DOS program that screws up Windows '95 is merely
> >getting
> >revenge for all the times that it happens the other way around.
> YES!!! THERE IS JUSTICE IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!! :)
Perhaps we should write OpenDOS routines to detect Windows '95 and NOT run
if it is detected. Hey, we could have it delete the registry, rename some
DLL's and have other fun. That would be really fun! Any takers?
> >Besides
> >LFN support will be here before long. I don't use '95, but I would
> >like to have LFN's in DOS because I'm a Linux nut now.
> Who isn't? :)
Willy G.
:o)
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