Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/13/02:35:42
A line that says
dll_path=x
where the user fills in x in opendos.ini
would probably be best.
On Wed, 12 Feb 1997
mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:
>
> > In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970211223737 DOT 4707Q-100000 AT capslock DOT com>,
> > mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes
> > >I'd use FAT disks mainly for most things in DOS, but I would want
> > >to also be able to use ext2 disks as well.
> >
> > Hey, if you can do it in Linux.... :)
>
> If you can show me how to make symbolic links, and use real long
> filenames in DOS through Linux, then I'd really appreciate it.
>
> > >> > Have 2 different drivers available? One PM, and one RM. Make
> > >> > them loadable on the fly like in Linux.
> > >>
> > >> Hmmm, didn't think of that angle, something like a DLL, hey!, a DLL which
> > >> knows whether it was called in PM or RM! One module, two
> > >> functionabilities! <ugh, new tech-no-babble>
> > >
> > >I'm sure it is possible. It would be a nice thing to have.
> >
> > FWIW, Blinker has the capability of creating dual mode executables/DLLs
> > which can run in either mode, so it shouldn't be much hassle.
>
> This sounds great! Add it to the wishlists. On the fly DLL's in
> DOS sounds great! Just as long as they don't work like Windows
> DLL's and don't reside in the DOS directory. (ie: C:\LIB or
> C:\SHARED would be prime candidates).
>
>
>
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>
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