Date:	Fri, 2 May 1997 10:47:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
To:	Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
cc:	opendos-developer AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: IBMBIO.COM sources
In-Reply-To:	<21539F94C11@reze-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.93.970502104318.6577A-100000@web.wa.net>
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> DOS 7 update 11 level as of December 1994) to include *all* the 
> patches of update 15/2 (as of January 1996).  It appears to me, as if 
> Caldera cannot provide these patches for-what-reasons-ever, and thus 
> requires ca. 30-50 KByte of the code to be rewritten, in snippets all 
> over the source files...

Matthias, Caldera _thought_ Novell had given them the latest source tree
until I pointed out to Roger that what they had was totally unpatched
code.  To say the least he was very pissed.  I don't know yet if Novell
has supplied Caldera with the new sources.  This is just one of many
things that Novell has pulled on Caldera during this process.

> Also I would like to do some size optimizations, and if I find enough 

You might want to see if you can get it to build with NASM in Intel mode.
If memory serves, NASM will generate 16 bit code.

> COMMAND.COM.  But, to get a stable OpenDOS working, if in the meantime 
> someone else was willing to take this necessary job for COMMAND.COM or 
> IBMDOS.COM, we could have it sooner and I would be glad...
> 
I've been unable to find details referring to those patch revisions.  If
you can make the info for each fix available I'm sure you'll get a lot of
help.

g.

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