Message-Id:	<199705060826.KAA22478@grendel.sylaba.poznan.pl>
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From:	"Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Organization:	PPP (Pesticide Powered Pumpkins)
To:	brickman AT cjnetworks DOT com
Date:	Tue, 6 May 1997 10:27:24 +0100
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Subject:	Re: OpenDOS Kernel sources finally! :)
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CC:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<199705051706.MAA28754@topeka.cjnetworks.com>

Once upon a time (on  5 May 97 at 12:14) Jonathan E. Brickman said:

> > Well anyways I just thought I'd let everyone know.  Maybe now we can
> > talk about how much work it would take to get the sources to compile
> > under a free DOS compiler like DJGPP.  :)
> 
> DJGPP plus the A86 assember might not be too difficult.  Then
> again, it's been many years since I did anything like this.
DJGPP + NASM would be better. I assume you think about Linux 16-bit A86 AT&T 
assembler? Well, it's not documented at all and most DOS users don't know 
anything about AT&T assembler syntax (although it's better than Intel's IMHO)
And compiling the sources under DJGPP is not a problem at all. The problem is 
to *port* the operating system to the 32-bit world. You cannot just recompile 
COMMAND.COM and several other utilities under DJGPP and expect it to work. 
COMMAND.COM uses dozens of hacks to talk to the DOS kernel, hacks which 
wouldn't work from 32-bits. The same applies to the kernel - have you seen 
the sources? If you have, then you know what I'm talking about.
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You're just a waste of time, you're just a babbling face, you're
just three sick holes that run like sores, you're fucking waste
you're like a slug on the floor, oh you're usless and ugly and
useless and ugly, and shiver and shake when I think of how you
make me hate.
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