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Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 02:49:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
Reply-To: pierre AT tycho DOT com
To: OpenDOS Mailing List <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: A few FS notions
In-Reply-To: <YvQcz8ew4OeR092yn@facstaff.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970510024505.26848A-100000@55-174.hy.cgocable.ca>
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On Sat, 10 May 1997, John Fremlin wrote:

> Wonderful! I can't wait for a 32-bit DPMI (v1.0) OpenDOS version.

Actually, it wouldn't even need to be DPMI! DPMI is a DOS Protected Mode
Interface, it would not need an interface to itself! ;-) Instead, it would
be the DPMI server for legacy DOS apps...

> I think OpenDOS should concentrate on a *customizable* OS - give
> people the a choice of many shells, filesystems etc. with
> networking capabilities.

Yes, cheerily agreed!

Pierre Phaneuf


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