Mail Archives: opendos/1997/09/21/15:33:56
On 21 Sep 1997, Gremlin wrote:
> For something like OS, isn't ASM a *good* thing? I know very little
> about assembly, but isn't it the language that can best access the computer
> directly? I thought you would want that in an OS...?
Yes, you do, but it isn't necessary EVERYWHERE. Only low level
stuff and hardware dependant stuff need be in ASM and even a lot
of low level stuff can be done in C.
> > However now that Robert Hoehne has ported his DJGPP IDE (RHIDE) over
> > to Linux, I've started using it in Linux. It has the same interface
> > as RHIDE for DOS/DJGPP, which is VERY similar to the Borland C IDE.
> > Online help is available for EVERYTHING under the sun.
>
> So you use that as the IDE and GCC as the compiler? Where can I
> download the Linux ver of RHIDE?
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~rho/rhide/rhide.html
The latest Linux binary is 1.3c. It has bugs, but is still quite
usable.
> > I'm going to start looking at the "ALLREADY GPL'D" freedos project
> > more closely now, and go for a GNU DOS system.
>
> Did they ever release a stable version, yet? That is what stopped me
> a while back...
I dunno, I'm game to play with it though. I *KNOW* that the
source code is widely publically available.
> > Does anyone have the FreeDOS homepage URL handy? The FreeDOS mailing
> > list and subscription info? I *KNOW* my efforts will be useful
> > there, and source is available NOW!
>
> www.freedos.org
Yeah, I'm mirroring all of their archives right now.
TTYL
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