Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 1997 08:59:51 +1300
From:	physmsa AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz (Mr M S Aitchison)
Subject:	Re: disk devices (was ls, killing disk 0)
To:	ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru
Cc:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Message-id:	<199710211959.IAA08570@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>

Okay, I'm convinced it is a good idea... especially the potential for
easier porting of software.  Would the current limitations of DOS
character devices be okay for an OpenDOS /dev/fd0 or /dev/hda6, etc??
I still think there are some non-trivial (but certainly possible)
changes needed to take advantage of such devices. 

But I won't say any more until I look at some source code so I know
something about what I'm talking about (I've heard that's a good idea :-).

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