Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 17:46:21 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kevin A. Pieckiel" Subject: Re: 32bit DOS. In-reply-to: <5vddeq$gq5$2@news.sendit.nodak.edu> To: Adam W Lee Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Reply-to: "Kevin A. Pieckiel" Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Adam W Lee wrote: > Screw backwards compatibility... If we're going to take a step ahead we > can't be looking back... I'm sick of using a weak processor (80x86) > series and a week OS series (DOS) simply because people want backwards > compatibility... I mean, I'm glad that so much stuff will run on my > computer and stuff, but I'm getting sick of being tied down by the past. > We could have such better processors (Alphas) by now if we weren't so > damned worried about still being able to run QEdit and Space Invaders. If you wan't a 32-bit MS-DOS and don't care about backward compatibility, it's already been created. What you basically describe is single user Unix. Throw a copy of Linux on your hard drive and screw DOS... it's even free and will run on Alpha and Sparc as well as Intel. It's pure 32-bit, fast, small, and supports the X interface if you want graphics. Your DJGPP programs can port, and you get a much more powerful OS and set of utilities with which to run them. The flexibility of Linux FAR exceeds DOS. There's no need to reinvent the wheel. The OS itself isn't that difficult to learn. You can still maintain an aspect of simplicity with Linux to which others have so dearly clung in previous messages. Anyone open to learning an OS is capable of learning Linux. I use both Linux and Windows NT Server 4.0 on a daily basis on my home machines, and personally, I think there's something to be said for Windows NT as well, but this IS a DJGPP list..... and I've probably already crossed the line! Kevin A. Pieckiel ************** "I've been searching for my state of mind Pardon me if its not your kind I'll be searching for my state of mind Until I've finally found what I find." -- GH