Message-ID: <32DC2FA4.7833@gbrmpa.gov.au> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 09:15:16 +0800 From: Leath Muller Reply-To: leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gene Buckle CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: OpenDOS to be released next week! References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > EMM386 contains a pre-emptive multitasker that allows multiple threads > within applications. This means that DJ's port of Lynx can have it's full > Unix functionality back as well as the possibility of taking NCSA Mosaic, > DJGPP and XlibEMU for a true dos based graphical browser with the same > multi-threading ability it has under Unix. Question: If someone starts developing software that uses the OpenDOS EMM386 multi-tasking capabilities, what happens to everyone else who doesn't have OpenDOS? If an application is written specifically for OpenDOS, does that mean it won't run on normal DOS? What's the point of developing for it if normal DOS users can't use it? Don't get me wrong, this is _really_ cool, but what if I wrote a game like Quake using DJGPP and OpenDOS? Am I able to sell it? I would have to distribute OpenDOS with my game, so would I be able to distribute it this way? Does OpenDOS run with normal DOS Ok? Can I have multiple DOS's the same way as I have DOS/95/NT/Linux? Do you have a URL for me even???? Sorry, but having DJGPP _and_ a multi-tasking DOS is just KEWL!!! *GRIN* > Caldera feels that the Internet developer community has a lot to offer, > and they're looking forward to developing a good relationship with DOS > developers, especially the DJGPP crowd. I would be happy to be involved... now, wheres that fork(); :) > The possibilties are enormous and I hope that you folks will grab OpenDOS > as soon as it hits the streets. Oh yeah, I will... ;) Leathal.