Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 16:41:04 +0000 From: Bill Currie Subject: Re: Any one writing OS in DJGPP? To: mhewii AT concentric DOT net Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Reply-to: billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz Message-id: <32E24EA0.7BEE@blackmagic.tait.co.nz> Organization: Tait Electronics NZ MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <32E14858 DOT 4CF6 AT concentric DOT net> Mark & Candice wrote: > > I know that DJGPP in the dos port of a unix compiler, > and that as such is capable of making an OS. > > There is a COFF loading (boot strap) at: > http://www.abwillms.demon.co.uk/prog/index.htm > > Is there any one working on a toolkit for writing OSs? > I'm not out to rewrite LINUX or DOS, just embeded 386+, or > other toys. > > I know of ~12 groups of 1-5 people writing OSs with various > tools. If a basic toolset, bootstap, clib... were made it > would save them alot of time and even maby get more people > into it. > > So if any one has info on using djgpp for witing OSs, > please post it so we can all share our info! > -- > Mark & Candice mhewii AT cris DOT com I'm working on an os myself (infact I wrote the bootstrap loader mentioned above). I've got it so it can call the bios from protected mode (v86 mode) and handle hardware interrupts/cpu exceptions. I'm currently trying to figgure out what I want it to do and how it should sit in memory. Anyone interrested in what I have so far, just mail me. I will be posting an update soon to Alaric so he can put it on his web page. Bill -- Leave others their otherness.