Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:01:11 +0000
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: To any one writing OS in DJGPP.
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Mark & Candice wrote:
> Great! it sound like there are some of us out here.

Yeah, seems we're coming out of the wood work.

> 
> What I'd like to propose is to get some of us together to make a
>  basic loader and small ~kernel for VM handling of real INTs.
>  with libc and such, to be used as a OS kit by us and others.

My code already handles VM. 

> 
> I think the hardest part would be to agree on the lowest level
>  of functionality to implement so as to let you go any ware from
>  it.

I agree.

One thing I feel that should be implemented is the ability to have 
multiple VM sesions (not nessesarily in separate address spaces).  My 
code already handles that by storing the V86 state in the task stucture 
even though I don't multi task yet.

> 
> Please let me know if any of you are interested.

Oh, I'm definitly interrested.

I'll be posting my code as soon as I get it cleaned up a bit (comments
etc).  This will take a few days as I have a lot of WORK work to do.

Bill
-- 
Leave others their otherness.