From: ksinner AT solaria DOT sol DOT net (Kenton E. Sinner)
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Subject: Re: 32bit DOS.
Date: 29 Sep 1997 01:49:51 GMT
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Victor Escobar (sydbarrett AT mindspring DOT com) wrote:
> On 20 Sep 1997 20:49:00 GMT, ksinner AT solaria DOT sol DOT net (Kenton E.
> Sinner) wrote:

> >Create or build a small, multithreading, pre-emptive multitasking
> >program that would give you multiple virtual "consoles" as in Linux.
> >Perhaps use VSTa (Valencia Simple Tasker), or something derived from
> >MMURTL, as long as it works on a regular FAT file system.
> >
> Yes, GGI is pretty impressive.  But why not a new fs if we're talking
> a new project here?  FAT hails from the days of CP/M and is somewhat
> dated.

The reason why I postulated the FAT requirement, is so that people like
myself can just unzip it onto their hard drives and run it, without
setting aside (after first aquiring) a couple of hundred megs of disk
for a new partition.  I would want to use the new system without buying
any new hardware.

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