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From: "Arthur" <arfa AT clara DOT net>
To: "DJGPP Mailing List" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: DJGPP+DOS makes great platform for simple 32bit home made Operating System.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 13:21:07 +0100
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> Well,
> it is time to send out some comments out to
> all you DJGPP fans, and others.
> 
> I believe that a special type of DOS can be developed
> with programming simple platform with DJGPP,
> kind of 32bit routines library for 16bit/32bit applications,
> it should atleast most important functions like:
> 
> 1.Device drive management system
>  a.Disk handling (Application-> OS-> DOS)
>  b.Ansi/Pixel Graphics
>  c.Audio
> 
> Actually this ain't anymore just planning,
> I have come quite far away from those
> times I written first application/program
> with almighty DJGPP C/C++ programming
> language/Compiler.
> 
> I believe this is possible,
> so why not to try?
> It's new, it's cool, it's *hot idea*.
> 
> I hope you agree with me,
> and remember,
> everything would be first of all
> based on pure DOS,
> but later on my idea is to
> plan it to work on my
> simplified 16bit Shell kind of
> operating system.
> 
> ** World needs new ideas, hope, so does DOS **

Is this supposed to be prose or do you just have small margins?

James Arthur
jaa AT arfa DOT clara DOT net
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