Message-ID: <005701bed52b$51adb080$1d7336ce@sandrajo>
From: "Christopher Nelson" <neverjaden AT yahoo DOT com>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
References: <7mt7ta$52f$1 AT ionews DOT ionet DOT net>
Subject: Re: **MAKING OS**
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 10:47:31 -0600
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----- Original Message -----
From: IOnet News <logix AT ionet DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 12:52 PM
Subject: **MAKING OS**


> I am trying to write my own o/s in c++, i really dont know where to start.
> I am an advanced c++ programmer

are you sure?

>but never tried an OS.  any help would be
> great.  I want it to run under dos maybe, but not for sure.   It would be
> good if it could run all on its own


DOS is an OS.  therefore, if you write an OS, it cannot run under DOS.  e.g.
Windows 95 does not run UNDER DOS, it allows you to spawn a very special
VM86 machine that runs DOS.

you should probably start by looking at FreeDOS, OS/2000, and MMURTL, all
good and free OSes.

    -={C}=-