From: les AT Mars DOT mcs DOT net (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: An updated DOS - Please discuss
Date: 12 Sep 1999 01:49:52 -0500
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In article <37d9bd34 DOT 955844 AT news-reader DOT bt DOT net>,
Michael Kearns <michael AT toobie DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
>
>If you wanted to follow that line (your win32 APIs) then the freedows
>project and indeed WINE would be good places to start. I believe Trumpet are
>about to release a win32 compatible OS shortly as well.
>
>As for me, I'm sticking with my DOS ideas. It does seem that everybody has
>already ruled out an improved DOS as worthwhile (I can't see why), but I
>shall persevere.

What improvements would you want that haven't already been done
years ago in other operating systems?

>After all, *all* of the OSs sit on the x86 chip, and compile down to the
>same machine code, so there's no reason why one can't be as good as the
>next.

The only thing DOS does is load a program and then let it take
complete control of the machine.  That turns out not to be a very
good model if you ever want to run two programs at once.  Why not
run DOSEMU under Linux, either on the console or in an Xwindow?

  Les Mikesell
   les AT mcs DOT com