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Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 15:42:08 +0000
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From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [opendos] A more ordered fixlist
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In article <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970201093351 DOT 4180A-100000 AT capslock DOT com>,
mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca writes
>On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Ian 'DrDebug' Day wrote:
>
>> >I think that when the sources are released that COMMAND.COM will come
>> >to resemble a strange (but awesome) mix of 4DOS and bash.  Also, just
>> >FYI, NDOS is just an *older* version of 4DOS which was licensed from
>> >JPsoft to Symantec for the Norton Utilities.
>> 
>> One of the first things I will do is Direct screen writes, regardless of
>> portability.  Who gives a s***, I want it fast on my PC... ;-)
>
>RIGHT ON!!!!  Thats the good olefashioned PC user attitude I like to
>hear!!!  I HATE programs that do screen output like this:
>
>write("C:\>");
>
>then write() calls superprint() which calls DOS which has been
>intercepted by ANSI.SYS, then the BIOS, then... ...zzzzzz...

Exactly!  Two things have always bugged me:

1) No matter how fast machines get, they always take f***ing ages to
boot!

2) No matter how fast machines get, DOS can only manage to do a DIR at
8088 crawl speed.......

Go figure.

Ah, sudden thought (I get those sometimes), perhaps it's a conspiracy by
Microsoft to point to the fact that DOS is old and out-dated, and we
should be using Windows....  So, come on guys; let's make OpenDOS
something to reckon with, then we can close Windows for good.

>4DOS does direct writes (depending on how you set it up).

Yeah, but most other stuff that goes through DOS is pretty naff.

DrDebug

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