From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 08:28:36 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Benjamin D Chambers cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos] A more ordered fixlist In-Reply-To: <19970201.123136.4847.4.chambersb@juno.com> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote: > On Sat, 1 Feb 1997 09:36:40 -0500 (EST) mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca > writes: > >> 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... > > > >4DOS does direct writes (depending on how you set it up). > Question: > OpenDOS is for x86 processors, right? Yep. Granted, some of the stuff is for 286+ or 386+ though. (Memory managers, multitasking, etc) > THEN WHO THE HELL NEEDS IT TO BE PORTABLE????????? Portable across x86's is fine for me. Actually a full 386 version would be great. > You're not going to break things by inserting a little ASM code - it's > not like it'll run on the Mac anyways :) :) :) There is probably allready a lot of asm in it. Mac emulators probably emulate at the machine instruction level anyway so it wouldn't matter. Besides, who cares about the Mac? > And who's going to be running the command.com from Linux??? Go ahead and > make things fast! I'm running it from Linux! But go ahead and make it fast! That way it will be fast in Linux too! :o) Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Want a Windows emulator for Linux? Visit Caldera's website: www.caldera.com