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Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 12:42:47 +0100
From: Bartosz Polednia <bartosz AT bielbit DOT bielsko DOT pl>
To: chambersb AT juno DOT com, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: [opendos] speeding up command.com
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> Question:
> OpenDOS is for x86 processors, right?
> THEN WHO THE HELL NEEDS IT TO BE PORTABLE?????????
> You're not going to break things by inserting a little ASM code - >
> it's not like it'll run on the Mac anyways :) :) :)
> And who's going to be running the command.com from Linux???  Go
> ahead and make things fast!

Hi,

#1.
  What kind video card do you want to implement direct writes for ?
     If it is VGA, what about all Hercules, EGA, CGA users ?

#2.
  Maybe we can use some 386, 486, 586 or MMX specyfic opcodes inside
Open DOS. Executables will be smaller and faster but all machines
with less than (386...MMX) could be dropped into trash.


Regards,

Bartosz
bartosz AT bielbit DOT bielsko DOT pl