From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:34:16 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Mark Habersack cc: opendos-developer AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? In-Reply-To: <199702110125.CAA12658@math.amu.edu.pl> 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 Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Mark Habersack wrote: > > > Yes, but what we're aiming for is a consistent OS, not a pile of patches > > > fixing/improving one and the same thing. Sooner or later we'd get lost in > > > that pile of litter! > > > > Yeah, but I'm sure that there will be *some* litter regardless of > > what we'd like. > True. But, fortunately, those working on the project will not hae to be > worried with the rubbish. True, but it will nonetheless confuse many people. Oh well, I guess that is one of the disadvantages of an Open Development model. > > > I had such a driver in mind for some time now, but couldn't find any info > > > on hardware interface of the mouse device. Even Linux sources couldn't > > > help much - they were to vague. Until recently I found the document on > > > > Well if you ever implement such a mouse driver, be sure to > > remember me! > I still don't know how to *detect* the mouse hardware. Look in the gpm sources, or somewhere in the DOSemu source tree. > > > > too! This will help to make DOSemu more stable, in fact I think > > > > it will triple DOSemu developement. > > > I think OpenDOS will adapt DOSEmu. AFAIR, that was the Caldera plan to > > > ship Linux+OpenDOS bundle, wasn't it? > > > > I believe so. I wonder how much the Linux + OpenDOS + DOSemu > > package will cost. > AFAIK it'll be free, or at most at the media price. The only commercial > piece, in my understanding, will be the Caldera Desktop for Linux, am I > right? If it is free, or at the media price, then count me in! 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 Visit my homepage if you want your Dynamic IP address on your webpage.