Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:43:53 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0 
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On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, yeep wrote:

> > >>>1] Direct screen write
> > >>No. Direct screen write is totally inappropriate in the kernel. It 
> > >Should have been written: Everything added is OPTIONAL.  Ie, if you
> How about in the COMMAND.COM?

How about a user constructable command.com, ie, you pick and choose what
features you'd like the 'main core' of your command processor to have, and
what you'd like in the 'extended command processor overlay', and what your
don't what at all?  Any time you change you mind, you could invoke the
command constructor to build a new one.  It shouldn't be that hard,
basicly a table driven system with prebuilt modules.

> > 32-bit protected mode operating system then it won't be DOS.
> 
> Why not?
> Most programs nowadays are in Protected Mode, which is 32-bit.

Bad assumption.

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