Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:56:30 +1100
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: ClosedDOS???
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To: Paul W Brannan <pbranna AT clemson DOT edu>
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On  9 Sep 97 at 13:00, Paul W Brannan wrote:

> > Bah, why worry about it?  Roll your own utils. Or use djgpp.  The 
> > only thing I don't know how to do (that I'm interested in) is format 
> > drives.  But I'll figure that out eventually.
> 
> Do you have source for a 386 memory manager??!?

Sort of... It's a partial implementation of xms for the OS kernel I'm 
working on.


> 
> > You've got the kernel sources; DEFINE your own set of utilities and 
> > hang Caldera (if that's what you want to do).
> 
> I think it would be nicer to have the sources to OpenDOS's utils.

Oh, most definitly! I'm still hoping for a change of heart from 
Caldera.

My comment was more a bitch about all the bitching.:)

But seriously. IF you like/want to use OpenDos, need to fix it etc, 
write your own utils.  I'm actually working on an improved lfn 
driver.  My plans for it are: optional case sensitivity, 386 
instructions (but still real mode only? xms?), better short/long name 
handling, path caching (longname.exe is SLOW, about 3 tree scans per 
operation for most functions), and anything else I think of.
Bill
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Leave others their otherness.