Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 15:32:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mike A. Harris" To: Gremlin cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: source code In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Capslock Computer Consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk On 21 Sep 1997, Gremlin wrote: > For something like OS, isn't ASM a *good* thing? I know very little > about assembly, but isn't it the language that can best access the computer > directly? I thought you would want that in an OS...? Yes, you do, but it isn't necessary EVERYWHERE. Only low level stuff and hardware dependant stuff need be in ASM and even a lot of low level stuff can be done in C. > > However now that Robert Hoehne has ported his DJGPP IDE (RHIDE) over > > to Linux, I've started using it in Linux. It has the same interface > > as RHIDE for DOS/DJGPP, which is VERY similar to the Borland C IDE. > > Online help is available for EVERYTHING under the sun. > > So you use that as the IDE and GCC as the compiler? Where can I > download the Linux ver of RHIDE? http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~rho/rhide/rhide.html The latest Linux binary is 1.3c. It has bugs, but is still quite usable. > > I'm going to start looking at the "ALLREADY GPL'D" freedos project > > more closely now, and go for a GNU DOS system. > > Did they ever release a stable version, yet? That is what stopped me > a while back... I dunno, I'm game to play with it though. I *KNOW* that the source code is widely publically available. > > Does anyone have the FreeDOS homepage URL handy? The FreeDOS mailing > > list and subscription info? I *KNOW* my efforts will be useful > > there, and source is available NOW! > > www.freedos.org Yeah, I'm mirroring all of their archives right now. TTYL Mike A. Harris | Homepage: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | Am I online? - finger or ping capslock.dyn.ml.org My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html DJGPP: Free 32 bit DOS C compiler