Date: Sun, 31 Aug 1997 14:10:19 -0700 From: "Pedro Giffuni S," <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DOSemu Alterer Novices Guide and technical guide Message-ID: <3409DDBB.4C96@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> References: <199708311550.BAA03007@word.smith.net.au>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > They were planning to do this a year ago, at about the same time that I > was evaluating FreeDOS for use with doscmd. The major problem with > FreeDOS is that the DOS-C kernel had *no* networking support > whatsoever, and its internal structures (eg. the LoL) were completely > incompatible with those of MS-DOS. A slightly better bet would be the > Caldera OpenDOS, if they ever get around to releasing the source under > usable conditions. > I think what they are trying to do now, from what Pat Villani shared, is embed the C-kernel in order not to require redirector. Perhaps something like doscmd does so that you don't need to boot. > As it is, the binary release of ODOS works quite nicely. > Once again their license sucks, and you need like four compilers to build the kernel, but ODOS is an excellent testing ground. cheers, Pedro.
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