Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 09:31:49 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: hcremean@vt.edu, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Since the MicroSloth(tm) jokes have been flowing... Message-ID: <199708260001.JAA01828@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Aug 1997 19:06:49 -0400." <Pine.BSF.3.96.970825190242.1888C-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
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> > Agree completely. I'm doing a project for the University of Maryland, > using Borland tools to do a very stripped down 32 bit OS for students. > The most difficult part? Avoiding all the Microsoft hooks in the code, > which means decompiling the obj files and literally plucking out the > Windows calls. So use the Delorie tools. No MS hooks, already a flat 32-bit model, and gosh, you can crossdevelop for it under FreeBSD 8) We did a project a while back where I started on a DOS system with the Delorie tools, moved to OS/2 and emx (still targetting go32), then to FreeBSD, still targetting DOS/go32. At the same time, there were no MS or Borland tools around that could have given us what we needed (a flat 32-bit DOS extended with inbuilt VM). Watcom _might_, but the four-figure pricetag was totally out of the question. (Oh, you get all the source, too 8) mike
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