Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/10/01/05:32:40
Victor Escobar (sydbarrett AT mindspring DOT com) wrote:
> On 20 Sep 1997 20:49:00 GMT, ksinner AT solaria DOT sol DOT net (Kenton E.
> Sinner) wrote:
> >Create or build a small, multithreading, pre-emptive multitasking
> >program that would give you multiple virtual "consoles" as in Linux.
> >Perhaps use VSTa (Valencia Simple Tasker), or something derived from
> >MMURTL, as long as it works on a regular FAT file system.
> >
> Yes, GGI is pretty impressive. But why not a new fs if we're talking
> a new project here? FAT hails from the days of CP/M and is somewhat
> dated.
The reason why I postulated the FAT requirement, is so that people like
myself can just unzip it onto their hard drives and run it, without
setting aside (after first aquiring) a couple of hundred megs of disk
for a new partition. I would want to use the new system without buying
any new hardware.
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