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Date: | Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:05:55 -0700 |
To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
From: | Daniel Pierce <db6646 AT dragonbbs DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: Another reason for DOS/FreeDOS/DOS32, etc. |
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I have found a mulitasking MS-Dos compatible operating system! It's at http://nanosft.com/products/multidos.html It's shareware and downloadable. I haven't read all the fine print in the manual so don't flame me if it ain't really usefull. Does say that it runs 64 .exe/.com tasks at a time and has messages and semaphores. Now to try it with DJGPP....... At 04:56 PM 4/24/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Daniel Pierce said: > >> I think we really need a multi-tasking DOS. > >Agreed. > >> I would like a Linux-like OS but Linux is overkill. I am trying it with a >> 300 meg drive and have found difficulty in taking out the un-needed network >> & emacs type stuff. X-windows is way too much bloat just to display a few >> jpeg images. Progress IS being made though. > >Have you taken a look at PicoBSD? It fits on a floppy. It might still >be overkill in features (multiuser? security?), but it sure is tiny, and >multitasking, and 32 bit. > >http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html >
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