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32-bit MSDOS (Announce)

posted by tkchia Homepage, 28.06.2021, 19:00

Hello kerravon,

> I guess the first thing that should be asked is
> what 32-bit MSDOS should look like.
>
> There are multiple 32-bit DOS-extenders. DOS32A
> comes close to what I decided was "clean" myself.

Just implement DPMI. Come on, DPMI was hashed out by a committee comprising Microsoft, Borland, IBM, Intel, Rational Systems, etc., etc., etc. There is a formal standard for it. And there is a sizeable body of software that implement DPMI hosts and DPMI clients.

Basically you are now saying that we should throw away all this prior work because you, in your infinite wisdom, have cogitated up your own new "clean" vision of "what 32-bit MSDOS should look like".

Well, to that I say: good day, sir.

Thank you!

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https://gitlab.com/tkchia · https://codeberg.org/tkchia · 😴 "MOV AX,0D500H+CMOS_REG_D+NMI"

 

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