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DR-DOS 8.1 (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 22.11.2007, 12:50

> Yes, I found drdos (various prev. versions i tried) quite buggy so I don't
> use it, just have ready one DRDOS 7.03 boot floppy with taskmgr handy. But
> I like tro try varoius (D)OSes :)

FreeDOS is buggy too, but at least you can patch/fix/recompile it if needed! That's the big advantage of FOSS stuff, you don't have to wait/pay anybody to do it if you are willing and able to do it yourself.

1). Identify the bug.
2). Get a compiler + source and start hacking!
3). Post fix online for everyone to enjoy. :-)

DR-DOS has a few minor bugs, but it's pretty good overall. I made a small list of such bugs, but I dunno if they were just setup issues (e.g. DR-EMM386 loaded, "dpmi on", RAM drive, other settings). Still, if you or anybody wants to see it, I'll upload it. But like I said, I may have misdiagnosed some bugs (e.g. SORT.EXE crashes with input of exactly two duplicate lines, IIRC).

 

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