DOS ain't dead - DOS -- single-tasking?

DOS -- single-tasking? (Announce)

posted by Steve , US, 14.12.2007, 06:06

> > I consider single-tasking as a crucial feature of DOS :clap:
>
> This may be due more to DOS' history as a 16-bit OS. With the 286, task
> swapping was easier, but 386s introduced Virtual 8086 Mode (and the
> ability to switch back and forth between real and protected modes). Hence
> things like DesqView, Novell DOS, Windows 3.x "Enhanced Mode", OS/2,
> TriDOS, etc.

Right -- single-tasking was never a design goal, merely a fact of life for microcomputers c.1980. If IBM had waited for the 386, the first PC DOS might have been OS/2.

> Too bad FreeDOS-32 never took off. But
> it could be revived, of course. FreeDOS still lives! :-)

The core problem is the initial concept. It should be a FreeOS/2, with a better base than a DOS-16.

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DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 21.11.2007, 18:02 (Announce)
- DR-DOS 8.1 - Laaca, 21.11.2007, 18:55
  - DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 21.11.2007, 19:13
    - DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:50
- DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 00:50
  - DR-DOS 8.1 - david, 22.11.2007, 08:33
    - DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 10:14
      - DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:41
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:17
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 11:23
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:44
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:28
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 12:54
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:05
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:39
        Vista - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:32
        Vista - Steve, 22.11.2007, 17:59
        Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 18:11
        Vista - Steve, 22.11.2007, 19:06
        Vista - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 18:12
        Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 19:43
        Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 20:01
        Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 20:37
        Vista - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 21:31
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 13:23
        DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 13:26
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 13:31
        DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 14:02
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 14:49
        DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 14:59
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 15:12
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Laaca, 22.11.2007, 15:24
        DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 15:55
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:37
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 15:07
        Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 15:43
        Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:26
        Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:13
        Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Steve, 22.11.2007, 17:18
        Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 17:18
        Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Steve, 22.11.2007, 16:28
        Vista's pre-SP1 (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:19
        Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - flox, 22.11.2007, 17:00
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:39
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 13:06
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:18
      - DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:23
        DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 12:29
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 14:42
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:20
        DR-DOS 8.1 - DOS386, 12.12.2007, 02:09
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:58
        DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 20:51
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 21:16
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 23.11.2007, 02:06
        DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 23.11.2007, 09:27
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 24.11.2007, 14:33
        UIDE caches even disks for which it doesn't do UDMA - lucho, 24.11.2007, 09:09
        UIDE caches even disks for which it doesn't do UDMA - RayeR, 24.11.2007, 17:39
- DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:13
  - DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 10:27
    - DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:53
      - DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:31
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:36
        DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 17:11
    - DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 11:19
      - DR-DOS 8.1 - flox, 22.11.2007, 15:37
        TriDOS -- DPMI bug? - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 16:20
        TriDOS -- DPMI bug? - flox, 22.11.2007, 17:02
        DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:24
    - DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:23
      - DR-DOS 8.1 - jaybur, 27.11.2007, 02:12
- DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:45
- DR-DOS 8.1 piracy :-( - DOS386, 12.12.2007, 02:00
  - DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 12.12.2007, 18:26
    - DOS -- single-tasking? - Steve, 14.12.2007, 06:06
      - DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 14.12.2007, 08:24
      - DOS -- single-tasking? - DOS386, 15.12.2007, 18:59
        DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 16.12.2007, 00:44