DOS ain't dead

FreeDOS' contributor (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 10.04.2009, 05:09

> > Yes, I've heard PTS-DOS is a little buggy, but I think RxDOS (no
> offense)
> > is even buggier. Still, probably not completely useless.
>
> Be assured that RxDOS has the most bugs. The only reason I don't consider
> it "completely useless" is because it's open source (and of course because
> that's the coolest DOS name, no offense ).

Well, the only real problem with it is that it hasn't been polished and tested enough. And that's probably due to the MASM-only sources (although as mentioned, a rough A86 port exists). The more the merrier, esp. an assembly version!

> > benchmarking XCOPY and RxCOPY etc.
>
> Nice try, but I think you meant FreeDOS's RXCOPY. I'm not aware it has
> anything to do with RxDOS.

I do mean FreeDOS' "RxCOPY", which is what they call it (don't ask me why). It doesn't have anything to do with RxDOS, AFAICT.

P.S. Checking old messages, it seems there was a lot of discussion over whether to migrate to or incorporate either OpenDOS or RxDOS kernel features. But I guess DOS-C was better / easier (and obviously better license than OpenDOS). I think Tom E. told us here not too long ago that C was chosen due to easier maintenance for the developers at the time. I think it was a good decision.

Complete thread:

• 4DOS - Ninho, 29.03.2009, 17:02 (Miscellaneous)
  • 4DOS - RayeR, 29.03.2009, 22:00
    • 4DOS - Ninho, 30.03.2009, 18:35
  • 4DOS - DOS386, 31.03.2009, 03:39
    • 4DOS - Ninho, 05.04.2009, 19:56
      • 4DOS - Rugxulo, 05.04.2009, 23:50
        • 4DOS - Japheth, 06.04.2009, 09:11
          • FreeDOS' main contributor - Rugxulo, 07.04.2009, 00:22
            • FreeDOS' main noise contributor - Japheth, 07.04.2009, 07:45
              • FreeDOS' contributor - Rugxulo, 07.04.2009, 13:24
                • FreeDOS' contributor - Khusraw, 07.04.2009, 15:13
                  • FreeDOS' contributor - ecm, 07.04.2009, 20:12
                    • FreeDOS' contributor - Khusraw, 07.04.2009, 20:35
                      • FreeDOS' contributor - ecm, 07.04.2009, 21:51
                  • FreeDOS' contributor - Rugxulo, 08.04.2009, 19:32
                    • Why MS-DOS still "wins" - Japheth, 09.04.2009, 07:20
                      • Why MS-DOS still "wins" - ecm, 09.04.2009, 12:27
                      • MS-DOS still wins (except when it doesn't) - Rugxulo, 09.04.2009, 14:39
                        • MS-DOS wins and wins - Japheth, 10.04.2009, 18:56
                          • MS-DOG wins and wins | Execellent BUG report - DOS386, 17.05.2009, 05:44
                            • .EXEcellent - ecm, 17.05.2009, 17:04
                    • FreeDOS' contributor - Khusraw, 09.04.2009, 08:12
                      • FreeDOS' contributor - Rugxulo, 09.04.2009, 14:23
                        • FreeDOS' contributor - Khusraw, 09.04.2009, 16:24
                          • FreeDOS' contributor - Rugxulo, 09.04.2009, 17:02
                            • FreeDOS' contributor - ecm, 10.04.2009, 03:39
                              • FreeDOS' contributor - Rugxulo, 10.04.2009, 05:09
                                • FreeDOS' contributor - ecm, 11.04.2009, 11:34
                • FreeDOS' contributor - Japheth, 07.04.2009, 15:24
                • FreeDOS' contributor - RayeR, 08.04.2009, 00:19
                  • FreeDOS' contributor - rr, 08.04.2009, 21:25
            • FreeDOS' main contributor - Khusraw, 07.04.2009, 10:27