DOS ain't dead - MicroDOS and LTDOS (NASM src) -- Czech comments!!

Rugxulo

Usono,
07.04.2008, 22:57

MicroDOS and LTDOS (NASM src) -- Czech comments!! (DOSX)

Hey,
It came up recently in news://alt.lang.asm that there are some (very minimal) DOS clones written in NASM: MicroDOS and LTDOS (both by same author). However, some people are having trouble getting them to work (barely any English documentation, lots of Czech comments). So, at the risk of pestering anybody, does anyone know Czech (Rayer?) or wish to try these out a bit? :-)

Link to a couple of DOS's written in NASM

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RayeR

CZ,
09.04.2008, 11:08

@ Rugxulo

MicroDOS and LTDOS (NASM src) -- Czech comments!!

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Yes I met this some time ago. This is from Miroslav Nemecek, our legendary Czech programmer, author of e.g. MicroManager. About micro/ltdos I think it's very unfinished project, I will check it again...

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Rugxulo

Usono,
11.04.2008, 06:20

@ RayeR

MikeOS 1.3.0

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> Yes I met this some time ago. This is from Miroslav Nemecek, our legendary
> Czech programmer, author of e.g. MicroManager. About micro/ltdos I think
> it's very unfinished project, I will check it again...

Apparently, he's the author of VLAK (DOS game), which works in MikeOS (of which 1.3.0 was just released). MikeOS is a small 16-bit OS (not a DOS clone but does have a very minimal DOS subsystem) written for educational purposes (assembles with NASM). Just FYI. ;-)

http://mikeos.berlios.de

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RayeR

CZ,
12.04.2008, 13:47

@ Rugxulo

MikeOS 1.3.0

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> Apparently, he's the author of VLAK (DOS game), which works in MikeOS (of
> which 1.3.0 was just released). MikeOS is a small 16-bit OS (not a DOS
> clone but does have a very minimal DOS subsystem) written for educational
> purposes (assembles with NASM). Just FYI. ;-)
>
> http://mikeos.berlios.de

Yes, and also programming language Petr which was used for making mny other games. He was most active in last 70' and 80 when he programmed for 8bits and lot of tools for PC (DOS). It was written in pure asm, smaller faster better.
As I read, he even build his own 8bit computer for which he wrote a BIOS (or monitor or how to call it) on paper, debug it on paper and in his mind. Then he has only one chance to burn the code in PROM (that times in our country such parts was very rare and unavailable for common people) and it worked. Respect to him.

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