RE: DOS as a modern OS
Natasha Portillo <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freedos.devel |
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| Organization | Industrias O.S.G. |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Ok... Let me think... DOS is hardware independent, but is dependant of BIOS... Is possible to make a portable BIOS, that works to the DOS kernel as the HAL to the Windows NT kernel? > -----Mensaje original----- > De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Enviado el: martes, 29 de octubre de 2002 4:17 > Para: [email protected] > Asunto: Re: [fd-dev] DOS as a modern OS > > > > On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Natasha Portillo wrote: > > > >> Is there any possibility to making FreeDOS a DOS based operating > >> system with a more modern and portable structure? > > > > Possibly the closest you could come to reaching this end is > using FreeDOS in DOSEmu/Bochs on Linux and extending > DOSEmu/Bochs to suit your needs (making custom BIOS in Bochs > or similar changes to DOSEmu). What I mean by "to suit your > needs" is modify DOSEmu/Bochs in such a way that features you > wish to have are callable by either a modified FD Kernel or > your DOS Apps and the respective emulator responds > appropiately. One way I see this happening is by having the > BIOS Multitasking Calls hooked and then implemented (Int > 0x15, AX=0x80-0x82,0x85,0x90,0x91). This is obviously not a > simple task nor does it handle many issues but is one approach. > > Louis > [SNIP] > > ---------- > list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev > unsubscribe: send blank email to: [email protected] > >