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I made my own DOS implementation (Announce)

posted by tom Homepage, Germany (West), 31.01.2024, 22:02

> Nice, we have more YADs (Yet Another DOS).
not exactly. operating system that is mostly compatible with the documented DOS API is not yet another DOS. a LOT of DOS compatibility is about the undocumented API.

> Wouldn't we rather see such
> modern features
what modern features? windows 2.0 in 2024?


> to be implemented in long years stagnating FreeDOS or
> EDRDOS?
stagnating because most bugs are fixed?


> OK, I don't want to beat down the enthusiasm. Sometimes it's better to
> start from a scratch than fight with some old sub-optimal decisions and
> compromises that made someone else in the past. As one key feature I would
> see the ability to boot on new UEFI CSM-less systems as they are spreading
> out. There was some attempts but... Adopting GPT and exFAT would be a good
> step.
 This just tells me that you have not the faintest clue about *any* OS kernel programming.
"sub-optimal decisions and compromises" and "GPT and exFAT" are entirely unrelated.

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