DOS ain't dead

GV32 (DOSX)

posted by DOS386, 22.02.2008, 02:48

Hope Japheth won't get too angry if I invade here in ... :lol3:

Jaybur wrote:

> But not programatically. :-(

> > "Usually" yes. :-D
> :-(

> > The scheduler might not be worried too much. But why should a Win32
> > program come to think that it can "reprogram" the hardware?
>
> Why would a DOS program think it can't?
>
> Is it your only goal to [partially] emulate Windows, or does HX aspire to
> be capable of being used for some things that Windows can't?

Maybe there is a confusion here what HX can and what not ...

HX definitely can do things that "Windows" can't - support native DOS applications without any Win32 API :-)

Thus you might have to make a choice whether you want to create:

- A Win32 application, working in DOS via HX also

-> No DOS or BIOS calls, no hardware access, no VGA/VESA, use API and DR-DRAW instead ;-)

or

- A native DOS application. Then you can use all known DOS/DPMI features, but no importing from DLL's, OTOH possibility to link-in (but with Delphi ???) some "statical" versions of the API ? :?

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