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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:10:36 -0500 (EST)
From: root <root AT 206 DOT 172 DOT 218 DOT 60>
To: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
cc: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>, geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: OpenDOS to be released next week!
In-Reply-To: <199701150230.DAA18881@math.amu.edu.pl>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.93.970116110515.11272C-100000@206.172.218.60>
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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:

> right? Now then, I expect the EMM386 to be the Novell's original one, right? 
> If so, the whether the bugs that prevented it from running on other DOSes 
> were corrected or not?

If the EMM386 bugs weren't fixed, then someone will surely fix them wether
Caldera does or not.  I mean, after all they ARE releasing the source
right?  This is too cool.

> > like Quake using DJGPP and OpenDOS? Am I able to sell it? I would have
> > to distribute OpenDOS with my game, so would I be able to distribute
> Just to be sure: is OpenDOS based on the Novell DOS 7? If so, then I hope all 
> the incompatibilities were removed (at least in the officially documented areas)

Yep, Novell DOS 7.  Should be cool.

> > > Caldera feels that the Internet developer community has a lot to offer,
> > > and they're looking forward to developing a good relationship with DOS
> > > developers, especially the DJGPP crowd.
> > 
> > I would be happy to be involved... now, wheres that fork(); :)
> Me too - does anyone know where can I find the packet drivers 
> specifications/format (I mean on Internet)?

Probably at http://www.x86.org or ftp://ftp.oulu.fi (sp?)  I was just on
both of those sites today and one of them (or both) has specs for
EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!! Even my kitchen sink.

> P.S. Could we see a feature list of OpenDOS?

Yes, that is a great idea.  Say, does anyone know if there is an OpenDOS
newsgroup yet?  Or a list?  This discussion is a tad off topic (even
though no-one has complained yet.


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