Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:25:38 +1100
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: 32bit DOS.
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To: Myke AT cyberdude DOT com (Ricardo Cunha), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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On 23 Sep 97 at 19:17, Ricardo Cunha wrote:

> To start a new OS i think that is better to create just a simple
> kernel and create a lib to do the same in dos then all the soft
> created in DJGPP will be compatible with the new OS. This way all
> the power of the computer will be available to the prog/demo. After
> having some soft we can start to optimise the OS with new versions.
> But, this is just a silly idea...

Not at all.  That is, infact, my intended approach.  With the flurry 
of activity one person is putting into the file system extensions of 
libc, it seems that just about all the os stuff will be pretty 
localized, making the port that much easier.
Bill
--
Leave others their otherness.