[ros-dev] DOS Subsystem.

[David Johnson]

Ausome! Lets do it!

On 11/28/05, Jerry <crashfourit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I want it to be one of many possible options.
> The idea is that when you run a Open Gem program in ReactOS it will look
> like a Windows program.  I.E. The Open Gem part of the Dos subsytem would
> translate the GEM GUI calls to Win32 or Win-NT API calls, making it look
> like a windows program.
>
> David Johnson wrote:
>
> So you want OpenGEM 5 to replace DosShell?
>
> On 11/28/05, Jerry <crashfourit at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm interested in starting to code the DOS subsystem.
> >
> > So I am going to list some possible design principles:
> >
> > Avoid excessive switching from V86 mode and Protected mode.
> > Limit direct access to system hardware by DOS programs (especially IO).
> > Must differentiate CPU exceptions and Software interrupts.
> > Each DOS process would have its own private first Megabyte of Memory.
> > At least DPMI v. 0.9 support.
> > Dos API support (Including Long File Name support.)
> >
> > Possible design additions:
> > Native handling of DJGPP DPMI programs (I.E. skip DJGPP stub-loader and
> > jump directly to the DJGPP COFF image).
> > Open GEM <http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/> GUI API Support.
> > Bios and Video ROM virtualization.
> >
> > Additions, subtractions, modifications, or comments anyone?
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