DOS Compatable OS

[Gary Sparkes]

On 12/15/05 4:11 PM, "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/14/05, Gary Sparkes <mokuba at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm rather bored, so I thought I might try and hack together a small project
>> OS compatable with at least DOS 1.x or similar, is there any decent resource
>> for information on dos compatability and how to achieve it, or is it left as
>> a reverse engineering exercise for 'the reader' ? :)
> 
> There are already several DOS clones out there, some free, some not.
> 
> Why not go help out the folk working on FreeDOS or the DR-DOS
> Enhancement Project instead?
> 
> http://www.drdosprojects.de/
> 
> DOS is still in use and useful, especially for people who cannot
> afford modern hardware.
> 
> Failing that, other open-source projects that could do with help include:
> 
> FreeGEM
> http://www.deltasoft.com
> 
> FreeVMS
> http://freevms.free.fr/indexGB.html
> 
> AROS
> http://www.aros.org/
> 
> Haiku
> http://haiku-os.org/learn.php
> 
> Syllable
> http://www.syllable.org/
> 
> ... And many more!

But, that's not the point! I'm doing this to play around and improve my
coding skills by doing low level stuff I normally otherwise wouldn't do,
just a fun project :)