Hi Arkady, > GH> Are you claiming they're identical or not?
> This is _one program_! Or you wish to say, that FreeDOS 2035 isn't > FreeDOS, because kernel.sys binary-non-identical to FreeDOS 2034? OK, but I don't agree with your conclusion here. As you point out, different Kernel versions could easily introduce new functionality (e.g. FAT32). All I was saying was that DOS 6.22 startup files are different to WfW 3.11 startup files. The exact differences may never be known due to Microsoft's failure to embrace open-source. There is also the issue of DOS 6.0 vs DOS 6.22; the update was only related to stacker/doublespace changes, so how do we know the WfW 3.11 startup files don't contain newer functionality than those of DOS 6.22 even if it was released after? Have you looked at HIMEM, EMM386 and IFSHLP.SYS in detail for example? > GH> To me, a DOS shell would > GH> be something that talks to the hardware via DOS, > > DOS doesn't talks to hardware, DOS talks with BIOS. Right! Eric pointed that out too off-list. Sorry for bad wording, but I'm sure everyone knew what I meant:) Actually, this is even more interesting! Isn't it the case that some Windows code can bypass the BIOS completely? If so, then what I said makes some sense... -- Gerry Hickman (London UK) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
