> This topic is not about DOS vs other operating systems, or the fact > that users tend to gradually abandon DOS. It's about the survivability > of DOS vis-a-vis hardware ... What will happen with future development > of the hardware architectures?
Cannot answer on all subjects, but re: disk/CD/DVD drivers, I am NOT overly optimistic! Intel/Microsoft want us all to "buy into" AHCI, and they may have started "ordering" mainboard vendors to omit SATA/ IDE logic from their BIOS routines. If this becomes the "de facto" standard, UIDE and other DOS drivers will NOT be able to run! I am hoping mainboard vendors WILL see the need (despite such "orders" by "the industry") to retain SATA/IDE compatibility modes. Otherwise, the long-avoided "Bloody NIGHTMARE" of adding AHCI in UIDE will have to be done, and quickly! > Related questions are: how adaptable would the (Free)DOS codebase > prove, in the event of this happening? How much manpower would be > required to recode/adapt (Free)DOS to the new needs? In short, > could DOS survive such a situation? Aside from the kernel and drivers, the DOS codebase should survive, as long as 80x86 commands can be executed. If support for them is dropped, NO amount of manpower will save DOS, since EVERYTHING will have to be rewritten in that event! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
