> It's not impossible to cache floppies, Jack. You just need to do it > differently than you're doing now ...
Back in 1980, I told an old friend of mine about a 750K video-driver package which I had seen (written in "C", of course!), and he noted, "They've got GUTS, calling that a DRIVER!" If I had done your type of diskette caching, your type of re-entrant driver, and all else you seem to suggest, GUESS what that would add, to the size of UIDE/UIDE2!! Since my drivers work in at-most about an 800K-byte DOS system (640K low-memory plus maybe 160K with "LOL"!), I will keep them SMALL, and NOT end up with any 64K-byte ATROCITY like at least one I have seen! And certainly, it is not impossible to cache floppies. Before the debut of VirtualBox, UIDE/UIDE2 had done so successfully, for years, without any complaints at all! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
