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  Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? Thomas Lake <tomlake07@gmail.com> - 2016-05-26 12:49 -0700
    Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-05-27 10:59 +0100
      Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-27 11:47 -0700
        Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-05-27 23:27 +0100
          Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-05-27 22:34 +0000
            Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-27 19:07 -0400
              Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-28 00:05 +0000
              Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-04 22:12 -0500
          Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-28 15:18 -0400

#164032 — Re: 64 bit CPU, QBasic and DOS?

On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 7:22:58 AM UTC-5, gareth wrote:
> What fun we could have should a nice, simple, easy 64-bit version
> of MS-DOS be around; the only thing to my mind that would
> be lacking would be a graphical Web interface.
> 
> Imagine; a single linear address space, no software bloat
> (Even Linux is popping its trouser buttons), and only a few kBytes
> consumed by the OS!
> 
> The downside would be that assuming that one could write one
> assembler instruction per minute in a 40-hour working week
> and a 46-week working year, allowing approximately 4 bytes
> for each instruction, then it would take you about 9,000 man-years
> to write enough code for a progran to completely fill 4GB of RAM!
> 
> (YMMV !!!! )

Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not compatible with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can port software to it.

Tom L

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#164052

"Thomas Lake" <tomlake07@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:b95f5244-a26d-45f6-839b-9711feb48175@googlegroups.com...
> On Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 7:22:58 AM UTC-5, gareth wrote:
>> What fun we could have should a nice, simple, easy 64-bit version
>> of MS-DOS be around; the only thing to my mind that would
>> be lacking would be a graphical Web interface.
>>
>> Imagine; a single linear address space, no software bloat
>> (Even Linux is popping its trouser buttons), and only a few kBytes
>> consumed by the OS!
>>
>> The downside would be that assuming that one could write one
>> assembler instruction per minute in a 40-hour working week
>> and a 46-week working year, allowing approximately 4 bytes
>> for each instruction, then it would take you about 9,000 man-years
>> to write enough code for a progran to completely fill 4GB of RAM!
>>
>> (YMMV !!!! )
>
> Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not compatible 
> with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can port software to 
> it.

Thanks!

I'll have a browse.

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#164071

On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:59:15 AM UTC-6, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
> "Thomas Lake" <tomlake07@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:b95f5244-a26d-45f6-839b-9711feb48175@googlegroups.com...

> > Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not compatible 
> > with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can port software to 
> > it.

> Thanks!

> I'll have a browse.

Unfortunately, not being Linux or Windows compatible is perhaps the least of 
its problems.

It also doesn't have network support, so you can't use it for browsing the 
Internet.

There are more serious issues that dispose me to be very reluctant to allow it 
anywhere near my computer... these are mentioned in a more kind and forgiving 
way here

http://www.codersnotes.com/notes/a-constructive-look-at-templeos/

than I would be inclined to use in discussing them.

John Savard

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#164076

"Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message 
news:728d26b9-dd58-42f2-914b-33b390a15eb3@googlegroups.com...
> On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:59:15 AM UTC-6, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 
> wrote:
>> "Thomas Lake" <tomlake07@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:b95f5244-a26d-45f6-839b-9711feb48175@googlegroups.com...
>> > Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not 
>> > compatible
>> > with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can port software to
>> > it.
>> Thanks!
>> I'll have a browse.
>
> Unfortunately, not being Linux or Windows compatible is perhaps the least 
> of
> its problems.
>
> It also doesn't have network support, so you can't use it for browsing the
> Internet.

Sounds _ G R E A T _  !!!!  (For those who remember the adverts for
Kellogs Sugar Frosties, but I don't remember the name of the cartoon tiger)

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#164077

On Fri, 27 May 2016 23:27:57 +0100, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:

> "Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message
> news:728d26b9-dd58-42f2-914b-33b390a15eb3@googlegroups.com...
>> On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:59:15 AM UTC-6, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339
>> wrote:
>>> "Thomas Lake" <tomlake07@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:b95f5244-a26d-45f6-839b-9711feb48175@googlegroups.com...
>>> > Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not
>>> > compatible with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can
>>> > port software to it.
>>> Thanks!
>>> I'll have a browse.
>>
>> Unfortunately, not being Linux or Windows compatible is perhaps the
>> least of its problems.
>>
>> It also doesn't have network support, so you can't use it for browsing
>> the Internet.
> 
> Sounds _ G R E A T _  !!!!  (For those who remember the adverts for
> Kellogs Sugar Frosties, but I don't remember the name of the cartoon
> tiger)

Tony.




-- 
Using UNIX since v6 (1975)...

Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
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#164079

On Fri, 27 May 2016, Bob Eager wrote:

> On Fri, 27 May 2016 23:27:57 +0100, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
>
>> "Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message
>> news:728d26b9-dd58-42f2-914b-33b390a15eb3@googlegroups.com...
>>> On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:59:15 AM UTC-6, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339
>>> wrote:
>>>> "Thomas Lake" <tomlake07@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:b95f5244-a26d-45f6-839b-9711feb48175@googlegroups.com...
>>>>> Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not
>>>>> compatible with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can
>>>>> port software to it.
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> I'll have a browse.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, not being Linux or Windows compatible is perhaps the
>>> least of its problems.
>>>
>>> It also doesn't have network support, so you can't use it for browsing
>>> the Internet.
>>
>> Sounds _ G R E A T _  !!!!  (For those who remember the adverts for
>> Kellogs Sugar Frosties, but I don't remember the name of the cartoon
>> tiger)
>
> Tony.
>
Not to be confused with the tiger from Esso, "put a tiger in your tank", 
though back in the sixties I rather thought the two were related.

   Michael

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#164082

On 2016-05-27, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 May 2016, Bob Eager wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 27 May 2016 23:27:57 +0100, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
>>
>>> "Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:728d26b9-dd58-42f2-914b-33b390a15eb3@googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>> On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:59:15 AM UTC-6, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Thomas Lake" <tomlake07@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:b95f5244-a26d-45f6-839b-9711feb48175@googlegroups.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not
>>>>>> compatible with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can
>>>>>> port software to it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> I'll have a browse.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, not being Linux or Windows compatible is perhaps the
>>>> least of its problems.
>>>>
>>>> It also doesn't have network support, so you can't use it for browsing
>>>> the Internet.
>>>
>>> Sounds _ G R E A T _  !!!!  (For those who remember the adverts for
>>> Kellogs Sugar Frosties, but I don't remember the name of the cartoon
>>> tiger)
>>
>> Tony.
>
> Not to be confused with the tiger from Esso, "put a tiger in your tank", 
> though back in the sixties I rather thought the two were related.

Remember those little tiger tails that Esso handed out?  You'd loop the
elastic strap on the end around your gas cap, then let it poke out from
under the door as if there really was a tiger in your tank.

In one of Red Skelton's skits, his character, Sheriff Deadeye, was going
to partake in a native ritual which involved drinking a potion made from,
among other things, panther drool.  Deadeye quipped, while patting his belly:
"I may not have a tiger in my tank, but I'll have a panther in my pot."

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#164526

"Michael Black" <et472@ncf.ca> wrote in message 
news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1605271906390.27014@darkstar.example.org...
> On Fri, 27 May 2016, Bob Eager wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 27 May 2016 23:27:57 +0100, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
>>
>>> "Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:728d26b9-dd58-42f2-914b-33b390a15eb3@googlegroups.com...
>>>> On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:59:15 AM UTC-6, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> "Thomas Lake" <tomlake07@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:b95f5244-a26d-45f6-839b-9711feb48175@googlegroups.com...
>>>>>> Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not
>>>>>> compatible with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can
>>>>>> port software to it.
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> I'll have a browse.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, not being Linux or Windows compatible is perhaps the
>>>> least of its problems.
>>>>
>>>> It also doesn't have network support, so you can't use it for browsing
>>>> the Internet.
>>>
>>> Sounds _ G R E A T _  !!!!  (For those who remember the adverts for
>>> Kellogs Sugar Frosties, but I don't remember the name of the cartoon
>>> tiger)
>>
>> Tony.
>>
> Not to be confused with the tiger from Esso, "put a tiger in your tank", 
> though back in the sixties I rather thought the two were related.
>

Also *not* to be confused with the Black Panthers!!! ;-)

<joke>

Q:  What kind of bee buzzes around service stations???

A:  An Esso bee.

</joke>

-- 

numerist at aquaporin4 dot com

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#164090

gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> wrote:
> "Quadibloc" <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message 
> news:728d26b9-dd58-42f2-914b-33b390a15eb3@googlegroups.com...
>> On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 3:59:15 AM UTC-6, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 
>> wrote:
>>> "Thomas Lake" <tomlake07@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:b95f5244-a26d-45f6-839b-9711feb48175@googlegroups.com...
>>>> Check out TempleOS. It's a 64-bit linear address OS. It's not 
>>>> compatible
>>>> with anything but it does have a C compiler so you can port software to
>>>> it.
>>> Thanks!
>>> I'll have a browse.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, not being Linux or Windows compatible is perhaps the least 
>> of
>> its problems.
>> 
>> It also doesn't have network support, so you can't use it for browsing the
>> Internet.
> 
> Sounds _ G R E A T _  !!!!  (For those who remember the adverts for
> Kellogs Sugar Frosties, but I don't remember the name of the cartoon tiger)
> 

Tony

-- 
Pete

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