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Re: SGOS a good idea?

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"Harry Potter" <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I think I mentioned this before, so here goes:

I think you might've too.

> SGOS is short for Simple Game Operating System.  It will be
> DOS-like and designed for games.  It will use the 386's V86 mode
> to bank RAM into and out of the 1MB space.  It will have its own
> file system and startup method.  It will partially use INTs and
> partially direct CALLs patched to the actual location of a
> driver in memory.  (The latter would be good for graphics and
> sound.)  One more thing: SGOS will use a 128k video buffer
> instead of a 64k if possible.  I'm thinking of making it mostly
> open-source freeware.

This is a DOS newsgroup.  Does "designed for games" mean DOS
games?  Your proposed setup seems strange to me, if you're looking
to provide an environment for DOS games.  I.e., I'd expect it to
be very DOS like for all of it's features, e.g., using a DOS
filesystem, etc.  If providing an environment for DOS games, I
think your two best options are 1) an emulator for the game, like
DOSBox or 2 ) an emulator for a computer which can run DOS, like
DOSEmu or MESS or Tand-Em or Bochs or VMWare.

> Does anybody like this idea?  Please post feedback here.

I would ask: "Why?"...

DOS seems to always have emulators for it.  It also seems that
DOSBox or DOSEmu will suffice.

Even so, you could possibly learn alot or maybe create something
excellent if you take on this project.  If you have your heart set
on it, don't let us burst your bubble.


DOSBox (DOS emulator for games)
http://www.dosbox.com/

ScummVM (game emulator for some DOS games)
http://www.scummvm.org/

MAME (multiple arcade game emulators)
http://mamedev.org/

MESS (multiple computer and game console emulators)
http://www.mess.org/

DOSEmu (environment for running DOS)
http://dosemu.org/

Tand-Em (Tandy & PC Jr emulator)
http://www.oldskool.org/pc


Rod Pemberton

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SGOS a good idea? Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-14 07:22 -0800
  Re: SGOS a good idea? "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2013-01-14 21:55 +0000
  Re: SGOS a good idea? "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2013-01-14 21:06 -0500
    Re: SGOS a good idea? Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-15 06:06 -0800
      Re: OS development and DOS resources, was [Re: SGOS a good idea?] "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotz.cnm> - 2013-01-15 17:06 -0500
      Re: SGOS a good idea? Jim Leonard <mobygamer@gmail.com> - 2013-01-16 08:23 -0800
        Re: SGOS a good idea? Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-16 09:02 -0800
          Re: SGOS a good idea? Jim Leonard <mobygamer@gmail.com> - 2013-01-18 09:49 -0800

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