Hey Alan!

Jun 24 13:40 06, Alan Ianson wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 AI> Yep, it looks to me like it is. There are a few packages that need 
 AI> more
 AI> work but the ones that I need are all there.

I built my own started from my p3 smp guy.  Still a few kinks to work out
but I managed to get a half decent kernel built for x86_64 with 32-bit
compatibility.  The biggest hurdle was some of the 32-bit apps that rely on
shorts being 16-bit.  syslinux (isolinux) was the BIGGEST bugger.  I think
it is okay now.

 MK>> DOS apps for some strange reason.  I've never understood why that is.

 AI> OS/2 is DOS app friendly, I used it myself for years.

Why?  I haven't seen anything in DOS worth slavaging let alone running on a
nonDOS system.

 AI> far as I can see, anyway). Actually, I see quite a few gcc compilers
 AI> and GNU stuff travelling the OS/2 file echoes. It's an add on to OS/2
 AI> though, *nix stuff is just that way.. :)

Since IBM sold it out it has primarily been gcc ports of the unixie stuff. 
I see little there that isn't a port.  From what I see I am guessing Linux
is vastly superior seeing it has a HUGE headstart.

Life is good,
Maurice

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