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echo: aust_c_here
to: Frank Malcolm
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1996-11-30 16:44:44
subject: dos swapping

FM> Probably not. If you think it might be, I have a very nice EMS or disk
FM> (if EMS isn't available) swapping routine. It's in ASM, but of course
FM> the interface is defined in Pascal, a programing language.

PE> Oh, I'm also intending that this same program be used under Linux, so that 
PE> can boot my system under Linux or OS/2, and it does exactly the same thing
PE> as far as the BBS callers can see.

FM> Forget it then. 

Oh, I would have done that with conditional compilation.

FM> One really must ask why you're so keen on Linux, except
FM> I suppose as david begley said to you a couple of days ago, that stuff
FM> (*nix) is for the hackers who want to get down to the metal, rather than
FM> those who want to be productive quickly.

The main attraction to me is the disk cache.  The second attraction is the
source code, given that I personally discover every bug in every product,
at least I would have an end it sight this way. BFN.  Paul.
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