Hi, Paul.

PE> I currently run my BBS using a rexx script under OS/2.  That's how I've don
PE> it for the last 2 years or whatever, but now I want to change.  I want the
PE> mainline to be a C program, and I want to call the utilities (bt.exe etc)
PE> from my C program, using system().

PE> Although not a problem under OS/2, I would also like to have the ability to
PE> run from DOS if required.  I know most people go to great lengths to not
PE> call system() under DOS, in order to save memory, and use functions like
PE> spawn etc.

PE> I'd like to know whether the fact that my program is going to be quite smal
PE> (consisting mainly of cd's and system's) is going to mean that I don't have
PE> any problem worth bothering about under DOS.

Probably not. If you think it might be, I have a very nice EMS or disk
(if EMS isn't available) swapping routine. It's in ASM, but of course
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.

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

Regards, f'IM.

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