PE>> Has anyone done it already, and created a PD version of MSDOS?

 RS> Cant recall one, certainly not in the DrDOS class.

 RS> Hang on, presumably there is something like that in the PD Unixes with
 RS> DOS support. Certainly a starting point, clearly not just usable in
 RS> isolation as a DOS alternative.

Today I asked someone at work about this (who has Linux), and apparently it
translates dos interrupts into X-windows calls.  He also pointed out that I
had left out one component - the master boot record, which is 449 bytes
long.  I think it will help give me a better understanding of PCs if I
attempt to replace the MBR myself (on floppy of course).  I think it may
even be possible to write it in 32-bit C (obviously I don't use any
runtime, just the generated assembler).

I'll post a tutorial on the way this hangs together, so that people can
correct it.  BFN.

Paul

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