On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Mercury Thirteen <mercury0x0...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> We in this discussion aren't the first people to question how to
> successfully meld the worlds of 32- and 16-bit code while having speed,
> flexibility and compatibility. This became an issue way back in the days of
> the 386, and so some smart folks have already not only already considered
> the problem, but designed the solution and implemented it - right into the
> Intel processor! We just have to know its intricacies and use them to our
> advantage. The code of the open source DOS/32A extender and the OSDev.org
> website would be great starting points for anyone who wanted to undertake
> such an endeavor.
>
...however, don't misconstrue my comments to mean that I'm insisting
FreeDOS become 32-bit. This project is awesome as it is and you guys have
already taken it way beyond Microsoft ever did, showing it the love it
always deserved. Either way we go will be fine with me. :)
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