On 4 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd be interested in any information/documentation on the MSDOS binary > compatibility in ELKS. Oh god, is that still there? I put it in as a joke 2 years ago :) > What purpose does it serve in the project? For the project, it had no real purpose. > How is it being accomplished? Basically, its simply a binary format handler, which simply processes the exe header from a file, and claims that its valid or not. It was more an excercise for me learning how to parse exe headers. > What could it be used for? It can basically be used for putting an EXE header on a binary. > How compatible and with what versions of DOS? I dont think its compatible at all. I dont think it even works. > What is its current status and where is it going? Who is doing it? I dont think it was ever really seriously going. Feel free to develop it further if you wish. You wont really be able to run applications properly in there anyway, without modifications to the kernel anyway. Davey
