Re: masm32

From: Bob Masta (NoSpam_at_daqarta.com)
Date: 09/05/04

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    Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 12:22:29 +0000 (UTC)

    On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 21:21:34 +0000 (UTC), Kleidemos
    <spamtrap@crayne.org> wrote:

    >Can I use Masm32 to write an OS?
    >--

    Luca:

    Having read other's replies to this and your responses
    to them, I'd just like to add one reminder about this OS
    project. I agree that it will be very educational, but keep
    in mind that it will necessarily be a very limited OS because
    of lack of driver support. You may be able to write what
    you need for some of the hardware you develop on, but
    by the time you are done that hardware will be obsolete.
    And there are so many types of hardware you will never
    hope to keep up. Linux has an ocean of developers
    struggling to write drivers for devices that are
    already supported in Windows because the device
    makers write the Windows drivers. So your OS will end up
    being an orphan that only you will use. And even you won't
    use it for long, because you won't be able to keep up
    with the hardware you want to support.

    So the upshot is, don't set your goals too high on this one.
    Write a simple OS for learning, perhaps, but don't expect
    it to be really useful.

    Unless, of course, you are going to make an embedded
    system. Then you will have tight hardware control and
    don't have to support anything else. Plus you can expect
    to run the same hardware for a long time, since embedded
    systems traditionally run well behind the leading edge as
    far as CPUs are concerned.

    Just my 2 cents worth...

    Bob Masta
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