From: antispam@fricas.org   
      
   BGB-Alt  wrote:   
   > On 7/19/2024 11:18 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   >> "Paul Edwards"  writes:   
   >>> Sure - but why not make it available anyway?   
   >>   
   >> MS-DOS is, was, and always will be a toy.  It's not even   
   >> a real operating system.   
   >>   
   >> No mainframe user would ever be interested in something   
   >> so simplisticly useless.   
   >>   
   >   
   > It has a FAT filesystem, MZ loader, and basic console printing and   
   > memory allocation... These cover the main bases for what one needs for   
   > an operating system.   
      
   FAT filesytem and MZ executable format means that adding features   
   would require complete rework.   
      
   > Granted, if one wants memory protection and multiple processes/threads,   
   > this is no longer sufficient as now the OS needs to be able to do all   
   > the other stuff programs might want to be able to do.   
      
   Mainframes are too expensive to use them as simple PC from 30 years   
   ago.  And unlike old PC there is almost no programs ready to   
   run on Paul's system.   
      
   Times have changed and users now want more from their machines.   
      
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