On Monday, March 19, 2018 at 3:21:18 PM UTC-4, Cecil Bayona wrote:   
   > On 3/19/2018 8:11 AM, watts419@nospicedham.donegalsd.org wrote:   
   > > Hey people. I have heard of the FreeWin95 project when I was doing some   
   research about the ReactOS project, and I know there is such a thing as   
   FreeDOS, which is an open-source DOS clone, and I am thinking of starting a   
   project called SodaOS, which    
   is a Windows 9x-like OS. I know that many people use FreeDOS, even though DOS   
   is dated, so that's how I got the idea to make SodaOS. I am looking for people   
   to help, including programmers, and I need someone to design boot screens and   
   a logo for SodaOS    
   too. I hope this project goes somewhere, and if you help, I thank you for   
   that, and bye.   
   > >    
   >    
   > What is the purpose of the project? I tried ReactOS as a virtual PC with    
   > VirtualBox and I liked the small size of the OS but had problems with    
   > the drivers not being available. So any endevour you do you might want    
   > to keep in mind to keep the drivers compatible with a more modern form    
   > of Windows drivers so you won't lack on drivers.   
   >    
   > I use DOS for working with some old projects I used in the past I used    
   > DOSBox, but more often and older version of Windows in VirtualBox. One    
   > thing I was reminded of when working with those old software projects    
   > was how much simpler the programming was.   
   >    
   > I would suggest that if you are going to have a project on an older OS    
   > that Windows98 might be a better choice, it's quite similar to 95 but    
   > has a lot of improvements without getting overly complicated.   
   >    
   > --    
   > Cecil - k5nwa   
      
   yeah. I used dos for my older os project, because I needed direct access to   
   the drive, so I could use my own FS, but that failed, so i used FAT.   
      
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