Open thejpster opened 1 year ago
MS-DOS pipes (at least in PC-DOS 3.0) work by writing temporary files.
DIR | MORE
seems to be the same as
DIR > {digits}
MORE < {digits}
This means a disk is required for |
to work, which is fine because MS-DOS requires a disk to work. Neotron OS could store the output in RAM, or we could implement a RAMDISK and let people use that if they have no actual disk drive.
We want:
The shell will steal ram from the top of the tpa, while still allowing programs to run in what is left. Will need some kind of heap allocator that can do that.
Built in commands:
Maybe check back to an MS-DOS 5.0 reference guide.