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The Planning
Process - Page 3 |
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Problem: |
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I needed an OS that can boot up
and shut down fast, is stable as a rock, easily configurable, small,
and something relatively simple to use and easy to understand. |
Solution: |
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The first OS that came to mind,
and went out just as fast, was Windows. If you are running Windows
on this system, you're an idiot. (Gutter sez: I pity the sucka fools
that use Windows!) I wouldn't offend the almighty Stubby by running
Windows inside of her. |
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So next I moved to Linux dreaming
of some sort of embedded linux system. It will work for this application,
but I wouldn't recommend it. There is a lot of setup involved and
it's too much of an OS for simply playing MP3s. I still haven't
seen anyone be able to get Linux to boot up in a decent amount of
time. It just wasn't right. |
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The third OS I considered (and used)
was MSDOS. I already knew MSDOS very well and it's perfect for the
purpose of playing MP3s. For a while, I ran DOS 7.1 and it booted
without the CDROM in about 14 seconds! If anyone else knows of an
OS that can beat that, email me and tell me about
it. DOS is very configurable and can be shut off at the flick of
a switch without worry. It was nearly perfect. |
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My final (hopefully) move was to
DR-DOS 7.03. It's everything that DOS is, but it multitasks and
has networking built into it. And as for compatibility issues, any
MSDOS program will run on DR-DOS. But best of all, it's still being
developed and improved! Features such as long file names are planned
in future versions. With competitors like this, maybe MSDOS will
fade off into the giant software pit also occupied by such classics
as Comword and Wordstar. |
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