Windows 9x

[Guest]

Hi,
I want the os i am writing to be a windows 9x clone, so i was wondering where can i get information about the inner workins of windows 9x, preferably windows 98 as that is what my os will be cloning.
i just want to know information about how windows does its memory management and etc...
thnxs

[nullify]

Try: http://www.reactos.com/

ReactOS aims to be a clone of Windows NT; it may give you a starting point. I've heard of a similar project to clone Windows 98 (called "Freedows 98" or something) but I couldn't find a working link to it.

[eL JeDi]

see this: http://www.freeos.com/projdetails/6/

If i don't mistake, freedows develorpers has lefted the project for licenses reasons.

Any link in the freeos site about freedows is broken.

[jrfritz]

Windows Emulator

It's for linux and can let you run AIM (latest version )....Word Perfect, and alot of other windows apps on Linux.

[nullify]

Windows Emulator

Correct me if i'm wrong, but I believe WINE is a recursive acronym for Wine Is *Not* an Emulator

[jrfritz]

Ehh? It dosn't matter....we could spend hours arguing about the name and stuff....I just forgot what it was really called and I don't care what it is really called...I was just trying to help this person and it doesn't matter how it's called....

[nullify]

Agreed.

[Perica]

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[Guest]

Well i wanna create sumthing on which i am able to run my favourite games and software on, which is an alternative 2 windows.
neways does nebody have ne information abt how windows does it memory management at the moment im nt looking 4 code just docs dat explain how windows works

[Whatever5k]

I have great doubts that you will manage to write a OS that is able to run Windows programs, sorry...this has been tried often

[Guest]

well i want to add to the list of ppl that have tried it.
neways if i dont succeed ill just used that code to build a differnt os.