FreeDOS Kernel

Master operation system development. FreeDOS Kernel explains the construction and operation of Pat Villani's DOS-C - a highly portable, single threaded operating system. Written in C and with system calls similar to MS-DOS, the FreeDOS kernel provides an

Pat Villani has developed applications ranging from avionics and guidance to computer peripherals. His special interests are C applications and embedded control systems. He received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 DOS Basics, Chapter 3 Bird's-Eye View of DOS-C, Chapter 4 DOS-C Kernel: File System Manager, Chapter 5 DOS-C Kernel: Memory Manager and Task Manager, Chapter 6 DOS-C Kernel: API, Chapter 7 Command Line Interpreter, Chapter 8 DOS-C Kernel-Putting It All Together, Appendix A A Note about Portability, Appendix B The FreeDOS Project: Official FAQ File, Appendix C DOS-C Distribution Disk, Index