[GEM Development] [GEM-DEV] GEM 32

[Thomas Clayton]

Shane,

First and FOREMOST: I, in NO way meant ANY criticism of you. I hadn't noticed / realized Bro. Henry had mentioned you. If I had, I'd have written more for clarifications sake. You have made many good contributions. GEM development isn't  - and shouldn't be - ALL on your shoulders.

Second, I was thinking about US as a group. Yeah. There is 32-bit processor (an 80386? ;-)  ) available (quite a few others, in fact, now  :-)  )
 and 
wouldn't it be "neato" for GEM to run in a manner that took "full advantage" of it (those). 

As a starting point for the 32-bit dream, I'd recommend everyone look up "MMURTL". An individual, named Richard Burgess, wrote his own 32-bit OpSys back in the '90s. It - and its source code! - is (are) now available as 'public domain' Sw.

In the early "00"'s, I went looking for the book I'd seen (he wrote about HOW he made his design decisions) and couldn't find it till HE re-published it, himself. ***If you find "copies" of the book (in PDF); they are NOT "Public Domain" but (quite correctly) copyrighted by Richard Burgess. He DESERVES the compensation / remuneration _for the book_. ***
Paper-bound copies ARE available FROM him (last I knew). (I own one.)


Still, in more practical matters, I like(d) your idea of "objectifying"(?) GEM 16-bit code.


Sincerely,

Thomas Clayton


--- On Thu, 11/5/09, Shane Gough <goughsw at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Shane Gough <goughsw at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GEM Development] [GEM-DEV] GEM 32
> To: "GEM Development" <gem-dev at simpits.org>
> Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 4:20 AM
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Pretty much - although I have some code snippets to prove
> (or disprove) various ideas. Certainly nothing that could be
> publicly released that would contribute anything.
> 
> In my defence I will argue that many systems started out
> this way - the Linux kernel is a good example :P
> 
> 
> I am certainly not promising anything - if you read that
> from my emails I apologise. I'm simply interested in the
> idea, believe I have the skills to implement it and (it
> seems) others are interested as well. To me this is an
> interesting intellectual problem (and I'd rather be
> writing code than watching TV) - I don't get paid for
> this, it's never going to make me any money and it's
> a choice I make about how I choose to spend my spare time.
> 
> 
> Sorry to seem like I'm ranting but this is the only
> forum I get to discuss my ideas about this particular topic.
> It doesn't really matter if I do something about them or
> another reader does (or someone scanning the archives in a
> couple of years time). At this stage it is little more than
> an idea (in my minds eye as you say) and I've not
> presented it in any other way.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Shane
> 
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:11 AM,
> Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> I'd guess it's in our minds' eye, ONLY - at
> this point!
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Clayton
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 11/4/09, Michael Henry <bromichaelhenry at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > From: Michael Henry <bromichaelhenry at gmail.com>
> 
> > Subject: [GEM Development] [GEM-DEV] GEM 32
> 
> > To: "GEM Development" <gem-dev at simpits.org>
> 
> > Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 2:03 AM
> 
> > Shane mentioned a GEM
> 32. At what stage of
> 
> > development is it? Is it ready for Alpha Testing? and
> what
> 
> > features are planned for it?
> 
> >
> 
> > --
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> > Bro. Michael Henry
> 
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> > "Jesus Christ didn't die to make you a
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> could
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> others.
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> > Courage is the highest expression of humility;
> it's
> 
> > coming to that place where we say 'Father, my life
> is
> 
> > not about me. It's about You.' "
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> >
> 
> >
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> > 1 Timothy 1:15  "This is a faithful saying, and
> 
> > worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into
> the
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