China DOS Union

Now many people are not interested in DOS. An important reason is that the content of current DOS teaching and promotion is too basic and theoretical, and the software used in teaching and promotion is too old and outdated, which cannot keep up with the development of the times. For example, when teaching DOS, it is about how to maintain and repair disks, so most people, including myself, are not interested. Therefore, DOS teaching and promotion should keep up with the development of the times, such as the latest technologies and software of DOS, like media software, system enhancement software, network tools, long filename tools, etc., as well as the development prospects of DOS.

In fact, now DOS in our country just plays such a role. It is not used as a dedicated platform, but more as an auxiliary tool of the WINDOWS operating system. It is funny that in many people's eyes, as long as you know a few DOS commands, you are a computer expert. There are also many Windows experts, and even some Windows programmers are completely ignorant of DOS itself. This is the sorrow of our country. I think to really use and learn DOS well, we still need to understand some underlying and principle things. In addition, the biggest advantage of DOS is its flexibility and small size. Unlike WINDOWS which is bloated, after adding some new DOS enhancement software, some of its functions can be comparable to WINDOWS, however, its operation is much more flexible than WIN and there are not so many restrictions. So I suggest that DOS should develop in these two directions:
1. Better play its auxiliary function in system maintenance.
2. On the basis of its flexibility, delicacy and variety, develop more in the directions of multimedia, graphical interface, enhanced network functions, etc. (Here, we can learn from the development of LINUX)
Maybe one day, a new graphical interface operating system based on DOS that can compete with WINDOWS will appear.

But I think this depends on everyone's hobbies. Many people like DOS, but not necessarily like the underlying and principle stuff. After all, these are not very popular. Forcing them would make many people completely lose interest in DOS. Therefore, division of labor is the best. Some people do the underlying and principle stuff, and others do various other practical operations under DOS. After all, the latter is for the general public.

I support the moderator's view. Chinese people lack the spirit of division of labor and cooperation and like to act independently. If everyone can give full play to their professional talents under a unified project, that is the real truth for the development of DOS.

I am a computer teacher, and I have some views on this issue. To be honest, DOS is best regarded as a supplement to Windows, which is a very practical and realistic problem because our information technology courses have completely excluded the existence of DOS. When I teach, I add one or two classes for high school students, but I can only talk about some basic partition, formatting, etc. It can only be said that DOS in our country is really... But it's okay. I think the real information technology course is nothing more than letting students master the ability to process information. There's no need to be restricted to one system. I like DOS and don't exclude other OS. So, the task of promoting DOS is to seriously consider the national conditions, the tasks of DOS, etc. It's not something that a union or a forum can change. I think what we should unite is for promotion!!! Do everyone have the intention to write some manuscripts together and submit them to major media?

Please see my reply in the "Site Matters Discussion" section.

Now the problem is that in China, DOS has lost its commercial value and doesn't attract much attention from most people. Many mainstream media have basically stopped promoting DOS, and it's useless to write articles.

I myself think we can't expect the current media, most of which have too功利a purpose. You can see that so many people died in the Bali bombings, but only a few articles were published in many publications. However, the love marriage between Fu Mingxia and Leung Chun-ying, and the small car accident of Nicholas Tse were all hyped up by them.

Yes, for example, Nanjing poisoned more than 200 people not long ago, and the result was basically perfunctorily concluded.

I will submit "Ultimate DOS Mission" to "Computer Application Digest" magazine tonight. At least I should give it a try, right? And I think the reach of this magazine is quite good : )

How to use TASM? How to display Chinese characters in DEBUG?

There is an educational software on http://freehost27.websamba.com/2280062/ that requires registration. I don't know if it works well.

The following is the speech of qzxcl on 2002-11-4 16:09:24:
How to use tasm?
How to display Chinese in DEBUG?

The second question has an answer in the United DOS forum. Please look for it carefully.
As for the first one, it's too big? I don't know how to explain it at once. Basically, it's the same usage as masm. It's just that it supports a bit different instructions than masm (more? )
It's all explained in any assembly language textbook. (referring to masm)

Everyone knows that WNDOWS evolved from DOS, which is the inevitable result of historical development. Now DOS can only be a tool for experts (I say this because I'm not an expert myself). I very much agree with the view of Zen Buddhism that DOS can only be a supplement to WINDOWS.

But that's not the case. For example, the purpose of FreeDOS's development is by no means to be a supplement to WIN.