Hmmm...lets see...
FreeDOS compiled with DJGPP...
The OS can boot the same way, the go32 extender can be added to all the
executables to run in protected mode on 386 and higher machines (386 is the
baseline for LFN anyways, right), so basically the installer would have to
do a processor check as follows:
If CPU < 386
install FreeDOS Classic (real mode version)
else
install FreDOS/XM (real mode boot, DPMI utilities)
FreeDOS/XM could be rewritten totally in protected mode, but then real mode
subsystem would have to be written to allow real mode apps to run. I'm sure
someone (like me) is gonna run Norton Editor 1.3 on FreeDOS/XM and we all
know about NE's fast screen writes (I've seen snow on many a CGA monitor)...
Well there are my thoughts, but what happens with FreeDOS/32 and ReactOS?
-T
--- Original Message -----
From: "Lyrical Nanoha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] djgpp
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Joris van Rantwijk wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 11:48:35AM +0000, Imre Leber wrote:
>>> After having an extensive private chat with Eric. I was wondering
>>> what the overall interest of the project would be to move the FreeDOS
>>> utilities to a DJGPP based platform.
>>
>> Does this imply that FreeDOS would become a 32-bit OS and that
>> the utilities would no longer work on a real (16-bit) IBM PC?
>>
>> Since such plans have come up several times lately, I would like
>> to emphasize the following thing:
>>
>> For me, a FreeDOS that does not properly run on a real PC is utterly
>> useless. In fact I think it would be ridiculous to make a 386-only
>> system and calling it XxxDOS, since all versions of "the real DOS"
>> do run on original PC hardware.
>>
>> Sometimes these concerns are waved away with the argument that pre-386
>> systems are not used anymore except by hobbyists. My reply to that is
>> that FreeDOS itself is not used by anybody except hobbyists. Kicking
>> out everybody with old hardware and emulators sounds like a bad move.
>>
>> Joris.
>
> DR-DOS still works on an 8086. ROM-DOS works on an 80186 (but not an
> 8086). I think even RxDOS will run on an 8086, but its compatibility
> leaves much to be desired. If FreeDOS were to go 386-only... then someone
> might fork it to keep it 8086-compatible.
>
> -uso.
>
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