Futrhermore, DOS does NOT have a proper hardware abstraction level, this layer is usually BIOS. Therefore, even if it ran in ARM processor, you'd need the target machine to support an "ARM-based" BIOS too.
Aitor 2007/10/13, lyricalnanoha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, chris evans wrote: > > > Does Freedos run on the ARM cpu ? how can that be done, Seems that chip is > > bets for small computing project. > > maybe a ARM processor with CS8900 Ethernet card. the smallest was the > > ts3300 or the Pegasus (386ex, pc104). x86 embedded seems to be a joke > > mostly. means teh asm have to converted to risc a major pain too. > > > > http://www.ap-systems.co.uk/armhardware.htm > > > > --chris > > http://www.aotksc.com/ > > Problem is it wouldn't be useful for much. After all, ARM isn't > x86-compatible, and if there isn't already a DOS port onto ARM, you're > going to have to roll all supporting software yourself. > > (I said "if there isn't", because DOS *was* ported to other CPUs - Digital > Research had done an OS with the DOS API and filesystem on the 68000, as > practically any Atari ST programmer might be able to tell you.) > > -uso. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
