On 12/16/2014 2:50 PM, Louis Santillan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:32 PM, dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hardware is steadily smaller, faster, and cheaper. Have fun finding a > new x86 machine these days that *isn't* 64 bit. ARM is still largely > 32 bit, but that's changing too, and we're likely to see 64 bit ARM in > server installations for power savings. > There are still new 32-bit x86 parts being manufactured, notably by > Intel for IoT in their Intel Edison/Quark/Galileo platform(s) > [0][1][2] and DM&P's 86duino platform [3]. The 86duino even boots > FreeDOS. > Even if all Intel based PCs are equipped with 64bit capable CPUs, they will just as happy run 32bit or even 16bit code just fine.
And there are as mentioned above now with the Intel Quark X1000 processor again 32bit, single core/thread CPUs coming out for which a 16bit FreeDOS can be a very viable option for an OS to run on... DOS is not dead but people need to treat DOS as DOS, not as a second coming of Linux... Ralf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
