On 12/16/2014 4:01 PM, dmccunney wrote: >> 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. > Assuming OS support is there. The instruction set is the same. > Various system calls may not be. If you want to run DOS apps on a 64 > bit Windows machine, you need a VM or emulator. They won't run > "native". Considering that this is a FreeDOS mailing list, you can run FreeDOS natively on any such machine. The only immediate hurdle on machines less than a year or so old is if they have a UEFI ony BIOS, but even then, you can work around that. >> 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... > The fundamental issue for DOS is exactly what you *do* with it, and > *why* you might use DOS in preference to something else like Linux. > The fact that something *can* run DOS doesn't necessarily mean it > *should*. > Works the other way around as well. Just because you can get basic web browsing features or other uses of the Internet on (Free)DOS, doesn't mean you should either...
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