On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 09:16:54PM -0500, Jon Brase wrote: > Recall that FreeDOS isn't just about having a FOSS alternative to MS-DOS > for modern machines (where you're really better off just using Linux and > DOSBox), or for your early-90s 486 retrogaming machine, it's also meant > to be an alternative to MS-DOS for the very oldest PC hardware, all the > way back to the original IBM 5150. The core software might therefore be > expected to work in very little RAM. As I recall, the minimum configuration > for the 5150 had only 16k of RAM.
Do you mean FreeDOS should be "alternative to PC-DOS V1.0"? And it should be kept in such (supposed) miserable state? I still have somewhere diskette with PC-DOS V2 - it wasn't interesting experience, compared to - say - DOS V3.34. No, I don't think FreeDOS should be "alternative to MS-DOS for the very oldest PC hardware, all the way back to the original IBM 5150". If it can be run on old XT with 256 KB RAM - then IMHO "it's compatible enough" -- regards, Zbigniew _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
