DOS ain't dead

Tcl 8.6.15 built with DJGPP. Includes Ck and Sqlite. Lightly tested on DOSBox and FreeDOS.

Updated to libtommath 1.3.0
Updated to sqlite 3.34.1
Includes several crash fixes

2024-03-05 [1b8a89] TCL_PACKAGE_PATH in tclConfig.sh change from TCL list to ";"
separated items (nijtmans)
*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***

https://archive.org/details/tcl-8.6.15-for-dos

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos386/devel/tcl/

> Tcl 8.6.15 built with DJGPP. Includes Ck and Sqlite. Lightly tested on
> DOSBox and FreeDOS.

Not super familiar with Tcl but did you mean Tk instead of Ck?

> > Tcl 8.6.15 built with DJGPP. Includes Ck and Sqlite. Lightly tested on
> > DOSBox and FreeDOS.
>
> Not super familiar with Tcl but did you mean Tk instead of Ck?

I meant Ck, which is a curses-based widget set modeled after Tk. Basically you can use Tk-style code to create a TUI application. I am not fond of Ck, but i carried it over from the original DJGPP patch set that this build is based on.

By the way, i also put up a DJGPP build of sqlite 3.34.1.

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos386/database/sqlite/

I posted tcl86r8.zip, which includes the following changes:

* Remove erroneous instructions to build libtommath.
Tcl uses its own custom build of libtommath.
* Fix erroneous sqlite Makefile
* Update to sqlite version 3.38.5

p.s.

I am making progress on building tcl 9.0.0 with DJGPP. Note that the core team plans to make threads a hard requirement at some point. When that happens i will stop updating the DJGPP build.

https://core.tcl-lang.org/tips/doc/trunk/tip/491.md

> > Not super familiar with Tcl but did you mean Tk instead of Ck?
>
> I meant Ck, which is a curses-based widget set modeled after Tk. Basically
> you can use Tk-style code to create a TUI application. I am not fond of
> Ck, but i carried it over from the original DJGPP patch set that this build
> is based on.

Oh. That makes more sense. One of these days, I'd like to implement the `sas` (https://rmkit.dev/apps/sas) for non-eReaders. Probably X11, DOS/VGA, HTML/JS to start.

>
> I am making progress on building tcl 9.0.0 with DJGPP. Note that the core
> team plans to make threads a hard requirement at some point. When that
> happens i will stop updating the DJGPP build.
>

That's the same reason that ffmpeg cannot go beyond v5.x
beginning with v6.x threads are required
and I have been unable to find a current implementation of threads for DJGPP

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> >
> > I am making progress on building tcl 9.0.0 with DJGPP. Note that the
> core
> > team plans to make threads a hard requirement at some point. When that
> > happens i will stop updating the DJGPP build.
> >
>
> That's the same reason that ffmpeg cannot go beyond v5.x
> beginning with v6.x threads are required
> and I have been unable to find a current implementation of threads for
> DJGPP

I am not pThreads expert but what about?

https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/fpth314s.zip
https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/fpth314b.zip
https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/00_index.txt
fpth314b.zip    B     84,267  2017-02-22   FSU Pthreads (POSIX Threads) 3.14 for DJGPP V2
fpth314s.zip    B    297,092  2017-02-22   FSU Pthreads (POSIX Threads) 3.14 sources


https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/pth207s.zip
https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/pth207b.zip
https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/00_index.txt
pth207b.zip     B    287,972  2007-04-13   GNU Pth threading 2.0.7 with semaphore support for DJGPP V2
pth207s.zip     B    745,073  2007-04-13   GNU Pth threading 2.0.7 sources

>
> I am not pThreads expert but what about?
>
> https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/fpth314s.zip
> https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/fpth314b.zip
> https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/00_index.txt
> fpth314b.zip    B     84,267  2017-02-22   FSU Pthreads (POSIX
> Threads) 3.14 for DJGPP V2
> fpth314s.zip    B    297,092  2017-02-22   FSU Pthreads (POSIX Threads)
> 3.14 sources
>
>
> https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/pth207s.zip
> https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/pth207b.zip
> https://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/00_index.txt
> pth207b.zip     B    287,972  2007-04-13   GNU Pth threading 2.0.7
> with semaphore support for DJGPP V2
> pth207s.zip     B    745,073  2007-04-13   GNU Pth threading 2.0.7
> sources

I have those, tried 'em,
they do not work with the current implementation of threads in ffmpeg

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> I have those, tried 'em,
> they do not work with the current implementation of threads in ffmpeg

That's disappointing to hear.