DOS ain't dead

Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) (Developers)

posted by roytam, 21.04.2012, 13:52

> My understanding is that bcc uses no operating system calls but BIOS calls
> instead. Therefore it can be used to write operating systems in C, i.e.
> ELKS. This may explain the lacking libc.
>
> I have to correct my last post: ELKS seems to support just bcc as a
> compiler for application development. So FLTK cannot be used since it and
> its applications are based on C++.
>
> Georg

You might think about Cfront for limied C++ support.

Complete thread:

• Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - Rugxulo, 17.04.2012, 02:18 (Developers)
  • Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - georgpotthast, 17.04.2012, 18:23
    • Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - Rugxulo, 17.04.2012, 19:42
      • Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - Rugxulo, 18.04.2012, 01:54
        • Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - georgpotthast, 19.04.2012, 18:41
          • Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - roytam, 21.04.2012, 13:52
            • Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - georgpotthast, 21.04.2012, 16:25
              • Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - Khusraw, 22.04.2012, 09:34
                • Dev86DOS 0.16.18 (DJGPP host) - Rugxulo, 22.04.2012, 18:08
                  • ACK i86/i386 output & DOS - ecm, 22.04.2012, 23:24
                    • ACK i86/i386 output & DOS - Rugxulo, 26.04.2012, 09:33
                    • ACK i86/i386 output & DOS - tkchia, 01.04.2021, 16:50
                      • ACK i86/i386 output & DOS - ecm, 01.04.2021, 17:11
  • Dev86 0.16.19 (DJGPP host) - Khusraw, 17.09.2012, 14:47
    • Dev86 0.16.19 (DJGPP host) - Rugxulo, 19.09.2012, 02:07
      • Dev86 0.16.19 (DJGPP host) - Khusraw, 19.09.2012, 09:05