DOS ain't dead

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posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 22.08.2021, 09:17

... which means my OS ecosystem starts in real mode,
which means I need to be able to produce real mode
executables.

I don't have any good options to produce real mode
executables, because everything except subc is
copyrighted. I'm thinking of paying someone to
update subc to produce huge memory model executables
which is what I am really after for a clean design.
Smaller C produces huge memory model executables
but uses 80386 instructions, which is fine for
PDOS/386 so I will probably go with this.

PDOS/86 would require 8086 instructions in case I
encounter any 8086 computer. Turbo C++'s huge
memory model is broken so I can't use that. I've
run out of rope on that one, but Visual C++ will
likely save the day there.

> "Visual C++ 4.x bundled this 16-bit version. [Visual C++ 1.52x (16-bit)]"
> (Ebay link)

Thanks a lot for that pointer! I now have a
combined birthday and father's day present
on the way. Let's see what I can do with it!

BFN. Paul.

[so it was m*ney/mon*y that wasn't allowed]

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cl - kerravon, 20.08.2021, 18:31 (Miscellaneous)
- cl - Rugxulo, 21.08.2021, 07:29
  - cl - kerravon, 21.08.2021, 12:23
    - cl - tom, 21.08.2021, 15:51
    - cl - Ringding, 21.08.2021, 16:42
      - cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 05:35
        cl - Rugxulo, 22.08.2021, 06:24
        cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:09
        cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:14
        cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:15
        cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:17
        cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 09:20
        cl - DosWorld, 20.09.2021, 05:10
        cl - kerravon, 27.09.2021, 03:50
        cl - tom, 20.09.2021, 12:18
        cl - kerravon, 27.09.2021, 03:46
        cl - kerravon, 27.09.2021, 04:14
        cl - Ringding, 22.08.2021, 10:47
        cl - kerravon, 22.08.2021, 12:14
- cl - Ringding, 21.08.2021, 09:38