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86-DOS question (Announce)

posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 05.11.2022, 23:04

> > Well, PDOS-generic, anyway.
> >
> > Commands date/time, copy, dir, type, exit are working.
> >
> > Works on ARM Chromebook, Android smartphone and Android netbook.
> >
> > https://github.com/jeanmarclienher/Pdos-PdAndro/releases/tag/rel0.7.0
>
> I'll allow referring to this as a DOS. After all there were many Disk
> Operating Systems out there, not all 8086-based MS-DOS-compatibles.
>
> However, what interests most of us here is the family of DOSes that I call
> 86-DOS. They are based on the original 8086, compatibles, or running
> applications in the Real or Virtual 86 Mode of more recent x86 machines.
> DPMI adds 16-bit and 32-bit PM capabilities, but the common thread is still
> an 86-DOS compatible interface.
And if applications written for 86-DOS, at least
moving forward, use the Pos* interface, they can
be recompiled as 80386-DOS and ARMv7-DOS, with
no source code changes.

BFN. Paul.

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