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ARM version of MSDOS (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo Homepage, Usono, 06.11.2022, 01:58

> A "DOS-like" OS on the ARM does sound exciting and enchanting. I appreciate
> your work and effort toward that end. We all start somewhere, and with ARM
> processors becoming more and more used, probably soon to 'replace' Intel
> chips due to reduced instruction set and scalability, we'll be "forced" to
> abandon Intel artechicture soon. So, "MS-DOS for ARM" is most welcomed,
> indeed.

Just for comparison:

> FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386,
> powerpc, powerpc64, powerpc64le, powerpcspe,
> armv6, armv7, aarch64,
> and riscv64 architectures.

So it's not all Intel/AMD or ARM.

> Get Xtree Gold running on the ARM, and I'll be impressed! This is the
> "best" file manager / viewer / utility for DOS ever made, in my opinion. I
> still use it daily, and its interface is perfect.

There are several clones, e.g. Ytree.

 

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