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ARM version of MSDOS (Announce)

posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 06.11.2022, 05:44

> > > I suggest coming back when you can run Norton Commander or any of its
> > > clones; no matter if on ARM or X86.
> >
> > I suggest we redesign MSDOS with a view to an
> > ARM v7 eventual port.
> >
> > I've produced a POC but I am not claiming it is
> > perfect. I'm after feedback.
>
> POC? Oh, proof of concept?
>
> If you read the Wikipedia page of
> Pat Villani, you'll
> see that he had several kernels before DOS-C that even ran on Motorola 68k
> machines (for one contractor). So it is possible, but it won't be 100%
> binary compatibility without some partial emulation.
I'm not even after 1% binary compatibility. I'm after
source code compatibility, and even willing to compromise
on that depending on what the question is.

BFN. Paul.

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