DOS ain't dead - nuclear war

nuclear war (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 11.11.2022, 09:18

> My 16-bit OS only really becomes practical with
> about 2 MB of memory, so I need a 16:16 machine
> with a 5-bit segment shift, or something similar
> to the 80286 will also work, and that is my
> interest and priority.

There were 186 clones with 24-bit addressing. The 186 was still being made at least until 2007. (I believe OpenWatcom contributor Wilton Helm had much experience with embedded 186.)

https://www.cpushack.com/2013/01/12/the-intel-80186-gets-turbocharged-vautomation-turbo186/

There was also the Bandai Wonderswan (NEC V30) circa 1999:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WonderSwan

> Is there any reason why OS/2 2.0 didn't use that same API?
> And 64-bit Windows? Or rather - could it?

Microsoft wanted to "control the standard", so to speak, but IBM fired them. They don't want to license *nix from AT&T for Xenix, for instance. They want to do their own thing.

http://gunkies.org/wiki/Gordon_Letwin_OS/2_usenet_post (circa 1995)

> Or it could be done the other way around - take the
> Windows API and implement it for MSDOS, since
> Windows doesn't use fork().

There are lots of software patents and lawyers. While many agree that APIs can't be copyrighted, it's still a minefield. Just because they "got away" with it in the old days (e.g. PC-DOS vs. CP/M, Compaq vs. IBM BIOS) doesn't mean they wouldn't still clamp down in a heartbeat if they could.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc.

(I don't really want to mention that, but for completeness, it's worth noting ... barely.)

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