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posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 19.01.2024, 02:21

> > When I have DOS binaries already, I would not recompile them for another
> > processor type. Even for open source DOS binaries, I would be too lazy,
> > given that you can run existing DOS and/or PC emulators on ARM-based
> > operating systems which also emulate a classic x86 CPU.
>
> Given that most "open source" apps are a pain in the neck to recompile (if
> not downright impossible), I don't blame you. It takes a surprising amount
> of work to make things easy for end users (but it's worth it, IMHO).
Right. My goal is to provide the essential binaries
for development.

And then we'll see where we go from there.

> > Of course tastes may differ and I remember that porting FreeDOS to other
> > processors has already been a topic many years ago, so you can expect
> that
> > your target audience does exist, but I myself do not expect it to be
> large.
Good point - yes - for what reason do people want
to port FreeDOS to other architectures? Maybe they
are just wasting time though - they're not really
planning on using the end result.

(I may be doing that too - it's not clear to me
what I am trying to do - the latest thought was
that PdAndro might be useful to blind people -
especially people wanting to learn programming -
who can't see graphics, but with the Android
able to give the voice support).

> DOS/NT (predecessor to DOS-C) ran atop 68k processors for a client, right?
> But it was very limited. Full MS-DOS portability is harder for other
> architectures (needing some emulation).
Could you please expand on this? What is "Full
MS-DOS portability" and why is it hard?

Thanks. Paul.

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