DOS ain't dead

Open Watcom "Next Generation" (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 20.03.2025, 14:11

Hello,

found on VOGONS that Open Watcom is resurrecting: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=105602

I did a quick test of the DOS binaries of that test version.

On the negative side:

- it's virtually at the v1.9 state. WDC, for example, crashes, as it did in v1.9.
- binaries are still linked to use DOS/4GW - bad if DOS/4GW v1.7 is used, since it has a 32 MB limit, AFAIR.
- some binaries are "lousy" linked, reporting "This is a DOS/4G binary" when launched directly.

Positive:

- DOS version of WD works - the DOS WD of OW 2.0 on github is dysfunctional since at least 1 year.

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MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• Open Watcom "Next Generation" - Japheth, 20.03.2025, 14:11 (Announce)
  • Open Watcom "Next Generation" - tkchia, 20.03.2025, 15:48
    • Open Watcom "Next Generation" - Japheth, 21.03.2025, 08:21
      • Open Watcom "Next Generation" - lifelike, 14.04.2025, 21:01