DOS ain't dead

OMF records (Developers)

posted by marcov, 19.02.2012, 16:47

> > > Apparently nobody was ever interested in a truly free 16-bit linker.
> > Since
> > > then they would have written one.
>
> It's a big world, so unless there is a big organization or movement (and
> not just random hackers like us)

Nonsense. A simple compiler+linker is not rocket science, and can be easily done by a handful of hobbyists. It won't be top of the bill performance, but that doesn't really matter either.

If you make the toolchain itself 32-bit (but targeting 16-bit), the generated code might actually be quite decent since you don't have the same memory and speed constraints the original 16-bit compiler developers had.

> nothing big will get done, or at least if
> it does, nobody will know about it (less publicized, hidden away,
> disappears). This is how it is with "niche" software.

It is not a niche problem. Amiga, C=64 and OS/2 communities do get things done. Dos not.

Ask yourself why. Maybe because most of the remaining Dosers are there mainly because of inertia, rather than choice.


>... Anyways, I just now tried it.

> ... record because that borks it, but with HACKOMF, it actually works!
> ... ALINK (EMX/RSX compile) yesterday,
> doesn't work, dumps core (file).

And the smart shopping and patching goes on

Complete thread:

• OMF records - Rugxulo, 15.02.2012, 16:14 (Developers)
  • Just some research about the name "E. R. Videki" - rr, 15.02.2012, 21:09
    • Just some research about the name "E. R. Videki" - Arjay, 15.02.2012, 22:08
      • Just some research about the name "E. R. Videki" - Rugxulo, 15.02.2012, 23:19
        • Just some research about the name "E. R. Videki" - Arjay, 16.02.2012, 00:47
  • OMF records - Arjay, 15.02.2012, 22:36
    • OMF records - Rugxulo, 15.02.2012, 23:29
      • OMF records - Arjay, 16.02.2012, 01:09
        • OMF records - Rugxulo, 16.02.2012, 08:00
          • OMF records - rr, 16.02.2012, 09:51
            • OMF records - Arjay, 16.02.2012, 21:37
          • OMF records - marcov, 18.02.2012, 17:16
            • OMF records - Rugxulo, 18.02.2012, 17:32
              • OMF records - Rugxulo, 18.02.2012, 17:54
                • OMF records - marcov, 19.02.2012, 16:47
                  • OMF records - RayeR, 19.02.2012, 17:19
                    • OMF records - marcov, 20.02.2012, 10:33
                  • OMF records - Rugxulo, 19.02.2012, 21:33
                    • OMF records - marcov, 20.02.2012, 18:23
              • OMF records - marcov, 19.02.2012, 16:43
                • OMF records - Rugxulo, 19.02.2012, 21:15
                  • OMF records - marcov, 20.02.2012, 10:54
                    • OMF records - Rugxulo, 20.02.2012, 17:50
                      • OMF records - marcov, 20.02.2012, 18:54
                        • OMF records - Rugxulo, 20.02.2012, 20:09
  • OMF records - Japheth, 16.02.2012, 18:08
    • OMF records - Rugxulo, 16.02.2012, 19:48
      • OMF records - Arjay, 16.02.2012, 21:27
        • OMF records - Arjay, 16.02.2012, 21:52
          • OMF records - Rugxulo, 16.02.2012, 23:09
    • OMF records - Rugxulo, 17.02.2012, 02:15
      • OMF records - Japheth, 17.02.2012, 08:08
        • OMF records - Rugxulo, 17.02.2012, 20:21
          • OMF records - Japheth, 18.02.2012, 09:05
            • OMF records - Rugxulo, 18.02.2012, 16:39
              • OMF records - Japheth, 18.02.2012, 17:55
                • jwlinkd updated - Japheth, 20.02.2012, 14:31
                  • Oberon subtyping (was: JWlinkD updated) - Rugxulo, 20.02.2012, 20:14
                    • BEFI 3H (Oberon-M fully supported) - Rugxulo, 06.03.2012, 23:30
          • OMF records - processing SYS.OBJ with tdstrip - Arjay, 18.02.2012, 14:22
            • OMF records - processing SYS.OBJ with tdstrip - Arjay, 18.02.2012, 15:47
              • OMF records - processing SYS.OBJ with tdstrip - Rugxulo, 18.02.2012, 17:12
            • OMF records - processing SYS.OBJ with tdstrip - Rugxulo, 18.02.2012, 16:56
              • OMF records - processing SYS.OBJ with tdstrip - Arjay, 19.02.2012, 10:16
                • OMF records - processing SYS.OBJ with tdstrip - Rugxulo, 19.02.2012, 17:58
  • Oberon 1.2 OC (compiler) patch - Arjay, 18.02.2012, 23:37
    • Oberon/M 1.2 (OMF output) ... die, REGINT, die! - Rugxulo, 19.02.2012, 00:54
      • Oberon/M 1.2 (OMF output) ... die, REGINT, die! - Arjay, 19.02.2012, 10:05