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FPC 3.2.2 (ppcross8086.exe atop HXRT 2.19-pre8) in FreeDOS (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 14.11.2021, 18:50

> I don't know if it even works under HX anymore. And I doubt anybody would
> make a proper .ZIP for DOS users anyways. No idea what's on FPC's FTP since
> modern web browsers sadly all gave up on that ancient protocol. But maybe
> I'll try newest HX
> (v2.19pre8 (Aug.
> 23)) + ppcross8086.exe (manually .ZIP'd) later this week.

I avoided keeping everything but "8086" cpu target, and even then it's 20 MB for all the .a + .ppu files, times six for all the memory models. (Sorry, my RAM drive is "only" 200 MB. Yes, my jump drive has plenty more space nowadays.)

It works! I didn't exhaustively test, but the simple stuff is okay (crt, system).

Complete thread:

• Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - rr, 22.05.2021, 21:48 (Announce)
  • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Laaca, 22.05.2021, 23:00
    • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - rr, 22.05.2021, 23:10
  • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - marcov, 24.05.2021, 00:00
  • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - marcov, 31.05.2021, 12:13
    • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - rr, 31.05.2021, 21:12
      • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Laaca, 08.06.2021, 17:36
        • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 03.10.2021, 08:30
          • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - jhall, 03.10.2021, 21:51
            • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 04.10.2021, 07:37
              • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 12.11.2021, 20:54
              • FPC 3.2.2 (ppcross8086.exe atop HXRT 2.19-pre8) in FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 14.11.2021, 18:50
          • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 04.10.2021, 07:39
          • Free Pascal version 3.2.2 - Rugxulo, 05.07.2022, 00:22