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Freepascal, Win98 and realmode DOS (Developers)

posted by marcov, 29.07.2026, 09:47

> You say that, but with the integrated assembler and linker, it should be
> easier to build and work with Go32v2 host. Yet nobody needed it badly
> enough (yet), so I guess it's not properly supported. Last I heard (maybe
> only rumor), WinXP in VM was used for Go32v2 builds.

Afaik that is only because the FPC repo needs LFN. That should be less of a problem if you use it to program yourself

Complete thread:

• Freepascal, Win98 and realmode DOS - Laaca, 27.07.2026, 22:13 (Developers)
  • Freepascal, Win98 and realmode DOS - Rugxulo, 28.07.2026, 23:38
    • Freepascal, Win98 and realmode DOS - marcov, 29.07.2026, 09:47
      • Freepascal, Win98 and realmode DOS - Laaca, 29.07.2026, 16:19