DOS ain't dead

big problem ??? RAM / 64-bit / etc. (Announce)

posted by DOS386, 07.04.2009, 04:32

> > IIRC DOS does work on xxx86-64
> How so?

See below.

> Once booted into 64-bit mode, afaik real mode is out of the question

So simply don't enable the 64-bit long mode

> If you mean on a x86_64 capable machine, except for the very rare EFI ones
> (that have no BIOS)

Silly but might be possible to "fix"

> in fact I booted freedos based motherboard CDs under them

Self-answer

> > ... or oven better, don't throw away your "old" Pentium4-xxx32
> I never had one.

Joined FP project very recently, and never had less than 64-bit ?

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  • CHM reader in DOS - DOS386, 22.03.2009, 05:42
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                  • big RAM / 64-bit / etc. - Rugxulo, 02.04.2009, 21:19
                    • big RAM / 64-bit / etc. - marcov, 04.04.2009, 15:13
                      • big RAM / 64-bit / etc. - Rugxulo, 04.04.2009, 17:21
                        • big problem ??? RAM / 64-bit / etc. - DOS386, 05.04.2009, 04:27
                          • big problem ??? RAM / 64-bit / etc. - marcov, 06.04.2009, 10:04
                            • big problem ??? RAM / 64-bit / etc. - DOS386, 07.04.2009, 04:32
                              • big problem ??? RAM / 64-bit / etc. - marcov, 07.04.2009, 13:24
                                • big problem ??? RAM / 64-bit / etc. - Rugxulo, 07.04.2009, 13:42
                        • big RAM / 64-bit / etc. - marcov, 06.04.2009, 09:53
                          • big RAM / 64-bit / etc. - Rugxulo, 07.04.2009, 00:43