DOS ain't dead

Baremetal OS | 64-bit technologies (Users)

posted by DOS386, 17.02.2011, 09:54

> I know, nothing usable for DOS users but it is cute.



I like the ^^^ binary units of bloat

Otherwise, I don't need it, as I have my own (superior) 64-bit technologies. My latest 64-bit integer output function compiles to just 240 Byte's and is fully 8086-compatible, and even worse, it's also already almost 8080-compatible and 6502-compatible too, so it's ready to be ported to even more state-of-the-art-ious processors in future

(as you might already know, support of >4GiB-files is crucial for me ).

> As you said FreeDos32 is dead, but i thought there was a need for a 32bit Dos.
> So i coded one, but no bodly use it

FreeDOS32 would be AFAIK an OS.

> See here: http://board.flatassembler.net/topic.php?t=12498
> Sorry if this is spamming

No, not at all. It's a perfectly valid submission to the upgrade DOS challenge.

> A 32-bit DOS would be appreciated. However, DOS32 looks like a DOS extender...

To me too.

> Thanks, I will test it! It has to compete with HX's HDPMI32, though.

Don't forget King Udo's DR-64 (or was it DR-32 only ???).

> I tested this version on a real PC.
> A "dir" does display the content of the current directory, then it "freezes".

You missed the hottest issue (except it was introduced by the "fix" released in the meantime).

> Found the problem, it now works in all my test PC and emulators, using
> the same ver, you can get the fix ver here http://www.dex.asm4u.net/Dos32

Downloaded and tested.

> MS-DOS forever!

Thanks, done !!!

Hot steps to reproduce:

1. Boot up bad old M$-DOG 6.21 (avoid HYMEM.SIS and M$EMM386.EXE, note that other versions might not work as expected)

2. Insert DEX's "freedos.img" floppy

3. Launch DOS2X.EXE

4. DIR

5. enjoy

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This is a LOGITECH mouse driver, but some software expect here
the following string:*** This is Copyright 1983 Microsoft ***

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  • Baremetal OS | 64-bit technologies - DOS386, 17.02.2011, 09:54
    • Baremetal OS | 64-bit technologies - Dex, 17.02.2011, 20:05
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