There are lots of people out there who helped make FreeDOS and keep it going. It's not just me. I'm sure there is a FreeDOS person near you who will happily accept a beer!:-)
Man I miss some of this stuff. I think I'll install it in an emulator and go find some text windowing interface, maybe recompile an old Turbo Pascal project of mine or install dBase.
This is a big "be nice if I could" project for a lot of people. We live vicariously through guys like you.
Thanks! We're really glad people like using FreeDOS!
Speaking for myself, FreeDOS is a great hobby. Some people play golf in their spare time, I write code and give it away. I just love working with open source! (And I guess I have to love it, if I'm going to work in open source for this long.)
I'd love to see FreeDOS on Raspberry Pi.. but unfortunately I don't see it happening. Like any DOS, FreeDOS makes certain assumptions about the system. FreeDOS requires an Intel CPU and a BIOS. The Raspberry Pi is an ARM CPU, and doesn't have a BIOS.
But that's not to say that it's impossible to put FreeDOS on a Raspberry Pi, on bare metal. Before Pat Villani contributed his kernel to FreeDOS, the predecessor kernel (DOS/NT) actually ran on the M68k. The FreeDOS kernel has seen considerable updates since th
No hardware designer should be allowed to produce any piece of hardware
until three software guys have signed off for it.
-- Andy Tanenbaum
thank you JH (Score:1)
Thank you Jim Hall, glad you took this hobby and shared FreeDOS with us. I would buy you a beer (just wouldn't know how to send it =)
Re:thank you JH (Score:5, Insightful)
You're welcome!
There are lots of people out there who helped make FreeDOS and keep it going. It's not just me. I'm sure there is a FreeDOS person near you who will happily accept a beer! :-)
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Man I miss some of this stuff. I think I'll install it in an emulator and go find some text windowing interface, maybe recompile an old Turbo Pascal project of mine or install dBase.
This is a big "be nice if I could" project for a lot of people. We live vicariously through guys like you.
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Thanks! We're really glad people like using FreeDOS!
Speaking for myself, FreeDOS is a great hobby. Some people play golf in their spare time, I write code and give it away. I just love working with open source! (And I guess I have to love it, if I'm going to work in open source for this long.)
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I'd love to see FreeDOS on Raspberry Pi .. but unfortunately I don't see it happening. Like any DOS, FreeDOS makes certain assumptions about the system. FreeDOS requires an Intel CPU and a BIOS. The Raspberry Pi is an ARM CPU, and doesn't have a BIOS.
But that's not to say that it's impossible to put FreeDOS on a Raspberry Pi, on bare metal. Before Pat Villani contributed his kernel to FreeDOS, the predecessor kernel (DOS/NT) actually ran on the M68k. The FreeDOS kernel has seen considerable updates since th