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* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Lawrence D'Oliveiro
`* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Ben Collver
 `* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Kerr-Mudd, John
  +- Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Dan Cross
  `* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Lawrence D'Oliveiro
   `* Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Kerr-Mudd, John
    `- Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022Lawrence D'Oliveiro

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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:01 UTC
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From: ldo@nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:34:29 -0000 (UTC), Ben Collver wrote:

> What got me started on my present retro kick was trying to run a Linux
> VM on hardware that wasn't really up to the task. Then i started DOSBox
> on the same hardware and it was quite zippy. I had GNU stuff from DJGPP
> and some games.

How about xv6, a reimagining of Bell Labs Unix version 6
<https://github.com/mit-pdos>?

Or UZI, a Unix-like system for a Z80 processor
<https://github.com/chettrick/uzics>? Or something similar for the 6502-
based C64 <https://github.com/ytmytm/c64-lng>?

Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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On 2024-04-24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> How about xv6, a reimagining of Bell Labs Unix version 6
><https://github.com/mit-pdos>?

I was unaware of xv6. Seriously cool, thanks! I'm adding
that to my list of things to check out.

Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:04:43 -0000 (UTC)
Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:

> On 2024-04-24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> > How about xv6, a reimagining of Bell Labs Unix version 6
> ><https://github.com/mit-pdos>?
>
> I was unaware of xv6. Seriously cool, thanks! I'm adding
> that to my list of things to check out.

from github

comment from Auf 2020

Be more explicit that we are not maintaining the x86 version anymore

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Dan Cross
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In article <20240424200725.00a0ffad377d868938b9f670@127.0.0.1>,
Kerr-Mudd, John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:04:43 -0000 (UTC)
>Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-04-24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> > How about xv6, a reimagining of Bell Labs Unix version 6
>> ><https://github.com/mit-pdos>?
>>
>> I was unaware of xv6. Seriously cool, thanks! I'm adding
>> that to my list of things to check out.
>
>from github
>
>comment from Auf 2020
>
>Be more explicit that we are not maintaining the x86 version anymore

xv6 is a pedagogical system, and not really suitable for general
purpose use (by design). MIT has switched the nexus of their
instructional materials to RISC-V; that versioin of xv6 is still
maintained, but as a pedagogical system is deliberately almost
too simple to be generally useful.

There are reimplementations that may or may not be more useful.
For example, I did a reimplementation a few years ago in Rust:
https://github.com/dancrossnyc/rxv64

- Dan C.

Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:07:25 +0100, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

> Be more explicit that we are not maintaining the x86 version anymore

Notice the versions they *are* maintaining?

Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:20:58 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:07:25 +0100, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>
> > Be more explicit that we are not maintaining the x86 version anymore
>
> Notice the versions they *are* maintaining?

No I didn't; all my computers are x86.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

Subject: Re: Using FreeDOS In 2022
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:09:58 +0100, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:20:58 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D'Oliveiro
> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:07:25 +0100, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>
>> > Be more explicit that we are not maintaining the x86 version anymore
>>
>> Notice the versions they *are* maintaining?
>
> No I didn't; all my computers are x86.

There’s a RISC-V emulator (both 32-bit and 64-bit) available, just an
“apt-get install qemu-system-misc” away. You could try that at essentially
no cost <https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/qemu-system-misc>.

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