Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 14:53:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Report on DOSCMD Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.970505145254.12937A-100000@garcia.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.3.95.970505160555.16170B-100000@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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On Mon, 5 May 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > On Mon, 5 May 1997, Jonathan Mini wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 May 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > > > 1) Being able to run pcemu-like apps without booting. > > > 2) Being able to run dosemu-like (32-bits) apps when booting. > > > For VM86: > > > 1) Being able to run Minix-386 under VM86 (it runs in protected mode). > > > > [I'm assuming that last 1 is a 3] > > > > [Not really, this is unrelated to doscmd] > > > My own wish list is basically only one item -- running Watcom's compiler > > and linker. It constantly annoys me to have to do things like makefiles in > > DOS. (pipelines are a joke and that limit of 128 chars on a command line > > is very disabling) > > If I can run BSD makefiles and unix utlilities such as cvs (for example) > > and compile with Watcom, I will be a very happy camper. > > > FWIW, you will find some DOS crosscompilers on the ports tree: bcc and > gcc-go32. I ported the latest: I don't use it, I don't care about it (I'm > the worst maintainer on that stuff and everyone seems uninterested), but > some cool things could be done with it, perhaps even testing the pgcc > patches for crosscompiling. Perhaps you could even use Watcom's libraries > with it. No offense to the other compilers, but Watcom's compiler is far superior ot any of them. I want Watcom, not a dos compiler. ;P > > regards, > > Pedro. > Jonathan Mini (j_mini@efn.org) ... Desolation ... Despair ... Plastic Forks ...
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