Hello Paul, On 25 Aug 2022, at 9:41, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-devel wrote:
> While thinking about 64k limit for edit... I come to think about 16 bits and > 32 bits programs... > > Why there is no two separate versions of FreeDOS, one for 16 bits CPUs (8086) > and one for 32 bits CPU (386+)? > > It seems there is a lot of programs that cannot run on 8086... and others > that could take advantage of 32 bits compilation. > > Does it should not suggest to have two separate versions foir this relatively > different needs? > > the 64kb limit is not imposed by DOS. It is a decision made by the developer of that application. A 16bit DOS program running on 16bit FreeDOS can access up to 4 GB of RAM if available. But that is something the developer must program that way. BTW, there is a 64bit version of FreeDOS (but it does not run on bare metal hardware): https://github.com/dosemu2/fdpp Greetings Carsten _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
