I have been informed that gcc has a -m16 flag that actually outputs
binaries that can run in 16-bit mode. Is there then anything stopping
FreeDOS from being compiled fully with gcc?
If not, why are we still using Watcom?
Happy Hacking,
David E. McMackins II
Associate Member, Free Software Founda
On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, David McMackins wrote:
I have been informed that gcc has a -m16 flag that actually outputs
binaries that can run in 16-bit mode. Is there then anything stopping
FreeDOS from being compiled fully with gcc?
If not, why are we still using Watcom?
Pretty sure that GCC, if it
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, David McMackins wrote:
>
>> I have been informed that gcc has a -m16 flag that actually outputs
>> binaries that can run in 16-bit mode. Is there then anything stopping
>> FreeDOS from being compiled fully with gcc?
>>
>> If not, why are we still using Watcom?
On Thu, Oct 26
On 10/26/2017 5:51 AM, David McMackins wrote:
> I have been informed that gcc has a -m16 flag that actually outputs
> binaries that can run in 16-bit mode. Is there then anything stopping
> FreeDOS from being compiled fully with gcc?
Hell no. For starters, gcc is a Linux/Unix based compiler, it wor
GCC is not capable of producing pure 16-bit binaries even with -m16.
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Jim Hall wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, David McMackins wrote:
> >
> >> I have been informed that gcc has a -m16 flag that actually outputs
> >> binaries that can run in 16-bit mode. Is there
Hi,
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Jim Hall wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, David McMackins wrote:
>>
>>> I have been informed that gcc has a -m16 flag that actually outputs
>>> binaries that can run in 16-bit mode. Is there then anything stopping
>>> FreeDOS from being compiled fully with gcc?
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017, Rugxulo wrote:
Tiny and Small are better than nothing. AFAIK, DOS-C used to use Small
model. FreeCOM also uses Small model too, IIRC.
Does it? To get what I wanted out of my own command shell required me to
use Compact (though that thing NEVER worked right).
All of th