Hi Andy :-)

> I've been a FreeDOS user on and off for > 10 years and am interested in
> contributing but don't really know where to get started.

That largely depends on what you would like to improve.

> I currently work developing and testing printer firmware and software but
> expect that this will be quite a learning curve from the QNX/Python
> environments that I spend a lot of time in.

I expect most printers to accept plain text to print,
but there also is a DOS port of ghostscript for those
printers who first need translation of input data...

> Are there docs that describe the DOS programming API that I should start
> with?  Or bugs that I should poke at to get a more in-depth view of how
> everything fits together.

Yes, you can read the "RBIL", but again, it really does
depend on what you want to do. If you want to write DOS
software in C, or maybe port existing Linux software by
using DJGPP, you do not have to know much about how DOS
works internally. You will notice differences, of course.

Regards, Eric





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