Agreed, that was my exact line of thinking. However, the folks here seem to have come to the conclusion that FreeDOS will not evolve into the 32-bit realm.
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Antony Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > I was re-reading some emails and I think I have an idea of how this would > work. > > The goal is existing compatibility so that older DOS applications will > run. Obviously, moving to 32-bit will eliminate most of the older > processors, HOWEVER. by implementing a Windows 9x like model and build a > 32-bit kernel to supplant the 16-bit kernel, we can then spawn 16-bit VM > under a 32-bit kernel to run each 16-bit application, as well as develop > 32-bit applications. > > The important pieces I believe that need to be figured out is the VMM > (Virtual Machine Manager) and the DOS Extender. I only suggest Windows 9x > because it was still able to utilize real mode DOS drivers. > > Thoughts? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >
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