On Sat, 6 Jun 2015, Chelson Aitcheson wrote:

> Doesn't matter, Mac os power pc applications dont work on new Mac os but
> it's still the same os.
> (rosetta comparability layer aside)
>
> I see this as more of a chance for a new generation of dos. Freedos 1.x has
> accomplished the needs for the existing replacement or clone requirements
> of a dos with enhancements and still caters to the needs of its users.
>
> Yes it's lots of work to port stuff and to add compatibility layers etc..
> but where is your sense of adventure?
>
> Yeah merc I see doscore on arm in a few years.

If you can mark the EXEs as something other than MZ, you could perhaps 
make a TSR loader stub that loads an x86 emulator on demand to run EXE 
files.

COM... I think you're gonna be stuck with using only an EXE format because 
trying to detect a COM file by architecture is fraught with peril.

-uso.

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