From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 2002:a0c:b521:: with SMTP id d33mr37102723qve.239.1562245749288; Thu, 04 Jul 2019 06:09:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a9d:3e4e:: with SMTP id h14mr27055928otg.182.1562245749092; Thu, 04 Jul 2019 06:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!m24no5876633qtm.0!news-out.google.com!g23ni139qtq.1!nntp.google.com!m24no5876622qtm.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 06:09:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1ddb4817-8bb0-4cc4-9653-de12f8a746d6@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=136.163.203.6; posting-account=HFCrOQoAAABZD_f-UUbYHm3lJDIrh-UX NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.163.203.6 References: <1ddb4817-8bb0-4cc4-9653-de12f8a746d6@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeDOS, Janus/Ada and GNAT From: joakimds@kth.se Injection-Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 13:09:09 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:56813 Date: 2019-07-04T06:09:08-07:00 List-Id: > One area where FreeDOS can be used today is in embedded systems (and it h= as been used there). The implementation of FreeDOS requires the CPU to be x= 86 and many embedded systems are nowadays ARM based (which rules out FreeDO= S). Any known hard-ware vendors where it is known one can run FreeDOS? > Here is a board with a single core x86 CPU that according to the hardware v= endor supports DOS, Windows and Linux: https://www.cnx-software.com/2013/11/27/39-86duino-zero-is-an-x86-arduino-c= ompatible-board-that-supports-dos-windows-and-linux/