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4367 :: How can I compile for DOS?

[2018-11-08T20:10:16+01:00]

VGA (orginal) [2018-11-08T20:10:16+01:00] view original

I fiddled around a bit and got an error about the memory manager needing to be ported to that platform. Is the error really the reason I cannot compile to DOS?

(I didn't legitimately expect it to work, just playing around)

Ward (orginal) [2018-11-09T03:40:21+01:00] view original

You can try "HX DOS Extender". It maybe works, but I had not tried yet.

Libman (orginal) [2018-11-16T02:51:19+01:00] view original

I'd just like to second this endeavor.

I've always wanted to tinker with getting djgpp (or one of the abandonware compilers) in dosbox to work with Nim-generated C89 code, but never found the time / energy.

DOS support is the ultimate retroNerdCred! ;-)

adrianv (orginal) [2018-11-16T12:30:39+01:00] view original

But real DOS fun is compiling to 16bit and handling of XMS :) I don't know if Nim supports 16bit word sizes.