First post, by Cyberdyne
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It gives you options:
:- Turbo C 2.01
:- set COMPILER=TC2
:- Turbo C++ 1.01
:- set COMPILER=TURBOCPP
:- Turbo C 3.0
:- set COMPILER=TC3
:- Borland C 3.1
set COMPILER=BC3
:- Borland C
:- set COMPILER=BC5
:- Microsoft C
:- set COMPILER=MSCL8
:- Watcom C
:- set COMPILER=WATCOM
Maybe someone have had experience witch one of those will make the most minimal and effective code. And witch version exactly.
FreeDOS is been dead for so long, that i want to make a minimalist streamline 386+ FAT32 kernel and streamline FreeCOM. And then hand pick the best and essential utilities. Because Freedos 1.2 (1.3RC) have that Linux syndrome, bloatware and too mutch text everywere. I do not need to know in every step, that i am usin something GNU or whatever. So i want minimal text output (smaller binaries), and will delete unneeded some of the commands and features. Do not go apeshit, i will make it for my own personal use. I have allready made an allmost 40kb UPX kernel, but few years ago, based on 2038, now i want to make on based on 2042 and better.
I am aroused about any X86 motherboard that has full functional ISA slot. I think i have problem. Not really into that original (Turbo) XT,286,386 and CGA/EGA stuff. So just a DOS nut.
PS. If I upload RAR, it is a 16-bit DOS RAR Version 2.50.