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Re: SDL Now Supports DOS

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Post by BirAdam » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 9:23 PM UTC

ahartmetz wrote: post #118

BirAdam wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well… UEFI is kind of modern DOS.

More like modern BIOS++ IMO

Except that UEFI supports loading PE executables which replace it and have direct access to hardware… so… not really BIOS-like. Some UEFI implementations provide BIOS compatibility, but that’s via an UEFI application whether provided by the implementer or via something like CSMWrap: https://github.com/CSMWrap/CSMWrap

Re: SDL Now Supports DOS

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Post by AJenbo » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC

qsera wrote: post #120

AJenbo wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More specifically it's part of my quest to get Diablo (DevilutionX) running on anything it can, using modern tools. Next up PS2 and PSP.

> it's part of my quest to get Diablo Sorry, I didn't quite get what you refer to as "it" here. Nevertheless, I also have a similar quest going.

DevilutionX

Re: SDL Now Supports DOS

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Post by deaddodo » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #130

deaddodo wrote: post #127

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And yet, your little slice of the world doesn't represent the world at whole. If you're ignorant of the situation, maybe don't come out with such a self-centered (and arguably, arrogant) statement; and especially don't double down on it when corrected.

My slice of the world was certainly relevant to me. You have the freedom to chose to reply or ignore me.

People also have have the choice to ignore their racist grandparents spouting right-wing ideology or try educating them out of hope they'll shift their viewpoints.

Unfortunately, like many in that group, it seems you'd rather double down on your ignorance.

Re: SDL Now Supports DOS

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Post by ahartmetz » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC

DiabloD3 wrote: post #129

ahartmetz wrote: post #117

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Regarding onboard audio: About 10 years ago, it became "common knowledge" about mainboards that onboard sound has become good enough for almost anybody. It has never been true for me, maybe because my recent mainboards have been lower middle class (AMD B350 / B650) largely chosen for good CPU power converters. Because my two (PC) laptops since 2020 have both had really damn good headphone outputs, I can believe that…

This common knowledge is still incorrect. Good news, though, there are a lot of inexpensive good external DACs out there. Over the past decade, an entire industry grew up to fix this problem.

Between these DACs and / or Chi-Fi class D amps (some of them with built-in DACs), nowadays you can spend 90% of the Hi-Fi budget on speakers. It's incredible how good electronics you can get for how cheap these days.

Re: SDL Now Supports DOS

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Post by jlokier » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC

vodou wrote: post #51

jlokier wrote: post #30

Perfect! I was just doing some Turbo C development inside DOSBox-X inside Debian GNU/Linux inside VMware Fusion inside macOS this morning.

Was this a joke? I must know!

It was true! I really do have Turbo C, Unix V7 C and Sun C compilers in my CI workflow, alongside modern GCC for C23 and C++26, Clang, MSVC, Fil-C and Tinycc and others.

Re: SDL Now Supports DOS

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Post by stuaxo » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC

floxy wrote: post #60

ronsor wrote: post #2

All that's left now is SDL for UEFI, and then all our games can run in a pre-OS environment.

What's the latest with Intel's Management Engine / Minix that runs on every Intel chipset? Is that still a thing? Did they harden it? Or can you still get access? https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-op...

"It's slow, hard to get at, and insecure as insecure can be.

Wow, I totally want to get my hands on this.