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Are there any handhelds that can be changed to DOS?

goldfishdev Page Icon Posted 2024-04-22 8:39 PM
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Just a random thought. I was thinking about some handhelds that can be changed to Linux.
I'd guess that the processors wouldn't support it, but it'd be neat if it was possible.
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torch Page Icon Posted 2024-04-22 8:52 PM
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Which CPU architecture are they? If they're x86 - they could theoretically use FreeDOS

This Reddit thread had some more info
https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeDos/comments/10kqdbv/how_to_port_to_arm_just_curious_not_ready_to_do/
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ArchiMark Page Icon Posted 2024-04-22 10:29 PM
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Did you check out the forum section "H/PC Linux / Unix" ?

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torch Page Icon Posted 2024-04-22 11:23 PM
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Hey, I'm sorry, I had a brain-mess-up moment, I guess I thought Handhelds as in not necessarily Handheld PCs that usually run Windows CE.

Otherwise, you could use Neko Project II to run PC-98
https://www.yui.ne.jp/np2/

Or PocketDOS
http://www.pocketdos.com/

But I don't know of any native operating system akin to Linux/Unix that's actually DOS. I don't think that's possible unless you just run it as an emulated program
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