OpenEuphoria

Re: Euphoria on DOSbox

• Posted by olddog <halletts at ?asktel.net> Oct 30, 2007
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Is there anybody out there who has a copy of the source and who knows how
to work with compilers who would be willing to join an experiment?

If you could re-compile Euphoria for DOS using the DOS/32a open-source
DOS extender (instead of Causeway), there is a good chance that the
common DOS emulators could run it, including PocketDOS for the pocket PC.

This could open up a whole new realm of application for Euphoria.

Is anybody willing to try this and share the resultant ex.exe with us?
I'd be happy to do some testing on my pocket PC (Dell Axim x50v).

Thanks!


Robert Craig wrote:
> 
> olddog wrote:
> > Apparently, the old DOS game Doom can run on PocketDOS, using the DOS/4GW
> > DOS
> > extender,
> > for which there is a drop-in open-source replacement, DOS/32.
> > 
> > Is it possible to compile Euphoria for DOS using a different DOS extender,
> > which
> > may
> > then run under PocketDOS on a Pocket PC?
> > 
> > Thanks for any help.
> 
> Euphoria used to use DOS/4GW a long time ago.
> The DOS extender could reside in a separate file,
> or could be combined with the Euphoria interpreter .exe file
> to make a single .exe file. They charged you extra
> for the privilege of making a single .exe file.
> 
> I don't think you'd even have to change the
> Euphoria C source code to use it again.
> It just involves some trivial change to the way
> you link the object files using Watcom,
> perhaps not even that, if the extender is separate.
> 
> The Watcom, DOS/4GW or DOS/32 docs should
> have an explanation of how it's done.
> I know it's very easy, but I don't remember the
> details off-hand.
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>