Subj : get linux'd
To   : Benny Pedersen
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sat Jul 05 2025 01:51 am

Hej Benny!

> not even freedos is tryed ?

Not long enough to be called 'tried'.  If I remember correctly it was run under dosemu on a 486 running the latest slackware.  freedos came far too late and was still 16-bit, which pretty well sealed it's fate to the realm of 'doomed'.  The only serious competition to slackware back then was freebsd.

> yes the nokie winphones was not good at all

I never saw one.  I seriously doubt I missed anything.

> all basic roms on commodore computers is not even basic portable

Something else I never had anything to do with.  I had experience with basic but beyond the last DOS box it never stood a chance.  The first gcc compiler I learned c on was a sparc station running solaris.  It lacked a 'linux' terminal but given that was long before linux existed it was my only contact with c coding.  Before that it was f77 on vax/vms that was all the rage.  Them were the days.  :::sigh:::

Speaking of retro, I see gcc has a new cobol front end.  Weird.  Now THAT is taking backwards compatibilty far beyond anything I've seen thus far ... or care to see for that matter.

> 6.15.4 here

Me too except the EuroPoint has yet to catch up.  I plan on upgrading it once I have a better handle on the latest and (hopefully) greatest linux-gnu.  I can't say I am happy with the latest python dependency.  :::shudder:::  I am blaming debian for this current sad state of affairs.  From day one I never thought much of debian ... or redhat for that matter.

Progress?  I am starting to have doubts.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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