Greetings,thanks for the replay. I even know,some guy in New Zealand is making XT-clones including new MoBos,but as U pointed,i am afraid,that project is also dependent on using original CPUs,which survived. So do U think,even cloning a 086/088 CPU is impossible? BTW x86 CPUs was already reverse engineered,@ least AMD had stolen the schematics & successfully cloned Intel's architecture @ least for 286/386/486/P1,thus if 1ce they was cloned,y they could not be cloned again? & the size of the (Free)DOS community will grow with inconveniences of using contemporary OSs & HW,i guess,all intellectuals will return to DOS,moreover disidents will sure return to DOS,as contemporary mainstream OSs r too Orwell,so soon nostalgia will sure not be the only reason for prefering DOS,people will want a NON-ORWELL OS,or a non-wasting OS,or so,or something more reliable for industrial applications,something,which will not fall apart within 2 or 3 years,so sure more reasons to restore production than just for gamers. No1 in whole community with equipment for cloning CPUs? No1 with clean lab? Best regards. S.Z.. Sent from my BlackBerry Passport,RIM OS 10 smartphone named <b>Uhura</b> after deceased Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols. <b><font color="darkgreen">With regards Sabina Zelená[=Green]. LIVE LONG & PROSPER,live & let live=DO NOT EAT,NOR WEAR ANIMALS,nor do not pay Their Murderers & oppressors,please. Shalom/Peace/Shanti/Mier/Nyugalom.</b> Original Message From: Roderick Klein via Freedos-user Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 18:28 To: Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS. Cc: Roderick Klein Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Running Freedos on bare metal in the future ?
On 10/30/24 06:00 pm, Sabina Zelená. via Freedos-user wrote: > Greetings. > I would most appreciate,if someone would be willing to assemble a team > for restoring Legacy HW,mainly Legacy MoBo & CPUs production. > If someone would be willing to create a plant for Legacy HW production,I > would offer my house for free usage for this purpose(U know,that former > school building,U r all ignoring me for pretty long time on this > forum,maybe because I am the only female here).Y to accept the end of > Legacy HW & create virtual BIOS replacements...Y to accept that UEFI > garbage @ all? > If Legacy architecture is abandoned,it may become public accessible,or > some1 could reverse-engineer Legacy processors & MoBos & start to create > new old HW,this should be the future of DOS,do not accept UEFI,restore > the Legacy era.Have own HW for (Free)DOS. > Live long & prosper. I think you are missing the biggest possible issue we are going to face. Making mainboards might be possible. Look at some of the Commondore clones. But cloning a CPU I am very afraid is whole different ball game. And I wonder if that is even possible for such small market. Roderick _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
