muta...@gmail.com  wrote:   
   > I am currently working with Jean-Marc, who used to frequent   
   > this group, on getting PDOS-generic to work on an Android   
   > smartphone as a native ARM executable instead of the   
   > current Bochs emulation.   
   >   
   > Basically turning a smartphone into a really cheap   
   > 32-bit MSDOS PC from the point of view of the user   
   > and C programmer.   
      
   Many phones are 64-bit now.  Cheap ones probably are still   
   32-bit, but I am not sure how long this will last.   
      
   > I can buy an external USB keyboard for about US$2.   
   >   
   > I can buy a new Android smartphone with OTG support   
   > for about US$40.   
   >   
   > It hasn't quite passed proof of concept yet, but it's pretty close.   
   >   
   > You can preview it here:   
   >   
   > https://github.com/jeanmarclienher/Pdos-PdAndro/releases/tag/rel0.0.3   
   >   
   > BFN. Paul.   
      
   If you dig deep enough into Android you will find Linux.  AFAICS   
   the code above is doing this: it runs code as native ARM Linux   
   executable.   
      
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