From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 2:43:27 AM UTC+8, anti...@math.uni.wroc.pl   
   wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   That is correct.   
      
   pdos-generic posits an "ideal bios"   
   and then uses that.   
      
   The ideal bios can be provided by an executable   
   running under another os, treating the   
   other os as a glorified bios.   
      
   The pdos os remains the same regardless.   
      
   It makes the os portable.   
      
   Then as of a week ago or whatever there   
   was a new concept added.   
      
   Applications themselves can be run   
   directly under the bios, not requiring pdos.   
      
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