From: mutazilah@gmail.com   
      
   I now have PDOS-generic for ARM as a   
   University Challenge  distribution (but   
   unlike the others, this includes   
   copyrighted tools).   
      
   Works fine on a Pinebook Pro laptop.   
      
   In due course this may possibly allow   
   me to part ways with the x86 - although   
   I can still run Windows 2000 under   
   emulation to support some things.   
      
   The intention being you can pick up any   
   computer and basically get a simple and   
   understandable DOS-like OS which contains   
   the necessary tools to build a better OS,   
   tools and beyond, without needing to know   
   or use a language other than C90.   
      
   The existing OS (which could be UEFI, or   
   could be the more complicated PDOS/386),   
   is treated as nothing more than a glorified   
   BIOS.   
      
   There is still z/Arch to prove too. And   
   the 80286 too. But both of those require   
   more work on the "glorified BIOS" thing,   
   ie z/PDOS and the mainframe PDPCLIB for   
   z/Arch and for the 80286 I haven't written   
   any base OS yet, but could simply use   
   Windows 2000 to run OS/2 1.x executables   
   which I think I have largely done already   
   (I'll need to double-check where I got to   
   with that).   
      
   http://pdos.org   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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