From: admin@nospicedham.127.0.0.1   
      
   On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 02:52:55 -0100,  wrote:   
      
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > On Friday, December 29, 2017 at 1:06:38 PM UTC-6, wolfgang kern wrote:   
   >>   
   >> when once everyone got such a tiny tool we could share binaries   
   >> of any size either RM or PM or LM.   
   >   
   > With all due respect, you're already assuming an OS. So who doesn't   
   > already have "something" to script/compile/assemble with?   
   >   
      
   Hey, I'm already assuming a 286 intel processor, and now DOS int 21.   
   Pretty soon we'll be able to use 1200 baud to communicate!   
      
   > Debug? QBASIC? REXX? AWK? C? Pascal? Forth? 4DOS?   
   >   
   > MS-DOS/PC-DOS/DR-DOS/etc. should all come with DEBUG by default, IIRC.   
   >   
   > I'm not saying it's a bad idea to do it all by hand, but it's dicey.   
   > (Can you even redirect binary to stdout and then file if it has   
   > certain chars, e.g. Ctrl-Z, aka 0x1A? Will that be truncated or not?)   
   >   
   > Seriously, ask some Forth gurus how they bootstrap their machines.   
   > I'm sure they have tons of good ideas. They've been around the   
   > block a few times.   
      
      
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