[Oberon] MS-DOS Oberon implementation details (was: Copy or reinstall A2?)

[Chris Burrows]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 8:45 PM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am interested in using DOS on modern hardware because 30+ years ago
> I acquired a lot of specialist DOS knowledge, which is now totally
> obsolete. However, as hobbyists grow interested in running DOS on
> modern hardware, both natively and under VMs, my obsolete knowledge
> becomes of some value again. That is enjoyable to me.
>
> There are also DOS-like OSes, and environments that run on top of DOS.
> Very few people today know about these or have the knowledge to get
> them working. I do. So I am experimenting with them.
>

Look for the ETH Technical Report written by Andreas R. Disteli, the
guy who worked on the MS-DOS port of Oberon. It is ETH Technical
Report 203 'Oberon for PC on an MS-DOS Base'. It goes into the
MS-DOS-specific implementation issues in great detail. You can
download a copy from ETH:

https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/68911
.
Regards,
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
https://www.astrobe.com