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Re: MS-DOS runs on Apple IIe

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From Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co>
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Subject Re: MS-DOS runs on Apple IIe
Date Thu, 2 Apr 2026 20:03:25 -0400
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On Wed, 1 Apr 2026, D Finnigan wrote:

> Steve Nickolas wrote:
>>
>> I'm currently trying to reverse engineer the 8088 version of MBASIC
>> because I'd like to be able to hack on it...maybe that would be useful.
>> (The Z80 version's source is out there, as is GW-BASIC which is based on
>> it.)
>>
>> That said - I haven't finished yet and have hit some rough spots.
>
> What rough spots have you hit?

The disassembler I use (an old version of IDA) is interpreting everything 
as one segment but it's clearly using two.

There are some places where the code, or the order of the code, of the 
8088 version does not quite match the Z80 version and I lose 
synchronization.

I tried another approach - to attempt to hand-convert through 
search-and-replace the Z80 code - but that hasn't worked either.

-uso.

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MS-DOS runs on Apple IIe D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2026-03-30 19:12 +0000
  Re: MS-DOS runs on Apple IIe D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2026-03-30 19:14 +0000
  Re: MS-DOS runs on Apple IIe Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2026-03-31 17:08 -0400
    Re: MS-DOS runs on Apple IIe D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2026-04-01 12:37 +0000
      Re: MS-DOS runs on Apple IIe Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> - 2026-04-02 20:03 -0400

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