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gcc-ia16
Fork of Lambertsen & Jenner (& al.)'s IA-16 (Intel 16-bit x86) port of GNU compilers ― added far pointers & more • use https://github.com/tkchia/build-ia16 to build • Ubuntu binaries at https://launchpad.net/%7Etkchia/+archive/ubuntu/build-ia16/ • DJGPP/MS-DOS binaries at https://gitlab.com/tkchia/build-ia16/-/releases • mirror of https://gitlab.com/tkchia/gcc-ia16
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libi86
Discontinued Attempt to reimplement non-standard C library facilities (e.g. <conio.h>) used in MS-DOS programs, for IA-16 GCC & ACK ― mirror of https://gitlab.com/tkchia/libi86 • Ubuntu packages for cross-compilation at https://launchpad.net/%7Etkchia/+archive/ubuntu/build-ia16/ • DJGPP/MS-DOS binaries at https://github.com/tkchia/libi86/releases
The newest PC that's compatible with a (at one point) ubiquitous computing stack would be FreeDOS with an i486 without an FPU. I hope this goes up to Athlon 64s and OpenGL3.0 and DirectX 10.1 with ReactOS one day, but in the meantime, I would be happy with a 486 with an FPU. I think there's a market for an ASIC like that on an SBC for legacy applications, you would have a legacy CNC/Gaming/Workstation machine that would be cheap to ship. Not to mention if it's open source, it would be more trusted and having ELKS or DOS installed on it with Nano would make it a great distraction-free writing appliance.