To get here
First off I found out all the source code for LSDOS 6.3.1L is available for download. It comes with a Z80 emulator so all you have to do is unpack the zip file and read how to compile LSDOS 6.3.1 from source. Yes all the commented source is available online for this 30+ year old DOS.
The source is available from HERE.
Once you have that you just unzip it.
You will find the file on how to build LSDOS 6.3.1L called README.md in this directory \LSDOS631L-master
Basically you go to \LSDOS631L-master\LSDOS631L and run BUILD.BAT. This will start the emulator and mount all the images required to build LSDOS.
Once that is started in the emulator you type: do build (all,nostop
ALL is to build all the pieces
NOSTOP is so that it does not pause between sections.
This will start the process at speed not emulated speed so it will compile the entire DOS in about a minute. Yes the entire LSDOS will compile on my laptop in a minute. What is important to note is that this is just LSDOS. There is no basic with this as that was licensed from Microsoft and there is no source for for basic.
The next post will cover how to get those files to an actual disk as after you complete the build the files are still only on a virtual disk. Not a real floppy disk.
Thanks for looking
Jim
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