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- From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman)
- Subject: Re: DOS emulation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.152017.25822@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:20:17 GMT
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- In article <C0BHKA.MKM@world.std.com> jhallen@world.std.com (Joseph H Allen) writes:
- >In article <memo.837633@cix.compulink.co.uk> jburtona@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
- >>DOS emulation
- >>Rather than running a copy of MSDOS in an virual 8086, wouldn't it be
- >>nice to have a free dos-like operating system that was capable of
- >>running DOS programs?
- >
- >Part-II: Why not think of the problem this way instead?
- >
- >Which programs from the DOS world are needed so that people will give-up
- >MS-DOS? I can think of these:
- > [list of programs deleted]
-
- Everyone has their own pet MS-DOS programs (WP and Quicken come to
- mind), which is one very good reason for a DOS emulator. The other
- for for people such as myself who have to WRITE programs for MS-DOS.
- Many of my clients are running DOS, and have no intention of
- installing Linux. What I want to be able to do is program for DOS
- under Linux.
-
- Speaking of which, does anyone know if TP 6.0 runs under the current
- emulator?
-
- -Joel
- (joel@wam.umd.edu)
-