Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/25/21:57:43
On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Tudor wrote:
> Mark T Logan wrote:
> >
> > I have been contemplating downloading LInux,
> > and I have a few questions.
> >
> > 1. I know Linux has a DOS emulator available.
> > Will the emulator allow me to do _anything_
> > that DOS would. i.e. lauch windows
> Nope. Windoze does NOT run under dosemu.Sorry :)
Hmm? DOSEMU 0.64.3 _does_ let Windoze run.. it emulates a Trident 8900
card, you have to install the Trident Win3.1 drivers.. even DOS-based
graphics applications will work under DOSEMU, under X, if you tell them
that they have a Trident card (they usually detect a VESA). The
functionality is still rather buggy though -- my DOS-based image viewer
[CompuShow2000] would install a private colormap, freakin' my X display,
and there were visual artifacts on the display..
Still, if you want bulletproof Windoze functionality under Linux, get
Caldera Wabi for Linux. It lists for US$199, but on the street for about
US$99. That's the reason I'm not bothering to get Wine/DOSEMU functioning
properly anymore, I'm getting Wabi this week. And run PhotoShop under X :)
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