From: Michael O'Reilly (oreillym@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Date: 10/14/92


From: oreillym@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Michael O'Reilly)
Subject: Re: DOS emulation in Linux
Date: 14 Oct 1992 23:14:08 +0800

UMCC Fido-Net Liaison (uufido@ccu.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
: Did I hear right? Is there a n MD-DOS emulation package that'll run under
: Linux? If so, where can I ftp it? Right now, I've squeezed DOS and Linux
: on an 85 meg hard drive (65 for DOS and 25 for Linux), but if I can get an
: emulator going I might be able to trash some of the junk in DOS and run
: the important stuff (Lotus and Word Perfect) under emulation.

Try tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/*

Be warned that it is VERY alpha. If you want anything more than text
mode, then you will be out of luck. Of course, if you want to improve
it, I am sure the author won't mind TOO much. :)
 
: At least I'd like to have a look-see at it.
: TIA for any help.
: Chris
Michael