Can I use Linux to run DOS programs?

[Brian Densmore]

Speaking of plain text. Here's the latest,
Windoze Explorer 6 checks the mime type header of files, but doesn't
enforce the execution of them.
Example:
Someone sends you nastyvirus.exe with a MIME type of .jpg.
Outlook says oh this is an attachment, let's pass it to Explorer.
Explorer says, oh it's a jpg file, it's ok to run the application for
jpgs.
Explorer passes nastyvirus.exe to the OS, and Windoze says cool a .exe
program let's run it.
(see: CERT Advisory CA-2001-36)

Don't you love these geniuses @ M$!

Another important reason for Windoze users to send text mail only.

ROFL,
Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins [mailto:hutchins at opus1.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: David Carter; kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Can I use Linux to run DOS programs?
> 
> 
> David,
> 
> Please send only Plain Text messages to the mailing list.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Carter
> 
> > I've been using OS/2 Warp 3 since Sep 1993 and it ran
> > DOS programs well.  Until my wife bought a new Dell
> > mega-machine mid-Nov with Windows ME on it, I've
> > been happily insulated from the bugs in Windows OS's.
> 
> First, you should know that OS/2 is just an early version of 
> Windows NT,
> developed by Microsoft in conjunction with IBM.  You might 
> find that NT4 or
> W2K would be a good system if you needed MS compatibility.  A lot of
> progress has been made with personal computers since OS/2 
> made the scene.
> 
> > I have 3 old DOS programs that I want to continue using:
> > A USAF flight planning program, a Navy 
> sunrise-sunset/moonrise-moonset
> > program, and WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.
> 
> You may be able to find native Linux equivalents of the first 
> two, and Word
> Perfect has Linux compatible versions available.  Linux 
> doesn't have any
> inherent emulation of DOS, but there are sevaral DOS 
> emulators available.
> Linux itself is a mosaic built by many different 
> contributors, and while
> some of the distributions give the impression of a 
> coordinated package,
> that's an illusion.  I would suggest doing some research in 
> the HOWTO's at
> www.linuxdoc.org and looking through www.freshmeat.net to see 
> what emulators
> and other software is available.
> 
> Good luck, and don't forget to turn off that HTML mail!
> 
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