Can I use Linux to run DOS programs?

[zscoundrel]

wow.  Nice try, but WAY wrong answer.  

OS/2 is a version of IBM's main frame VM operating system that was 
written for the PC platform.  It was written to REPLACE windows as the 
machine interface OS.  Windoze 3.1 ran on top of OS/2 as an option - IF 
you paid an extra $35 for the license!  Micro$loth was only associated 
with the project when they charged IBM for the windoze source, and when 
they collected license fees for each package containing the windoze 
emulator sold by IBM.

I do agree that there may be Linux versions of the solar/lunar program 
and of course WordPerfect has a version (and distro) for Linux.  

If the USAF flight planning software is not classified, see if you can 
get the source and we might be able to port it to Linux.  I would be 
happy to help out with that as I am a pilot and haven't seen any flying 
software for Linux yet, but a quick search turned up the following links 
that may be useful:

http://www.ibiblio.org/fplan/Aviation-HOWTO/
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/gps/

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

>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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