I suppose that I have effectively opened my mouth and inserted foot, so perhaps I should volunteer to start a bit of work in this direction.
Any other volunteers? We'll work something out. ;-) --elijah On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Jim Gettys wrote: > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:35:46 -0400 > From: Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Mitch Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, devel@lists.laptop.org > Subject: Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC > > On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 18:57 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Subject: Re: Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC >>> >>> OLPC does not support VGA/EGA/CGA graphics, so the display code for all >>> those old programs will not work. >> >> >> IIRC xdosemu provides vga support within an X window. >> >> I sympathize with folks who want to run ancient dos educational apps on >> the OLPC - it'd be great if xdosemu were available as an activity-like >> bundle for folks who need it. > > Seems like a good idea? Any volunteers? It isn't high enough on the > priority list that we'll get to it anytime very soon. Would be a good > way for someone to learn how to "sugarize" a simple application. > - Jim > >> >> [Same goes for C64 emulators... there are still folks in chemistry and >> biology and physics who have useful code that runs on the Commodore >> machines.. even at Big 10 universities. ;)] >> >> --e >> >> >>>> 1. There are large number of DOS education application suitable for >>>> teacher and students. >>>> 2. Most DOS applications are designed for slow PC below 100 MHz. >>>> 3. There are many abandonware/freely available 20 years old DOS >>>> applications/tools on the Internet, such as TurboC, TurboPascal, >>>> TurboBasic etc. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
