On 4/11/2012 1:38 PM, John Wesley Cooper wrote: > On 4/11/2012 6:14 AM, Michael B. Brutman wrote: >> As an end user, your fears are probably foolish. Emulation and >> virtualization work fine >> for anybody playing with DOS at the application level. > Application-level? But doesn't DOS more or less give an application (nearly) > unfettered access to the hardware? > Also, despite much trouble and time, I've yet to get DOS (of any form) to run > stably in a VM, though I do have no doubt that it can be done … advice please?
People who insist on running WordPerfect 5.1 or games will be fine. I fall into that category. People who need to run dedicated hardware that is timing dependent might have some difficulty - those are what I classify as the embedded system style users. I don't understand your inability to run in a VM. I use IBM DOS 5, IBM DOS 6.22, and FreeDOS 1.x in both VirtualBox and VMWare on a regular basis with no major problems. VirtualBox had a timer bug that my ping code exposed; I haven't checked to see if it is fixed yet. To help you get it running - what are the symptoms? Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
