On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 20:37:41 -0400 Bob George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Enrique Baraibar wrote: > > snip > > >I routinely run Paradox 4.02, Quattro Pro 5.5 (graphics and text), > >WordPerfect 6.0 (graphics and text), even pcAnywhere 5.0 under DOSemu > >without any problem except some quirks with the Spanish keyboard > >mapping. I don't have to reboot to run DOS apps anymore! :o) > > > > > Excellent! That's what I was hoping to test, but you've done it already. > So seems safe to say that many "difficult" DOS programs run under > DOSemu. Have you tried any different VESA video modes? Are you running > under X, or just CLI? Have you tried printing? > I use only xdosemu. A long time ago (DOSemu 1.0.0, IIRW) had so many problems with CLI that I stopped using it for good. I don't know about the newer versions, though. I run X on 1024x768, and WordPerfect graphics mode is VESA 800x600x256. Quattro Pro is only capable of 640x480x16, but it runs flawlessly. More important (for me) is that I can run either Paradox or Quattro Pro in 132x43 text mode. In that mode you lose 4 columns (either left or right, you choose), but you can work perfectly without them. I didn't try WordPerfect text modes extensively; if I run it in text mode, 80x43 is enough for me, and it does work. As for printing, it goes without a glitch. The only quirk I have found is that pcAnywhere doesn't "see" the local printer, so if you want to print on the remote machine (the one I am running DOSemu in) you are forced to print to disk and later print the file to the printer. All in all, a good bargain, methinks. Of course, these minimal quirks are more than compensated for the ability to run, say, Opera latest and greatest side by side with Quattro Pro! Think of the possibilities! And, just to mention one of them, thanks to your findings, your DOS programs (I am very fond of Rexx and, of course PAL, Paradox programming language) now can interact with the Linux host via NCSA rsh! Thank you again! -- Enrique Baraibar
