Date:	Fri, 09 Jun 1995 08:46:46 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject:	Re: About DJGCC's BIOS CALL is capable under LINUX
To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization:	Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>> >I'm using  DOS iterrupt functions, e.g int86(0x10,&regs,&regs),
>> >successfully with DJGCC compiler running under DOS. Will these programs
>> >be working well under LINUX environment ? Please let me know.
>>
>> No, but you may be able to replace them with syscalls or even standard
>
>Doesn't DOSEMU emulate the int86() interface?  AFAIK, it must, or else
>no DOS program won't run, right?

Well, what DOSEmu does is set things up and then call the kernel function
vm86() to create a full-blown virtual machine running your program.  I think
using vm86() to emulate int86() would be a bit unwieldy (at the least).

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