From:	drososa AT pat DOT forthnet DOT gr (Tasos Drosopoulos)
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Subject:	Re: Linux
Date:	17 Jun 2000 17:22:05 GMT
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:32:41 -0400, Max <maxiv AT sprint DOT ca> wrote:
>I have not been able to set up either dosemu or vmware properly in
>Linux. 

Is that the recent dosemu-1.0.0 ? I downloaded it last weekend, it compiled
nicely in redhat 6.2 and so far it seems to work quite nicely too. I put
djgpp there and also tried to compile allegro 3.12 and the 3932 WIP. To my
surprise they both compiled without any trouble (just some warnings about
assembly substitution of eax ... instread of ax ...). Interestingly enough
both allegro versions need some "nursing" in their makefiles (something
about echoing and copy use of strings to files) when compiling under
Win98se's dos box. This leads me to suspect that the allegro developers are
probably using a setup that is closer to dosemu than windows?! Not all allegro
program examples run under dosemu but enough do to maybe get you going.

Yes there is also a linux version of allegro (3932 WIP). I have tried an
earlier version that did compile under Linux so I assume this one does as
well. Not everything is stable yet here so if your purpose is to learn about
allegro I suggest that you have a native windows or DOS partition in your
system and explore the possibilities.

If you go the dosemu route, try dosemu-1.0.0 and do follow Eli's advice on
how to finetune dosemu parameters from the FAQ.

Hope this helps.

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