Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 10:42:35 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: LInux vs. DOS
In-Reply-To: <33113A49.580C@cam.org>
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On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Tudor wrote:

> Mark T Logan wrote:
> > 
> >  I have been contemplating downloading LInux,
> > and I have a few questions.
> > 
> > 1. I know Linux has a DOS emulator available.
> >     Will the emulator allow me to do _anything_
> >     that DOS would. i.e. lauch windows
> Nope. Windoze does NOT run under dosemu.Sorry :) 

Hmm? DOSEMU 0.64.3 _does_ let Windoze run.. it emulates a Trident 8900
card, you have to install the Trident Win3.1 drivers.. even DOS-based
graphics applications will work under DOSEMU, under X, if you tell them
that they have a Trident card (they usually detect a VESA). The
functionality is still rather buggy though -- my DOS-based image viewer
[CompuShow2000] would install a private colormap, freakin' my X display,
and there were visual artifacts on the display..

Still, if you want bulletproof Windoze functionality under Linux, get
Caldera Wabi for Linux. It lists for US$199, but on the street for about
US$99. That's the reason I'm not bothering to get Wine/DOSEMU functioning
properly anymore, I'm getting Wabi this week. And run PhotoShop under X :)


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