Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:01:57 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: christian serb <christian.serb@web.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can FreeBSD run dos - whoops Message-ID: <oprv8idjkp0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <oprv8hkhqr0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com> References: <Law11-OE41xkllJQXEQ000074c7@hotmail.com> <3F77393D.7777.1B3E57A@localhost> <oprv8hkhqr0cf2rk@mail.messagingengine.com>
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:44:31 -0400, Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:40:45 +0200, christian serb > <christian.serb@web.de> wrote: > >>> On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 09:51:50AM -0500, fred wrote: >>> > I am new to different OS's . >>> > Can this Os run Wordperfect 5.1 for dos??? >>> >>> You can use vmware2 (version 3 works only for FreeBSD 5.x) to run a >>> vertual machine. This way you could run your old programs. > >> i've coincidentally found that: >> >> Xdos is available at 1. sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/Incoming (will >> probably be moved to >> /pub/Linux/ALPHA/dosemu ) >> >> source: >> http://groups.google.de/groups?q=xdos&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF- >> 8&newwindow=1&selm=2ji219%24qkv%40klaava.Helsinki.FI&rnum=1 > > I believe xdos/dosemu requires an actual DOS partition on the machine > (someone please let me know if that's incorrect). So again, the point > would be, if you are going to install DOS, why not just run WordPerfect > from it? [Sound of palm contacting forehead, remind self once again to be more careful in future.] Sorry, xdos/dosemu uses DOS installed to a disk image that lives in a directory, by default /usr/local/lib/dosemu. Jud
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