> Dear list: > All this discussion of Running Arachne in "various" environments prompts > us to comment once again that OS/2 DOSEMU runs Arachne perfectly.
> DOSEMu for Monkeylinux was impressive, but as it rus on a DOS filesystem > it is all a bit superfluous. > What we were wondering is whether there are DOSEMU funtions for recent > Windows like ME? > Kali & James > http://www.nimnet.asn.au/~kali/ I remember running Arachne in OS/2 DOSEMU, and it ran but was much slower than under straight DOS. Apparently the slow part was the modem download, which seemed 40% to 50% as fast as under straight DOS. I was able to get 800 * 600 screen resolution in OS/2 DOSEMU, which I hear the Windows NT line including 2000 and XP does not allow. Slow modem download in OS/2 DOSEMU was also true for Lynx386, though Lynx386, being text-mode, rendered web pages much faster than Arachne. I learned to avoid using OS/2 DOSEMU for any big downloads, in most cases I used OS/2 Lynx. I am inclined to think OS/2 Warp 3 and 4 had the best DOS emulators. DOSEMU for Linux is not really an emulator, since it requires an actual DOS. DOSEMU for Linux seems comparable to booting a specific DOS version under OS/2, which could be done from a specially prepared boot diskette in drive A with the desired DOS version or from an image file of this diskette. I think Windows ME has an actual DOS hidden underneath, though MS makes it difficult to get to. Windows ME is the last MS-Windows with an actual DOS hidden underneath.
