Aitor Santamaría schrieb: > Hello, > > I am considering adquiring a new processor, but what can be found in > the shops is mostly x86-64.
You are not forced to use long mode, you can still install and use 32 bit Windows or 32 bit Linux without problems. > If what I read is correct, there is no V86-mode, so there isn't NTVDM > under WIndows, and I guess that DOSEMU will not run under Linux. A question for the assembler geeks. Currently DOSEMU other virtualizers such as VMware, NTVDM or VirtualBox switch to V86-mode and back to protected mode. Is it possible to switch from long mode back to protected mode and from protected mode to V86-mode? If so, such a feature is not implemented yet into DOSEMU? > Are there other alternatives than VMWARE and such to be able to run > 16-bit? Well, VMware is not that good for 16 bit anyway. Depending on what applications you want to run... VGA / VESA crashes often (the app does not start, no freezing of running apps at all), bad SB16 implementation etc... > For me the more annoying thing is the unability to see folders > from within the virtual machine and the real machine simultaneously > (you can enter the VMWARE disk, but NOT while VMWARE is running). VMware supports also shared folders (Works only if VMware tools are installed? And there are no VMware tools for DOS.) and VMware has full networking support (working in DOS but the available TSR's need afaik all a lot of conventional memory). You can try if DOSBox (full emulator, slow) works for you, you can mount folders (recommend) or whole device letters on Windows. The content will be visible in DOSBox and you may access those folders the same time on Windows. But I don't remember how synchronized it was (after pasting a new file into it you may need to restart until DOSBox sees, unsure...). -mr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
