> Actually a GOOD thing in emulation is that you do not need DOS > drivers for all your new hardware, be it for example UMTS or WLAN > internet, HDA or AC97 sound, USB or Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, > touchpad, tablet...
This _can_ be a good thing, depending on the emulator. The emulation of various devices can be flaky or non-existent, depending on the scenario. I have a terrible time with the keyboard in VirtualPC under Vista, e.g. Some emulators won't let you access a "real" hard drive partition with DOS in the VM -- effectively making each virtual machine totally independent of the others with no way (or at least no direct way) to share data. Or, even if they do, access to the "real" partition is annoyingly slow. Emulators are not a complete answer -- you are merely trading one set of problems with a different one. In general, I find "real" DOS much easier to live with than emulated DOS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
