If I'm correct, Dosemu uses "virtual x86 mode" of 386 and later processors. But Dosemu of course needs "host OS".
I wonder does there exist any utility that offers "virtual x86 mode" and acts as "host" by itself? Suppose we have (quite modest for today) computer with 386/486 and 4 MB RAM. Theoretically it should be possible to run quite comfortably four DOS "instances" each one having 1 MB just for itself - and, say, switching among them with <Alt>-<F-key> like among consoles in Linux. So concentrating on using DOS - because 486 is much too "weak" for Linux of today - I mean utility whose duty is just to switch CPU into "virtual x86 mode", split RAM among established "instances" and then just share hardware resources (keyboard, CD-ROM, video, sound... everything) among them. No idea - maybe it had been aleady created, just I didn't stumble upon it yet? -- regards, Zbigniew _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
