> Hi,
> I am a bit late but... +1 > On Wed, 2 Sept 2020 at 15:50, ZB <zbigniew2...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. we have DeskView386 which does exactly what you describe. Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
