On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Kragen Sitaker wrote:
> Some guy writes:
> > I have heard that it is possible to run Win3.x under Dosemu but not
> > Win9x. From what I can tell the only thing preventing it from running
> > Win9x is that Dosemu won't let himem.sys take control of the A20 Line in
> > the dosmem. Is there a way to allow this? Are you considering releasing
> > a version that will run Win9x? Please let me know.
>
> No, the only thing preventing it is that dosemu emulates an 8086 using
> v86 mode, more or less, while Win3.x in enhanced mode and Win9x
> requires at least a 386. Win3.x only runs in real mode under dosemu.
This is all fair and nice, but how are we able to run protected-mode games
in Win95's dos boxen _and_ in DOSEMU? What are the different requirements
at this point?
How are we allowed to run HIMEM & EMM386 anyway if we're in V86 mode?
k
