Re: [Freedos-user] Best virtual machine for FreeDOS 1.2

2012-02-10 Thread the bcpino
Thank you Bernd and Ruxgulo for your help. I am using VMware Player because I've used Vmware Server before, I suppose they are somehow similar. I also have Bochs to give it a try... Bernd: I didn't know DOS emulation wasn so difficult... more than 20 options to make a choice! On Sat, Feb 4,

[Freedos-user] Best virtual machine for FreeDOS 1.2

2012-02-04 Thread the bcpino
Dear friends: I usually use VirtualBox, but as Jack said, it didn't emulate well some old hardware. Which one should I use? QEMU, some VMware gratis. I need SB16 and network emulation, controlling CPU cycles (I don't want to burn my PC) Thanks in advance, BCPino Gino P.S. Please I don't want

Re: [Freedos-user] Best virtual machine for FreeDOS 1.2

2012-02-04 Thread Bernd Blaauw
Op 4-2-2012 18:17, the bcpino schreef: Dear friends: I usually use VirtualBox, but as Jack said, it didn't emulate well some old hardware. VirtualBox and VirtualPC have some flaky implementations at times indeed, unfortunately. Which one should I use? QEMU, some VMware gratis. QEMU is a

Re: [Freedos-user] Best virtual machine for FreeDOS 1.2

2012-02-04 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, quick reply (as it takes too long to think things like this through, it's a complicated question), On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 11:17 AM, the bcpino bcp...@gmail.com wrote: I usually use VirtualBox, but as Jack said, it didn't emulate well some old hardware. It's mostly fine but doesn't like