On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On 27-Apr-99 Kester Clegg wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > does anyone know if I can run a DOS box in X windows in a similar
> > fashion to Windows95? I take it dosemu doesn't run under X;
>
> Dosemu does run under X. Either you can simply start it from an xterm
> (in which case it looks like an xterm displaying what you would see
> if you started it in a text console), or you can start the X version
> ("xdos", for which look in the /etc/dosemu.conf file under "DOS in a
> Box"), which starts up a new X-window for DOS. Either way, however, you
> may have problems accessing all the control/function key combinations
> which are accessible from the console.
>
> And I have never got DOS graphics to display in an X-window by either
> method, while programs which use VGA graphics mostly work OK in the
> console (provided this is on the same physiacl machine as the one
> running dosemu, and not over a network).
VMware supports virtual machines. That means you can install a DOS virtual
machine as well as a Windows virtual machine. I've done that and it worked
well. You can run that DOS virtual machine in an X window or full screen.
Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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