DOS ain't dead

Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 (Users)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 22.01.2016, 01:58

> > and the same guy wrote a simple example (very limited subset!) emulator
> called hvdos.
>
> Nice and simple. I'd like to see a similar example for windows or bare
> metal in C...

You mean like 8086tiny or Fake86? No, you presumably mean hardware-assisted.

BTW, here's what resident guru Eric Auer says:

> If you use Dosemu (in Linux) or Dosbox (Linux, Windows),
> you will NOT need VT-X and you CAN run multiple,
> even graphical, threads sharing the SAME (virtual)
> disk drives because they are simply host OS dirs.
>
> I think the thread is way too pessimistic about
> DOS in boxes and WAY too optimistic about using
> task switchers together with modern DOS software
> on also modern raw hardware.

Complete thread:

• Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - CluelessInSeattl, 17.01.2016, 21:13
  • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Laaca, 17.01.2016, 22:40
    • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Rugxulo, 17.01.2016, 23:41
      • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - RayeR, 18.01.2016, 14:08
  • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - tom, 19.01.2016, 13:09
    • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Rugxulo, 19.01.2016, 14:48
      • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - tom, 19.01.2016, 18:41
        • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - marcov, 20.01.2016, 10:57
          • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Rugxulo, 21.01.2016, 08:03
            • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - RayeR, 21.01.2016, 23:34
              • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - Rugxulo, 22.01.2016, 01:58
                • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - RayeR, 26.01.2016, 19:04
  • Old Noob wants to graduate from MS-DOS 6.21 - ron, 19.01.2016, 23:13