Re: DOS emulators

Felix Miata <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:40:22 -0500
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-msdos
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tomas By composed on 2021-01-19 13:26 (UTC+0100):

> I'm trying to run a DOS program under Linux, and have tried these:

> DOSbox: fails because the program needs SHARE.EXE
> QEMU/FreeDOS: fails immediately with message about interrupt
> QEMU/MS-DOS 6.22: fails after a while with internal error code
> DosEMU (2): fails after a while with same internal error code
> Virtualbox/MS-DOS 6.22: works

> However, I need to get data in and out, so Virtualbox is not optimal,
> and I'd like it to be simple and minimal, like QEMU.

> Are there any other options?

OS/2 has always advertised itself as a better DOS than DOS.
https://www.arcanoae.com/

If it's a one time thing, maybe there's a user near you that can help.
https://warp.groups.io/g/main
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