Re: DOS emulators

On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:26:19 +0100
Tomas By <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> 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?
> 
> /Tomas

IMO Dosemu2 is actively maintained and errors are corrected - you
should get involved, report bugs on the project page, and work
together to fix the bug.
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Franta Hanzlik