[TriLUG] 16 bit DOS apps under Linux?

[Mark Turner]

Greg Brown wrote:
> This client basically exists to run an old DOS app which 
> communicates over a serial card.  My understanding is (hotgrits, tell me 
> if this is true) that I can emulate 16 bit DOS using qmenu, or whatever 
> that program was named.

QEMU is overkill for DOS. I'd go with DOSEMU. It's been a while, but I 
seem to recall it being pretty easy to access the serial ports:

http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/docs/README/1.2/config.html#AEN239

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Mark Turner
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