-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Allums wrote: > Ken Heard wrote: >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I should have explained in my original post what I wanted to do. In the >> short run I want to run a Windows version of WordPerfect and so have >> access to WordPerfect 5.1 (a DOS app) files that I have been creating >> since the 80s, the contents of which I want to use now in a book I am >> putting together. >> >> I was thinking of installing on VBox Windows 98, the only Windows >> version I have, and install WP 7 or later for Windows in order to access >> my WP 5.1 files. In this way I can save my WP 5.1 files in ps or pdf >> and use them elsewhere. (I tried using OpenOffice but WP formatting is >> lost when opening WP files in OOo.) >> >> So it would appear from the posts that I should use VirtualBox for now. >> I could also install DOS on it and see if DOS apps work better on VBox >> than on dosemu. >> >> Thank you all for your advice. > > > VBox will still provide your full virtualized CPU; so if trying DOS, > disable as much as you can, like hardware support for virtualization. Be > sure you run in a 32-bit mode. DOS is not compatible with the most > recent CPUs from Intel. 16-bit support is there (barely), but the > chipset and motherboard will make it dicey. 64-bit mode is completely > incompatible with a 16-bit program. > > For what you are doing, I think VBox is a good choice. > > M. Allums
I don't have a VirtualBox installation here, so I can't check, but I do believe that you can tell VirtualBox that you are running MS-DOS in your VM, just as you can tell it's running Linux or Windows. I assume this will automatically set the settings you are referencing. I could be wrong though. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksQTYsACgkQkPq5zKsAFiiMUgCePFVWQ81EYv1CalCJoa6cOgNo D4oAn0wX/HozrdjK5yq5rlggUlmRliTC =ws/1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
