On 9/14/2011 6:14 AM, Zbigniew wrote:
> Most probably you can run on your multicore machine concurrent 
> sessions of DOSBOX (or DOSEMU).
>> modern hardware can emulate older hardware.  Now you have
>> a clean means of supporting modern hardware for people using old DOS
>> applications.  Want your multi function printer to appear as a standard
>> printer, fax machine, and scanner?  No problem.
> I'm not that sure - but someone of FreeDOS developers will surely know
> better, if it won't be any problem.
>
> But, actually, why you want another DOSBOX to be created? You've got
> already DOSBOX and DOSEMU... it's not enough?

DOSBox is pretty close, but not perfect.  It doesn't implement 
Ctrl-Break processing, loadable device drivers, etc.  It is a good DOS 
emulation and it can be extended, as the HAL9000 builds do.  (Those 
builds add the networking hardware emulation that I use.)


Mike


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