+1 to this idea....
On 9 January 2013 at 20:54, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > >> A hypervisor that can run dosbox and make modern hardware work > >> with old dos programs anyone? How about dosbox running on a Pentium 133 > >> or a Pentium 166 machine with 16 megs of ram? > > > > Insufficient demand to justify the effort. > > > There may not be a lot of demand, but I see it as an interesting hack > for someone to try. > > Actually, I proposed something like that a few years ago: create a > custom Linux "spin" (mini-distribution) that boots a minimal > environment, and starts up DOSEmu on virtual console 1, immediately > booting a copy of FreeDOS. Maybe you can even provide the option to > start additional DOSEmu+FreeDOS instances on the other virtual > consoles, just by connecting to them and "logging in" (probably by > pressing Enter). > http://www.freedos.org/jhall/blog/?id=20090422-143518 > > I don't know if it's possible to run multiple console DOSEmu instances > on the same box, since I've only ever tried to run one (and XDOSEmu at > that). Yes, that's overkill for booting DOS on a modern computer, but > an interesting idea. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master Java SE, Java EE, Eclipse, Spring, Hibernate, JavaScript, jQuery > and much more. Keep your Java skills current with LearnJavaNow - > 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Java experts. > SALE $49.99 this month only -- learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122612 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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