Subj : Re: Tradewars 2002
To   : mark lewis
From : Ryan Fantus
Date : Tue Jun 23 2020 00:24:45

 ml> i've not tried it yet but do plan to when i move my existing (6 or 8)
 ml> TW2002 games to my new setup on linux...

Sadly modern 64 bit linux kernels, like modern Windows and MacOS, have
deprecated true backwards compatibility with 16 bit programs. This makes
dosemu something of an exception to the rule since it still works in a lot of
cases. That said, the DPMI stuff required by TW2002 will more than likely not
work. The only way to make it work would be to use an old or custom compiled
linux kernel (I haven't gotten a custom kernel to work), run an old linux
distro and never upgrade (dangerous!), or run a 32 bit distro which may or
may not be deprecated soon.

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