Subj : Re: Retro virtualization platform?
To   : acn
From : McDoob
Date : Sun Dec 26 2021 15:59:09

 ac> So my question is: Does anybody else use a 'hosted environment' for  
 ac> retro PC OSes?

One of the (many) projects I'm working on is rebuilding the 'game' that got
me an A+ in grade 10 and 11. In order to do this, I had to recreate a DOS
environment, with the editors and compilers installed (Borland TPascal).

DOSBox didn't work. It didn't properly emulate the video hardware. So, I
tried VirtualBox. Everything seemed to work, at first. I could code and
compile programs. But...VirtualBox doesn't send direct keycodes to the
environment, so I couldn't use any ASCII scancodes (ie '°±²'). So, I tried
again with VMWare Workstation. And now, everything is perfect!

Sh!t. Just now, I realized what you meant by 'hosted environment', and...never
mind... (v_v) Technically, my virtual machines are hosted on my local PC. But
that's not what you're talking about at all...

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

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