Subj : MS-DOS Emulation -use To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Jul 25 2020 08:38:00 Hi Ky! > > > .. Be an iconoclast. Stay with DOS. KM> Oh, I see. The message is up above! KM> KM> This was a minimalist message? :) > I guess! Sort of a reaction to Lee saying we yakked to much! KM> He's gonna have a long wait for us to shut up ..."No such user" ??!! > Anyway, referenced an article on using the Raspberry Pi to emulate > MS-DOS and optionally as a couple of early Windows versions: > https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/build-a-dos-emulation-system?mc_c > id=7589d7823d&mc_eid=b112add5d7 KM> Ooh, neat! Never thought of running Win3.1 on a Pi, but now that KM> I think of it... Win3.1 just needs DOS to run, so DOSBox should KM> work to host it. So I guess it is easier to understand the information when the information is present! Back in the old days I had a Windows and if I started DOS then opened Windows it worked fine but if I configured it to start at Windows and shell to DOS would in short time lock up. Had others check and they didn't find a problem with the hardware nor software. (Guess that was the start of my annoyance with Windows.) As far as running Windows on an RPi, I think the article suggested a Raspberry Pi 4 -- faster than the earlier versions so a plus there. I'd probably go with the 8 GB version over the 4 -- for this application saving a few dollars on the less expensive option isn't worth it. OTOH one of the nice things about the Pi's is one can remove the SD card, insert another and it's a 'different' computer! Easy to see if one likes something, is fine with the response or an upgrade is worthwhile. ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® ¯ (Humans know what ® ¯ to remove.) ® .... When tempted to fight fire w/fire, remember Fire Department uses water. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .