DOS emulators

DOS emulators

[Tomas By]

Hi all,

I'm trying to run a DOS program under Linux, and have tried these:

DOSbox: fails because the program needs SHARE.EXE
QEMU/FreeDOS: fails immediately with message about interrupt
QEMU/MS-DOS 6.22: fails after a while with internal error code
DosEMU (2): fails after a while with same internal error code
Virtualbox/MS-DOS 6.22: works

However, I need to get data in and out, so Virtualbox is not optimal,
and I'd like it to be simple and minimal, like QEMU.

Are there any other options?

/Tomas

Re: DOS emulators

[John Coppens]

On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:26:19 +0100
Tomas By <tomas@basun.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to run a DOS program under Linux, and have tried these:

It would be useful to have the exact error messages, and *which* program
is failing...

However, I've found this reference which might be of help:

https://www.techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/dos-programs-that-require-shareexe/
(particularly the reference that, in some cases, just the presence of share.exe is
necessary - it's not really used)

Did you try to run your program under Wine?

John

Re: DOS emulators

[Tavis Ormandy]

On 2021-01-19, Tomas By <tomas@basun.net> wrote:
> I'm trying to run a DOS program under Linux, and have tried these:
>

You might have to give more details, what program is this, and what is
the exact error? In dosemu, you can get more details from the boot.log
file in your ~/.dosemu directory.

I exchange data with the host in dosemu over redirected drives. For
example, I like to use 1-2-3, so this makes my Documents directory
accessible as I:\ in DOS:

LREDIR I: \\linux\fs\home\taviso\Documents

Tavis.

-- 
 _o)            $ lynx lock.cmpxchg8b.com
 /\\  _o)  _o)  $ finger taviso@sdf.org
_\_V _( ) _( )  @taviso

Re: DOS emulators

[Felix Miata]

Tomas By composed on 2021-01-19 13:26 (UTC+0100):

> I'm trying to run a DOS program under Linux, and have tried these:

> DOSbox: fails because the program needs SHARE.EXE
> QEMU/FreeDOS: fails immediately with message about interrupt
> QEMU/MS-DOS 6.22: fails after a while with internal error code
> DosEMU (2): fails after a while with same internal error code
> Virtualbox/MS-DOS 6.22: works

> However, I need to get data in and out, so Virtualbox is not optimal,
> and I'd like it to be simple and minimal, like QEMU.

> Are there any other options?

OS/2 has always advertised itself as a better DOS than DOS.
https://www.arcanoae.com/

If it's a one time thing, maybe there's a user near you that can help.
https://warp.groups.io/g/main
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Re: DOS emulators

[Franta Hanzlík]

On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:26:19 +0100
Tomas By <tomas@basun.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to run a DOS program under Linux, and have tried these:
> 
> DOSbox: fails because the program needs SHARE.EXE
> QEMU/FreeDOS: fails immediately with message about interrupt
> QEMU/MS-DOS 6.22: fails after a while with internal error code
> DosEMU (2): fails after a while with same internal error code
> Virtualbox/MS-DOS 6.22: works
> 
> However, I need to get data in and out, so Virtualbox is not optimal,
> and I'd like it to be simple and minimal, like QEMU.
> 
> Are there any other options?
> 
> /Tomas

IMO Dosemu2 is actively maintained and errors are corrected - you
should get involved, report bugs on the project page, and work
together to fix the bug.
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Franta Hanzlik