From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 28 16:46:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5860B16A4B3 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 411F743FCB for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:46:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from mail.messagingengine.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E88522EB7A; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:44:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 10.202.2.150 ([10.202.2.150] helo=mail.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:44:34 -0400 X-Epoch: 1064792674 X-Sasl-enc: pwjBJZ1rwH03IfSsHEGO9Q Received: from sparky (dialup-67.74.84.28.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.84.28]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FED2233E57; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:44:32 -0400 (EDT) To: christian serb , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3F77393D.7777.1B3E57A@localhost> Message-ID: From: Jud Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:44:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <3F77393D.7777.1B3E57A@localhost> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 3131 Subject: Re: can FreeBSD run dos X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:46:39 -0000 On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:40:45 +0200, christian serb wrote: >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 09:51:50AM -0500, fred wrote: >> > I am new to different OS's . >> > Can this Os run Wordperfect 5.1 for dos??? >> >> You can use vmware2 (version 3 works only for FreeBSD 5.x) to run a >> vertual machine. This way you could run your old programs. > i've coincidentally found that: > > Xdos is available at 1. sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/Incoming (will > probably be moved to > /pub/Linux/ALPHA/dosemu ) > > source: > http://groups.google.de/groups?q=xdos&hl=de&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF- > 8&newwindow=1&selm=2ji219%24qkv%40klaava.Helsinki.FI&rnum=1 I believe xdos/dosemu requires an actual DOS partition on the machine (someone please let me know if that's incorrect). So again, the point would be, if you are going to install DOS, why not just run WordPerfect from it? Jud