[clue] Linux and DOS

[CP Constantine]

On 3/27/2012 9:37 AM, Raymond de Roo wrote:
> William--
>
>> Good morning all, I heard once that Linux will run DOS. Can you point me in the right direction? I've got some proprietory software that I would like to run on a newer OS. Thanks in advance.
>
> I'm not sure where you might have heard this, but to my knowledge it is not true. You can dual boot a system to linux or DOS, or you can run DOS in some form of virtualization. I keep a FreeDOS ( http:// freedos.org/ ) virtual machine ( https://www.virtualbox.org/ ) on my systems to test dBase III / IV and Clipper applications and find it works well for me.
>
> Hope this helps you out.
>
> Raymond
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http://www.dosbox.com

Works well enough to run games, so I'm /hoping/ it will run your old 
software (might have issues it it uses network or serial)