Subj : Re: Running FREEDOS on Raspbery Pi
To : Darryl Perry
From : Paul Hayton
Date : Sat Dec 27 2014 09:12 am
On 12/26/14, Darryl Perry pondered and said...
DP> I don't know how many people out there have a Raspberry Pi, but I
DP> thought I'd put this out there.
Just got one for Christmas :-)
DP> I run Mystic BBS on my Raspberry Pi, and until now, I could not run dos
DP> doors. Most Sysops who run linux have to run dosemu to emulate dos. But
DP> dosemu has not been ported to run on the RPi yet. So, dosemu is not an
DP> option for RPi.
I've been running Mystic under Windows and have not attempted Linux (yet) but
wanted to give it a go with the Pi, so this is all helpful info thanks..
DP> But, I have discovered a new app called 8986tiny that is a dos emulator
DP> that runs freedos.... on the Raspberry Pi!
DP> If you run raspbian, you can simply do a 'apt-get install 8086tiny',
DP> then run it from anywhere as '8086tiny'
DP> I thought you would like to know. Enjoy!
Cool, thanks for sharing Darryl. I may yet pick your brains a bit (if that's
ok) as I try and set up a test system on the Pi.
Cheers, Paul
`I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going' - Kerr Avon, Blake's 7
