Re: Dos 6.22

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

OK, Kari, I think I have to accept regretfully that Virtual Box is
not the way to go at this time in Win 8 for Dos 6.22 and Win 3.11.
What other avenues, tried or untried, would you recommend for Windows
8? Do you also think it would be pointless to try FreeDOS with
networking and Xywrite? (I coudn't get the networking to work, but
I'm sure that's just because of unfamiliarity, rustiness and yes,
let's admit it, stupidity.) Many thanks, Bill


At 10/02/2013 18:08, you wrote:
> I managed to do some testing in Virtual Box. I have MS-DOS 6.22 +
> Win 3.11 running ok. When run in full-screen mode, mouse cursor
> movement is acceptable, otherwise there are serious problems caused
> by an unmanageable and erratic mouse cursor. There are major
> difficulties in finding a good 1024x768 display driver (the S3
> trio64V 1.70.04 1024x768 256 C SF, which works in Virtual PC, does
> not work here). It seems that some people are using patches to
> overcome this limitation. MS SVGA driver works ok, but is hardly
> enough. It is not easy to exchange information between the host and
> guest systems as there are no DOS additions available. The overall
> experience is not up to what I have in Virtual PC. Moreover, Virtual
> Box caused a lockup of files on my desktop, which needed a reboot to
> fix. This stuff may be too overpowering for my liking.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
> lexitec@xxxxxxxx
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