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BeLinux
Joined: 26 Jun 2013 Posts: 6 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Thu 11 Jul 2013, 18:25 Post subject:
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Hello,
Where can I find a DOSEMU package (PUP, SFS or other) for Precise Puppy 5.6.1 ?
TIA for your help.
Linux Be
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Semme

Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 7827 Location: World_Hub
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Posted: Fri 12 Jul 2013, 07:40 Post subject:
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Set your repos and update.. dosemu_1.4.0+svn.2010-1_i386.deb +deps is in there.
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nitehawk

Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 655 Location: West Central Florida
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Posted: Mon 15 Jul 2013, 20:09 Post subject:
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Been looking for a Dosemu myself. Only I need it in a .pet for Racy. I'll keep doing the Puppy search,...maybe something there.
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RetroTechGuy

Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2852 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue 16 Jul 2013, 17:01 Post subject:
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nitehawk wrote: | Been looking for a Dosemu myself. Only I need it in a .pet for Racy. I'll keep doing the Puppy search,...maybe something there. |
You might find it in here (I did see Dosbox in the Quirky packages subfolder):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/
Or perhaps try installing from the distro:
http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/
I don't know enough about Racy or Precise to tell you what other sources might work.
Under Lucid, I regularly install Debian packages... I (don't think I have this under 5.28 at the moment, but...)
http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/dosemu
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Flash
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Posted: Tue 16 Jul 2013, 21:35 Post subject:
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Does DOSEMU run DOS programs in Linux?
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RetroTechGuy

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Posted: Tue 16 Jul 2013, 23:44 Post subject:
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Flash wrote: | Does DOSEMU run DOS programs in Linux? |
Yup. It gives you a DOS command line (and file system).
And since machines that run DOS are getting rare...
(granted, software that runs in DOS is also getting rare...)
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Flash
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Posted: Tue 16 Jul 2013, 23:48 Post subject:
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Actually at least one shop program was written in DOS. After many years of troubleshooting and tweaking, it works well. Redoing it would be a painful and expensive process, just really not an option if there is any other choice.
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Makoto

Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 2097 Location: Out wandering... maybe.
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Posted: Wed 17 Jul 2013, 00:19 Post subject:
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I probably should note there's also DOSBox, as an option.
As for DOS software going away... I wouldn't entirely say that. It's still being produced, in the form of console/CLI software. You just don't hear about it, as much, because everyone looks for GUI-based software first and foremost.
(...and yes, there's often a number of Linux command-line program ports in there...)
We're raising the next generation unable to use the command-line, I tell you.
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nitehawk

Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 655 Location: West Central Florida
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Posted: Wed 17 Jul 2013, 18:28 Post subject:
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RetroTechGuy wrote: | nitehawk wrote: | Been looking for a Dosemu myself. Only I need it in a .pet for Racy. I'll keep doing the Puppy search,...maybe something there. |
You might find it in here (I did see Dosbox in the Quirky packages subfolder):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/
Or perhaps try installing from the distro:
http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/
I don't know enough about Racy or Precise to tell you what other sources might work.
Under Lucid, I regularly install Debian packages... I (don't think I have this under 5.28 at the moment, but...)
http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/dosemu |
Hey! Thanks for the link. I'm an old diehard that still uses some Dos programs.
EDIT..eh,..no luck so far. Oh well,...guess I could switch Puppies so that I could use the Debian version (so easy to do).
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RetroTechGuy

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Posted: Wed 17 Jul 2013, 18:44 Post subject:
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nitehawk wrote: | RetroTechGuy wrote: | nitehawk wrote: | Been looking for a Dosemu myself. Only I need it in a .pet for Racy. I'll keep doing the Puppy search,...maybe something there. |
You might find it in here (I did see Dosbox in the Quirky packages subfolder):
http://distro.ibiblio.org/quirky/
Or perhaps try installing from the distro:
http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/
I don't know enough about Racy or Precise to tell you what other sources might work.
Under Lucid, I regularly install Debian packages... I (don't think I have this under 5.28 at the moment, but...)
http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/dosemu |
Hey! Thanks for the link. I'm an old diehard that still uses some Dos programs.
EDIT..eh,..no luck so far. Oh well,...guess I could switch Puppies so that I could use the Debian version (so easy to do). |
As also mentioned, give DOSBOX a try also. I think that I've played with both, and both seemed fine.
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nitehawk

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Posted: Wed 17 Jul 2013, 21:00 Post subject:
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Too late, Retro,..
already got Macpup 529 installed (forgot just how nice it is)...and have Dosemu up and running. Dosbox always seemed a bit confusing to me (having to use the Z: drive,..instead of the old C: drive thingy. I'll try fooling more with Dosbox, though ..mayge I'll like it just as much. Who knows?
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RetroTechGuy

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Posted: Thu 18 Jul 2013, 15:44 Post subject:
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Makoto wrote: | I probably should note there's also DOSBox, as an option.
As for DOS software going away... I wouldn't entirely say that. It's still being produced, in the form of console/CLI software. You just don't hear about it, as much, because everyone looks for GUI-based software first and foremost.
(...and yes, there's often a number of Linux command-line program ports in there...)
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I remember the look on my co-workers faces when they walked behind me on an XP machine, and I was working in the DOS window...
Unfortunately, the XP family doesn't have a REAL DOS window, so it's a bit unstable* when running some programs (I have lots of old Fortran code that I run -- I have pretty much moved over to running it all under Puppy).
* (by unstable, I really mean "unstable" -- a code will run one time, and fail the next 2 times, then run the one after...unpredictably unstable...)
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Makoto

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Posted: Thu 18 Jul 2013, 23:51 Post subject:
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Makoto wrote: | I probably should note there's also DOSBox, as an option. |
Yeah, I should stop skimming topics before I reply.
RetroTechGuy wrote: | I remember the look on my co-workers faces when they walked behind me on an XP machine, and I was working in the DOS window...
Unfortunately, the XP family doesn't have a REAL DOS window, so it's a bit unstable* when running some programs (I have lots of old Fortran code that I run -- I have pretty much moved over to running it all under Puppy).
* (by unstable, I really mean "unstable" -- a code will run one time, and fail the next 2 times, then run the one after...unpredictably unstable...) |
Hmm... I don't remember the CLI in XP being that unstable... but then, I didn't try to do much in the way of programming with it. That's what my 9X/ME or earlier machines are for, with the true DOS setups.
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BeLinux
Joined: 26 Jun 2013 Posts: 6 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Mon 07 Oct 2013, 18:05 Post subject:
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Semme wrote: | Set your repos and update.. dosemu_1.4.0+svn.2010-1_i386.deb +deps is in there. |
Thank you for your help.
I was able to install and use DOSEMU on Puppy Precise.
Do you know if it is also possible to install DOSEMU on Puppy Racy ?
Are they compatible ?
TIA.
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