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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > How much RAM does qemu use?
>
> That depends on the OS that you are running inside of it. For Windows
> on BL3 you will probably need at least 32MB.
>
> > Do you think it works better than dosemu, which seems designed mostly for
> > games and did not work right with three wordprocessors?
>
> Yes, qemu should work fine with any DOS wordprocessor that uses VGA
> for graphics, but you will need X or svgalib for display.
>
> David

Why do you need graphics for display of a nongraphical wordprocessor such 
as WP 5.1, which I use on a TTL monitor in DOS?  (It also works in VGA but 
displays red instead of underline, etc., which I hate.  You have to choose 
between underline or bold, can't do both).  It displays in plain dosemu 
but works terribly, partly because of alt-F1 etc. working in linux, not 
DOS.  How would qemu handle Alt-F1?

My partner wants to use his text editor in qemu.  It works in dosemu.

Sindi