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Hi!

I recently read that dosemu is now capable of running 16 bit Windows
in real mode.  I only have Windows for Workgroups, which won't run in
real mode, so I haven't been able to test this myself.

Does anyone know how useful a dosemu/Windows combination is; ie can it
be used for real applications (eg Quark Xpress), or is it strictly for
playing solitaire?

Any advice would be appreciated.

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Quote:> Hi!

> I recently read that dosemu is now capable of running 16 bit Windows
> in real mode.  I only have Windows for Workgroups, which won't run in
> real mode, so I haven't been able to test this myself.

> Does anyone know how useful a dosemu/Windows combination is; ie can it
> be used for real applications (eg Quark Xpress), or is it strictly for
> playing solitaire?

> Any advice would be appreciated.

DOSEMU is for dos, for the most part.  I've heard that people are able
to run OS/2-Win3.1 and Win95 OS/R2 under 'Dosemu', but that is a different
story.  AFAIK, normal 16-bit Win 3.1 doesn't work.  Wine works though.  
You don't want to run 'Windows' anyway... you want to run individual
'Windows Applications'.

Get a DOSemu/Wine/DEXE combo. You may be surprised how well it all works
together.