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Is it possible to display VGA (or greater?) level DOS graphics in an
X-Window?  If not, is it planned?  I've seen lots of references to how
good DOSEMU is with graphics on the console, but can it be done in an
X-Window?

Thanks for any info!

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James Gurganus

Yes, dosemu supports a "Dos Box".
When you compile dosemu you will have a file "xdos" that is a symbolic
link to "dos".

If you can run dosemu in graphics mode from your console, the xdos box
will run fine.

It is well worth the effort to compile and run.

BTW, the MKS Toolkit (unix shell for DOS{real dos}) runs perfectly under
dosemu.
You might even forget that your dos box is DOS!

Rick
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Rick Mantooth

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 ->Is it possible to display VGA (or greater?) level DOS graphics in an
 ->X-Window?  If not, is it planned?  I've seen lots of references to how
 ->good DOSEMU is with graphics on the console, but can it be done in an
 ->X-Window?

 -Yes, dosemu supports a "Dos Box".
 -When you compile dosemu you will have a file "xdos" that is a symbolic
 -link to "dos".

 -If you can run dosemu in graphics mode from your console, the xdos box
 -will run fine.

 -It is well worth the effort to compile and run.

 -BTW, the MKS Toolkit (unix shell for DOS{real dos}) runs perfectly under
 -dosemu.
 -You might even forget that your dos box is DOS!

I think that the question was 'Will xdos display VGA graphics?'.  If so,
then the answer is no, and I don't know if it is planned.  It seems like
it was a goal, but I haven't heard of any movement toward the goal.  If
will display ansi character graphics if you have ansi-xterm, but as far
as running things like Doom in an xdos session, the answer is no, it
won't work.
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