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Subject: Dosemu2 Date: Mon Nov 06 2023 08:46 am
From: Nightfox To: MIKE POWELL

  Re: Dosemu2
  By: MIKE POWELL to ALL on Sun Nov 05 2023 03:39 pm

 MP> After a discussion in a Synchronet support echo, I decided to give dosemu2
 MP> a look for my DOS-based BBS.

 MP> After using git to obtain the code for it and a couple of dependencies,

Git?  Is there no pre-built dosemu2 package for your Linux distro?

 MP> and apt installing a bunch of other dependencies, I have come to realize
 MP> that dosemu2 maybe only works on 64-bit machines?

 MP> Since I am trying to run 16 and 32 bit programs, as are most folks running
 MP> bbses and tryng to use dosemu2 to spawn doors, I am not real sure why a
 MP> "64-bit Freedos kernel" should be necessary or even beneficial.

I'm not sure about most sysops, but I'm running my BBS on a 64-bit PC, and dosem
u2 is able to run DOS doors.

Nightfox

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