Run DOS progs?

doug · Post by **doug** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:28 pm

Can an old DOS program (like BASIC) be run in Wine? If so, how do you
set it up?

--doug

Martin Gregorie · Post by **Martin Gregorie** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:46 pm

On Wed, 2011-12-21 at 19:27 -0500, doug wrote:

Can an old DOS program (like BASIC) be run in Wine? If so, how do you
set it up?

Wine doesn't run 16 bit programs.

If you want to run DOS programs written for 286/386 processors, take a
look at DOSBox, which emulates a 286/386 with a graphical screen (it
uses SDL as its screen interface) and emulates a SountBlaster sound
card. The website, www.dosbox.com , has a wiki. Its a standard package
for Fedora and may be included in the package list for other Linux
distros.

Martin