[Simh] simh and dos

[Bill Cunningham]

Simh will probably never emulate a more modern system. At least not the main distro. That's not simh's purpose to my knowledge. MSDOS just isn't old enough :)

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Cunningham 
  To: Davis Johnson ; simh at trailing-edge.com 
  Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 3:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [Simh] simh and dos


  Yeah I've heard of RDOS and X <something>DOS. I have virtual PC 2007 and dosbox does work. I still like SIMh the best. 

  B

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Davis Johnson 
    To: Bill Cunningham 
    Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 3:43 PM
    Subject: Re: [Simh] simh and dos


    None of the SIMH emulators emulate a machine MS/DOS would run on. There are other operating systems called DOS (disk operating system) that have nothing to do with MS/DOS. Many of the SIMH emulators will run one of these DOS operating systems.

    DOS may run on a VM using vmware, under emulation by, BOCHS, dosbox, boxer etc.


    On 03/19/2016 04:28 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:

      The thing is I don't know the emulators well enough to know which one(s) do or don't do that. I've only used say three of them and never Altair. Vax, PDP-11 and PDP-8.

      Bill
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Davis Johnson 
        To: simh at trailing-edge.com 
        Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 2:24 PM
        Subject: Re: [Simh] simh and dos


        Emulating a 5-slot PC or 8-slot PC/XT so that you can run actual MS/DOS would be closer to the SIMH way.


        On 03/19/2016 03:04 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:

              I personally think simh is one of the highest quality simulator systems you can get. Do any of the emulators like altair or so emulate MS DOS of any version? Or can they? If not might it in the future?

          Bill


           

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