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Using Fabrice Bellard's runcom to run COM files under Linux (Announce)

posted by Arjay, 21.03.2012, 19:53

> (note that with "intel" they mean 32-bit x86 class, not CPU's made by Intel
> only)
Correct. sorry for the tired typo. However obviously devices emulating such processors can also benefit. e.g. JSLinux. I should also mention for those interested that I noted that Fabrice created a related util called "qruncom" which was part of his "libqemu" package for QEMU - search for "qruncom.c"

> But the main problem of this technology, like all hardware VM based
> solutions, is that won't work under 64-bit OSes?
It will via an emulated CPU, e.g. as is the case of JSLinux via a browser.

> Hence, investing in this kind of technology at this point doesn't really
> make sense, since for direct usage there are mature solutions like dosemu.
For many people at this stage I would agree with you. However this is a personal choice and for those of us who are interested in working with lower level OS stuff and working to ensure flexibility for running DOS apps across platforms then runcom offers up interesting possibilities over DOSEMU etc.

Complete thread:

• Using Fabrice Bellard's runcom to run COM files under Linux - Arjay, 21.03.2012, 01:17 (Announce)
  • Using Fabrice Bellard's runcom to run COM files under Linux - marcov, 21.03.2012, 13:43
    • Using Fabrice Bellard's runcom to run COM files under Linux - Arjay, 21.03.2012, 19:53
      • Using Fabrice Bellard's runcom to run COM files under Linux - Ibidem, 30.03.2012, 01:00
        • Using Fabrice Bellard's runcom to run COM files under Linux - Rugxulo, 31.03.2012, 00:47
        • Using Fabrice Bellard's runcom to run COM files under Linux - marcov, 31.03.2012, 09:15
          • libx86 / Alpha - Rugxulo, 10.04.2012, 00:26
    • Using Fabrice Bellard's runcom to run COM files under Linux - Rugxulo, 19.04.2012, 05:40
  • Emu8080-Stefan Tramm's Intel 8080 CPU Emulator running CP/M - Arjay, 16.04.2012, 21:14
    • Emu8080-Stefan Tramm's Intel 8080 CPU Emulator running CP/M - Rugxulo, 17.04.2012, 00:03
    • Emu8080-Stefan Tramm's Intel 8080 CPU Emulator running CP/M - Ibidem, 17.04.2012, 08:47
      • Emu8080-Stefan Tramm's Intel 8080 CPU Emulator running CP/M - Rugxulo, 17.04.2012, 19:49
    • Grant Searle's CP/M on breadboard - updated 21st April 2012 - Arjay, 22.04.2012, 18:57
      • Grant Searle's CP/M on breadboard - updated 26th April 2012 - Arjay, 04.05.2012, 22:54
        • Grant Searle's CP/M on breadboard - updated 26th April 2012 - Arjay, 02.08.2012, 00:37
          • Grant Searle's CP/M on breadboard - updated 23th July 2013 - Arjay, 05.08.2013, 19:05