1 The preliminaries

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1.1 What is dosemu, anyway?

To quote the manual, "dosemu is a user-level program which uses certain special features of the Linux kernel and the 80386 processor to run MS-DOS in what we in the biz call a `DOS box.' The DOS box, a combination of hardware and software trickery, has these capabilities:

1.2 What's the newest version of dosemu and where can I get it?

The newest version of dosemu is dosemu0.50pl1 and can be ftp'ed from the following sites:

     dspsun.eas.asu.edu:/pub/dosemu/
     tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/

1.3 Where can I follow the development?

If you want to follow the development of dosemu, you should consider subscribing to the MSDOS channel on Linux-activists. To subscribe, send mail to linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi. Your mail HEADER or FIRST LINE must contain the line:

                        X-Mn-Admin: join MSDOS
To post to the list, send mail to linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi. Your mail HEADER or FIRST LINE must contain the line:
                        X-Mn-Key: MSDOS

1.4 What documentation is available for dosemu?

The dosemu manual (dosemu.texinfo) written by Robert Sanders has not been updated in some time but is still a good source of information. It is distributed with dosemu.

The "dosemu Novice's Altering Guide" or DANG is a road map to the inner workings of dosemu. It is designed for the adventurous, those who wish to modify the source code themselves. The DANG is maintained by Alistair MacDonald (am20@unix.york.ac.uk) and is posted once in a while to the MSDOS channel of Linux Activists.

The EMU success list (EMUsuccess.txt) is a list of all programs that have been reported to work with dosemu. It is posted once in a while to the MSDOS channel of Linux Activists. The most recent version can be found on dspsun.eas.asu.edu:/pub/dosemu.

And then, of course, there is the dosemu FAQ/HOWTO. But you already know about that, don't you. It is also posted once in a while to the MSDOS channel of Linux Activists. The most recent version can be found on dspsun.eas.asu.edu:/pub/dosemu.

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