
   Dosemu release 0.61.xx

These are the release notes for Dosemu 0.61.xx.  Read them carefully
as they tell you what this is all about.

WHAT IS DOSEMU?

  Dosemu is a project to create a DOS emulator for Linux i386-based
  machines.  <insert good gobbeldy-gook here>

  Dosemu is also currently being ported to NetBSD and some effort is
  being made to get it to run with Bochs (a 80x86 emulator.)  Hopefully
  these efforts will eventually allow Dosemu to move beyond Linux and
  i386 based machines.

DOCUMENTATION;

  Dosemu documentation tends to be rather sparse.  We apologize for this,
  but all of the developers are rather busy folks.  Anyone who would like
  to volunteer to contribute to the documentation effort would be greatly
  appreciated.

  That said, there is some documentation in the ./doc directory.  Some
  effort is made to keep it somewhat up to date.  We're doing our best.

  Incidentally, when we do finally get decent documentation, we may
  move out of ALPHA.  (Imagine!  Most of the code works, but it isn't
  yet documented.)

INSTALLING DOSEMU:

  DOSEMU currently requires the following:
     - gcc 2.5.8 or better (note that the 2.6.x series has some bugs yet)
     - libc 4.5.21
     - linux 1.1.45 (linux 1.2.x strongly recommended)
     - 16 megabytes total memory/swap

  To install DOSEMU, you will need to do the following:
     - configure the compilation  ('configure')
     - configure your options     (edit ./src/config.make & ./src/config.h)
     - compile the system         ('make all')
     - install the system         (log on as root & run 'make install')

  Upgrading from release 0.60:
     - you will need to recopy all of the system utilities
       note that all will still function correctly under dosemu 0.60,
       but the system transfer functions have changed for 0.61

RELEASE NOTES:

  The 0.61.xx versions of Dosemu are considered developer's releases.
  Features will be added often that will cause programs to break.  In
  fact, all of the source code was rearchitected for 0.61 in an effort
  to render the code more comprehensible and more portable.  This has
  probably broken many programs that used to work.

  The Dosemu team is doing it's best to get you high quality code.  Please
  forgive us the inevitable bugs -- if you can send us a detailed bug
  report, we'll do our best to fix your problems.

BUGS:

  What?  You think you've find a bug?  Not too surprising, there are a
  lot of bugs in Dosemu.  We're doing out best to get them straightened
  out.

  If you don't feel brave enough to delve into the depths of Dosemu in
  an effort to find the bug, you can send a bug report to the Dosemu
  developers.

  When sending a bug report, please do not simply say "It doesn't work."
  A full description of the problem, if possible, helps enormously.
  Please try to describe, to the best of your abilities, what you tried to
  do and what doesn't seem to be working.

  Please also include your configuration information when submitting a
  bug report (what version of Linux are you using, what version of Dosemu,
  what your system configuration is, especially your video card; and, if
  can, a summary of your dosemu.conf file.)

  When you discover what you believe to be a bug, please try ensuring that
  it doesn't work with a clean AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS file.

