Ubuntu-us-ga Digest, Vol 10, Issue 37

Eric Weir eeweir at bellsouth.net
Tue Oct 30 23:54:05 GMT 2007


On 10/30/2007 Kevin Fishburne wrote:
> If you run Dosbox and type "intro" at the prompt it will give you the 
> syntax to mount drives in it. You can mount any directory on your 
> filesystem as a drive in Doxbox. Whatever files the DOS programs 
> create/modify should be reflected in your normal filesystem.
>
> To create a configuration file for Dosbox (so you can edit its 
> settings), type "config -writeconf dosbox.conf" at the Dosbox prompt. 
> To toggle fullscreen press /Alt-Enter/ or you can make the change 
> permanent by editing dosbox.conf (self-explanatory when you look at 
> the file's contents).
>
Thanks, Kevin. You've given me hope. Sounds pretty straightforward. If 
it turns out I /can/ run Maxthink under K/Ubuntu, I will be so happy. 
Maybe my other application -- InfoSelect -- will run under Wine.

Sincerely,
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eeweir at bellsouth.net




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