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Re: Running LDraw via a DOS emulator?
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Date: 
Fri, 14 May 1999 08:54:43 GMT
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"Moz (Chris Moseley)" <moz1@ihug.com.au> writes:

>  Give me a couple of weeks to get my decent PC organised, flatten this
>  one and put RH6 on it, and I'll have a play. Hopefully I won't have to
>  recode DOSEMU to make it go.

Wow, that would be great!

>  Worst case will be the kernal not allowing LEdit enough hardware access
>  for the video modes it needs, and that would not surprise me.

I don't know too much about these issues, of course, but I think DOSEMU
is supposed to be able to show console graphics, if that is the correct
term.

>  Is RTM.EXE actually in that directory? And is the case correct?
>  Remember that DOS and linux differ over the importance of case :)

They are both in the same directory.  As for the case, how do I check?
Should I try to mount the DOS partition in Linux and upcase all the
filenames?

>  Hmm, I'd try linux.dev.msdos or linux.dev.config, or comp.os.linux.setup
>  if you don't get the linux hierarchy. That one is a bit beyond me.

I think I'll try comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.  It'll be interesting
to see if this works.  Thanks for the help!

Fredrik



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  Re: Running LDraw via a DOS emulator?
 
Fredrik Glöckner wrote (...) Your error message had it all in lower case, so I'd be really tempted to copy the directory to a real filesystem (fs2 or whatever you're using) and force it all to lower case, then see if it runs. ie: mv (...) (27 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: Running LDraw via a DOS emulator?
 
Fredrik Glöckner wrote (...) Give me a couple of weeks to get my decent PC organised, flatten this one and put RH6 on it, and I'll have a play. Hopefully I won't have to recode DOSEMU to make it go. Worst case will be the kernal not allowing LEdit (...) (27 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.cad)

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