Re: old dos and win3.1 games on Debian Etch amd64
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Paul Johnson wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:29:55PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 06:21:51PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now I have an AMD Athlon 3800+ with 1 GB ram, run Debian Etch amd64 with
>>>> the nVidia driver in icewm.
>>>>
>>>> I have the dos 6.3 set of 5 floppies and the Windows 3.11 set of 6
>>>> floppies. I also have the Harpoon for windows CD.
>>>>
>>>> The question is what app to run to make it work. The choices seem to be
>>>>
>>>> dosbox
>>>>
>>>> qemu
>>>>
>>>> bochs
>>>>
>>> wine started its life as a windows 3.11 emulator (or non-emulatr,
>>> whatever).
>>>
>> Not in amd64.
>>
> At this point, I still think it's too early to run a 64-bit environment
> unless you actually have programs that require 64-bit support. Too much
> stuff still only supports a 32-bit environment. You're shooting
> yourself in the foot if you're running 64-bit on a desktop with no
> explicit need.
>
I'd disagree. 32bit + 64bit kernel is always a good idea, and 64 bit
userlands are fine. The exception is if you have to use binary blobs,
and even then kludgy wrappers do exist.
I run a 64 bit userland on a PPC machine (this _IS_ a bad idea, but I
need the speed..)
@Doug,
I do love old machines, let us know how you go. I have some disks that
you're welcome to, perhaps we can work something out with shipping? If
you have some old kit lying around, perhaps we could trade?
Regards
Rich
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