Re: ATM Linux and Mel

["Angel Caparros" <wylecoyote@terra.es>]

Linux has an DOS emulator "dosemu".you can run sofware for DOS but...Mel´s
sofware controls hardware at very low level,and this is not allowed by the
kernel,is for that reason you can not run scope.exe properly in a DOS box
inside  LINUX
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Angel Caparrós Vereda
Malaga (Spain)
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Mc Hale" <wmchal1@umbc.edu>
To: <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: ATM Linux and Mel


>
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, stan kohut wrote:
>
> > Scope exe runs in pure dos mode best.
> > Dont users of linux still have Dos on there machines?
> > Stan
>
> No.  Linux is a completely different operating system that has nothing to
> do with DOS and is run on many systems including many systems that never
> had version of DOS running on them.  I know that if I were to set up the
> system on Linux I would have to build the code myself, but hey I do that
> for a living so it doesn't scare me : ).  I will have to examine the
> French Page but if the stuff there does not meet my requirements, I might
> give a go at translating Mel's program into Linux Compliant C or C++ code.
>
> Bill
>
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