[plug] Wine and 16 bit apps?

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.fdns.net
Thu Jan 6 11:08:16 WST 2005


On Thursday 06 January 2005 10:53, Senectus . wrote:
> The thing is an _ancient_ 16 bit app that is a pain to get running
> under 2k and xp let alone wine :-P

> But I was wondering if anyone else has done this before and if there
> are any tips or pointers you might have?

If WINE won't cut it (I'd be surprised if it didn't do well), try 
running Windows for Workgroups 3.11 under DosBox or DOSEMU, and the app 
under that.

Otherwise, I'm sure a debugging version of WINE and some patience will 
rub enough of the hair off to get it running.

Cheers; Leon



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