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Bob Russell · 09-23-2006, 03:07 PM

These days, everyone seems to be working so hard to put Linux on anything that can compute. Whatever happened to good 'old DOS emulation?!

Well, Tam's palm is reporting that the emulator required to play old DOS games, run old versions of MS Word and program with Q BASIC has been written. This is most certainly a very rough version, and I don't think the code has even been released. Not at Tam's Palm anyway. But it's pretty neat to see something like this created. PC apps on a Palm device. Certainly the new handhelds must have the processing power of early PC's, so even under emulation you can see it as possible.

We'll look forward to hearing more about it. It would be very nice if it eventually even becomes a program that's sturdy enough to be made available to all PalmOS users.

Via Tams Palm.

09-23-2006, 03:07 PM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	DOS and a true x86 emulator for PalmOS These days, everyone seems to be working so hard to put Linux on anything that can compute. Whatever happened to good 'old DOS emulation?! Well, Tam's palm is reporting that the emulator required to play old DOS games, run old versions of MS Word and program with Q BASIC has been written. This is most certainly a very rough version, and I don't think the code has even been released. Not at Tam's Palm anyway. But it's pretty neat to see something like this created. PC apps on a Palm device. Certainly the new handhelds must have the processing power of early PC's, so even under emulation you can see it as possible. We'll look forward to hearing more about it. It would be very nice if it eventually even becomes a program that's sturdy enough to be made available to all PalmOS users. Via Tams Palm.