DOS and Windows emulation and gaming
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I compiled PCEM from sources in Manjaro (2021-04-30 latests in the repos).  I tried the build from AUR ( which did NOT work saying the AARCH64 was not supported ) but it pulled the prerequisites for me,. Then I pulled the GIT sources for version 17 and they configured and compiled without error.  I was able to install floppy software (versions of DOS) and they ran very nicely on several machine emulations.  I was NOT able to get FreeDOS running, because I have it on an ISO image.  I could not get the CD-ROM support to work well enough to link up the ISO. 

If anyone has compiled PCEM on PBP and gotten the CD-ROM working, please let me know the trick! 

I am looking forward to running FreeDOS with the full games selection, and testing ReactOS in PCEM on PBP if I can get it working that far.

UPDATE: I have not gotten CD-ROM working.  I DID discover that if you have a legacy mode CD-ROM ISO file X.ISO and you rename it X.img it will load as a hard drive image if you are lucky.  I found a combination that it would work on, loaded the usb image of FreeDOS, and was able to do a full install to a blank vhd drive image that way.  

This will NOT work with the ReactOS 4.14 or daily images, as those are more modern and use compressed data that the PCEM drivers cannot seem to handle.
Ancient teacher (Secondary Field Science/Math), Warrior (USARNG- RET SSG), and IT warrior (30+ years Coder, Network/Systems Administrator, general house geek). 
Pinebook Pro user (Debian, Manjaro)
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DOS and Windows emulation and gaming - by Wizzard - 06-08-2020, 02:34 AM
RE: DOS and Windows emulation and gaming - by pcx - 02-12-2021, 08:48 PM
RE: DOS and Windows emulation and gaming - by wpeckham - 05-01-2021, 12:13 PM

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