Console Mode, DOS Emulator on OLPC

[Mitch Bradley]

OLPC does not support VGA/EGA/CGA graphics, so the display code for all 
those old programs will not work.


big one wrote:
>> Booting to console mode / svgalib possible
>>     
>
> Can someone put a wiki / HOWTO about booting OLPC to console mode, setting up svgalib, SDL, xinit command and xinitrc?
>
>   
>> Lack of FreeDOS because of BIOS
>>     
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> With console mode, IMO it is possible to run DOS Emulator such as DosEMU + FreeDOS or DOSbox with decent speed on OLPC.
>
> http://dosemu.sourceforge.net
> http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
>
> 1. There are large number of DOS education application suitable for teacher and students.
> 2. Most DOS applications are designed for slow PC below 100 MHz.
> 3. There are many abandonware/freely available 20 years old DOS applications/tools on the Internet, such as TurboC, TurboPascal, TurboBasic etc.
>
> DOS Freeware / Shareware applications:
> Simtel.net:
> http://www.eunet.bg/simtel.net/msdos/
> Garbo.uwasa.fi:
> ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/
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