Jim: I suspect the answers to your question won't be simple. So, bear in mind that you can give yourself the option to boot DOS. You could even retain an option to boot Windows if need be. Then, if you discover that dosemu and VMware take care of all your needs, you can blow those partitions away and give yourself another native linux partition. Until then, you keep your options open. Anyway, this is how I'd approach it. And, I think this approach is good practice if for no other reason than you'll take some time to come up to speed with these other tools. Meanwhile, if you need to get a task done with the tools you already know how to use, you won't be up the proverbial creek without that proverbial paddle. Now, I suspect you'll be able to port your code very nicely. How much editing will depend on how you've written it, I guess. But it should port. Do we still need Windows? I do--but then I have to read/write WordPerfect documents (.wpd extension), and I haven't found a tool (or figured how to hack Linux WP) to do the conversion from within Linux. Also, for the time being, if you need MIDI sequencing and/or multi-track sound editing, you need Windows. On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Jim Stevenson wrote: > I am applying for upgrade from a dos pc as a terminal to a unix mainframe. > > Do you linux power users sometimes need winblows for some applications? > Do you need dos to run dos programs like c code, or do they run under linux > dos emulation? > > In particular, I have lots of dos c code to drive the opl fm chip. > > Do you need both emacs speak and speakup to do everything? > > Is any particular brand of linux best for sound support and update without > much sited assistence? > > If you must quote me, please put your comments first. > > I have already listened to mine. > > Thanks. >
