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Someone just told me about Crossover and said a lot of Windows Apps can be run with it. Questions:

1. Can DOS programs be run as well? The DOS program I specifically have in mind is Word Perfect 5.1.

2. If DOS programs can be run, can Windows programs be run simultaneously with DOS programs?

Zooterpust wrote:

Someone just told me about Crossover and said a lot of Windows Apps
can be run with it. Questions:

1. Can DOS programs be run as well? The DOS program I specifically
   have in mind is Word Perfect 5.1.

Hi,

Crossover is based on Wine, and Wine is not an emulator - it's a reimplementation of the Windows
API. As such it will not run DOS programs natively, however it does run the DOSbox emulator very
well...see;

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=5949

It may be possible to hoist DosBos in Crossover, and then run WP5.1 in that...

Zooterpust wrote:

2. If DOS programs can be run, can Windows programs be run
   simultaneously with DOS programs?

On the proviso you don't confuse a DOS program with programs requiring win3.xx
it should be fine to run multiple instances of dosbox and therefore multiple
DOS programs at the same time...in theory at least, I haven't tried it but the
concept is sound. What interoperability may or maynot be needed between the
DOS programs themselves would be a consideration, but such would largely depend
on what you wanted to achieve here, and which DOS programs you refer to.

Cheers!

edit: oh, I should point out that there are native Mac ports of dosbox - you
don't need crossover to run dosbox