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DOSEMU, alternatively rendered '''dosemu''', is a Compatibility Layer software package that enables MS-DOS Software to run under Linux on X86 -based PCs ( IBM PC Compatible computers). It uses a combination of hardware Virtualization features and strategic emulation. It is thus able to achieve nearly native speed for 8086-compatible DOS operating systems and applications on IA-32 compatible processors, and for 32-bit DPMI applications on IA-32 compatible processors as well as on 64-bit IA-32e processors. ( 8086 Virtualization is not available in IA-32e's 64-bit mode, so DOSEMU includes an 8086 processor emulator for use with 16-bit applications.) From the dosemu HOWTO: DOSEMU is an option for people who need or want to continue to use their old DOS software. To quote the manual, "dosemu" is a user-level program which uses certain special features of the Linux kernel and the 80386 processor to run MS-DOS/FreeDOS/DR-DOS in what people in the biz call a `DOS box.' The DOS box, a combination of hardware and software trickery, has these capabilities:
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