From: jj4public@outlook.com   
      
   On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:40:27 +0700, JJ wrote:   
   > MS-DOS Player is a DOS emulator for Windows, especially 64-bit Windows.   
   > Using MAME's msdos emulator engine.   
   >   
   > It's NOT designed for games. It's not a full machine emulator. i.e. no   
   > emulation for graphic video mode, HD/FD drive, printer, sound card,   
   > joystick, etc. Just text based DOS in barebone machine.   
   >   
   > It's mainly for non graphic & audio DOS programs such as text/TUI based   
   > productivity and some utility programs.   
   >   
   > It works just like any console based Windows programs, where there's no need   
   > to map/configure the guest system's drives to make them accessible by the   
   > emulated DOS program.   
   >   
   > It's a niche tool, but the advanntages are that, it's much faster to load   
   > and start a DOS program; and because it's a console based tool, it can be   
   > used with scripting tools more seamlessly. And it's more stable than   
   > OTVDM/NTVDM in terms of running DOS programs.   
   >   
   > http://takeda-toshiya.my.coocan.jp/msdos/index.html   
   >   
   > Executables are provided in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, although   
   > there's no point for a 32-bit version. Executables are also provided   
   > separately for each emulated CPUs: i8086, NEC V30, i80286, i80386, i80486,   
   > Pentium 4, and generic 32-bit Intel CPU (ia32). Kind of like how QEMU   
   > separete executable for each emulated CPUs.   
   >   
   > It works under 64-bit Windows XP and newer versions, although on Windows XP,   
   > it'll need binary patching the executable's PE subsystem version from 6 to 5   
   > ..   
      
   Oops: "NTVDM". It should be: WINEVDM.   
      
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