Date   : Mon, 11 Feb 1991 18:53:13 GMT
From   : agate!bionet!ucselx!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!imada!ravn@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen)
Subject: MS-DOS emulator?

hh2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

>Does anyone know anything about a shareware MS-DOS emulator for CP/M?

Unfortunately, that is probably not possible.  MSDOS is requering 640 kb
of memory and a 80x8x processor to run.  CP/M is designed to use max. 64
Kb workspace running under a Z80 processor.  This means that you have to

1) Get a 8088 emulator running
2) a MS-DOS emulator running
3) and then find space for the >600 kb requering programe.

You can, however, transfer files easily.  I know of the commercial
programe called UniForm, and the shareware (?) programe 22DSK, which is
avalilable on Simtel20, and its mirrors.

I have several times used my CP/M machine as an editor, doing the hard
typing parts at home, and then moving my stuff to another machine (by
cable but essential the same thing).

Sorry.

Thorbj\oe{}rn Andersen   ravn@imada.dk