[Wine] DOS apps

[Pavel Troller]

> Regarding WINE support for DOS apps:
> 
> Is there some fundamental reason why WINE could not be made to support
> old DOS apps (like Warcraft), or is it just a matter of missing
> libraries and such?
> 
> In other words, is there a reason why DosBox, etc. are full hardware
> emulators, or why full DOS library support in WINE still wouldn't be
> enough?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Joel Parker
> 
Hi!
  I think that one of the reasons is that old DOS apps are often very "dirty",
trying to directly access the hardware - ports, graphic card, sound card etc.
It's the main reason for which a hardware emulator (or even direct access to
physical ports, like in dosemu) is more suitable than the software layer only.
  And because for example dosemu or dosbox are mature and almost stable apps,
it's not necessary to "triplicate" the effort and create yet another DOS
emulator :-).
           With regards, Pavel Troller