[Wine] Lack of DOS support in wine

[Dean Hamstead]

dos doesnt really have an api, dos programs largely spoke straight to 
the hardware.

Dean

mangamuscle wrote:
> I am aware that Wine is not an emulator. But instead of emulating a vintage architecture wouldn't it be feasible to simply implement all the DOS api calls? Instead of emulating the 286/386 simply use the legacy (virtual, real or protected) mode of modern x86/x64 cpus? instead of emulating CGE/EGA/VGA allow only VESA graphic modes? Would it be feasible to write an api that mimics the funcionlality of a sounblaster card bios?
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> I am aware this scheme would not allow to run all sotware like dosbox does and I am really asking since I do not know the definitive answer to these questions.
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