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As it doesn't appear to be available much, here's a copy.
As it doesn't appear to be available much, here's a copy.


[DosIdle.zip DosIdle download]
[https://wiki.vi-toolkit.com/images/f/f2/DOS-Drivers.zip Dos Drivers download]
 
Other interesting notes for DOS users of VMware virtual machines:
 
* [https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro-Documents/Sound-Blaster-16-on-VMware-Workstation-15-5-and-VMware-Fusion-11/ta-p/2781947 SoundBlaster 16 support] which has vastly improved thanks to Darius.
 
You also might want to check out Zamba's page here:
 
* http://www.scampers.org/steve/vmware/
and Ken Kato's pages here:
 
* https://sites.google.com/site/chitchatvmback/
 
See also: [[Windows 3.1]]

Latest revision as of 20:03, 27 November 2021

When creating a virtual machine with MS DOS (or PC Dos) then you'll notice that there are a few issues.

The first major issue being that the VM will run one of your cores with a high CPU. The reason being that MS DOS did not idle your CPU when it wasn't doing nothing, so instead of having a VM that uses no CPU when not doing anything you have that 1 core going nuts.

The classical way to resolve that is by installing DosIdle.

As it doesn't appear to be available much, here's a copy.

Dos Drivers download

Other interesting notes for DOS users of VMware virtual machines:

You also might want to check out Zamba's page here:

and Ken Kato's pages here:

See also: Windows 3.1