dosemu and X-windows

# 6 dosemu and X-windows

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## 6.1 Can I run dosemu in console mode while running X?

Ronald Schalk (`R.Schalk@uci.kun.nl`) reported (1/17/94) that

Yes, no problem. Just remember to use ctrl-alt-<Fn`>` to go to a Virtual Console (VC), and you can run any Linux application (dosemu is a linux-application). I've got almost always WP5.1 in a dos session.

`[`Note: Use ctrl-alt-F7 to switch back to X from dosemu.]

`[`Note: Some people have reported problems when dosemu is started before X]

## 6.2 Is it possible to run dosemu in an xterm?

Evmorfopoulos Dimitris (`devmorfo@mtu.edu`) reported (12/10/93) that

It is possible to run dosemu under an xterm, but without any graphics, and with no more than 128 characters.

H. Peter Anvin (`hpa@hook.eecs.nwu.edu`) adds (2/6/94)

no more than 128 characters... unless you use a special font. Someone has an IBM PC (CP 437) X font for use with ANSI-graphics on BBS's, as well as a patch for Xterm that *might* include character translation (for letters like `\305`, `\304`, `\326` for example.

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