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DOS Emulator In and Out of App Store

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the going-for-hte-record dept.

gent01 writes "A company called Fast Intelligence got DOSBox running on iOS and dubbed it iDOS. It's been stuck in review for the app store for some time. Evidently the iDOS app was in the app store this morning, but it has already been taken down."

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  1. Re:Well, duh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The reviewer probably thought it was a gimmick that just emulated the experience of DOS... Kinda like a "blue screen" screensaver or whatever.

  2. I could have run cygwin! by Alain+Williams · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I had DOS then I could have installed an old version of cygwin and then got my favourite GNU tools working! Jobs would have had a fit it I could have done that.

  3. Aw. by fyngyrz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm the author of a very compact, complete and quite speedy 6809/FLEX emulator... I'd love to port that to the iP(o|a)d. Hadn't even tried because of the "no emulated code" policy Apple inflicts on developers. If they approve this DOS thing - eventually, I understand they're still rejecting on that basis right now - I'll hit that baby hard. What a trip it would be to go from my old SS-50 system, really quite a bit of hardware ca. 1970s, to having it in my pocket. Hoo. Double hoo. In the meantime, back to my usual level of discontent...

    --
    I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
  4. Re:Well, duh. by RichiH · · Score: 3, Interesting

    > Every time I think I've decided to stick with iPhone4 for my next phone, I see a reason to buy an n900 instead.

    That will continue to be the case. Until the N9 comes out at which point your focus will change from N900 to N9. Or HTC Desire / Desire HD, if you like Android.

    I have a co-worker with a iPhone 3GS and one with an iPad. Both are annoyed at what the HTC Desire does what they can't.