OT: Einstein Writer under QEMU

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Mar 29, 2011, at 8:45 AM, geoffrey mendelson wrote:

> I'm trying to help someone run Einstein Writer under QEMU. I set up  
> a virtual machine and installed FreeDos on it.
>
> I found a demo of Einstein which is supposed to be a running version  
> of it.
>
> When I start it up, I get a few English words and a lot of junk on  
> the screen. I assume I am missing installing Hebrew support in the  
> virtual video card.
>
> I did a web search and found a wikipedia entry for codepage 862. I  
> tried to load it with the FreeDos command display con=(ega,862,1).  
> It loads, but I still get garbage.
>
> Any ideas?
>

To answer my own question, I found a dos boot disk complete with the  
necessary files and Einstein all on it. It was designed for a  
different virtualization system, but it works with QEMU:

http://masa0000.googlepages.com/eini.zip


> Alternatively is there a way to convert EinsteinWriter files to  
> something useable without Einstein itself?


Still looking for an answer.

Thanks, Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.