id = 627
title = "VI.EXE crashes on start under QEMU; works under BOCHS"
state = "opened"
created_at = "2021-09-18T05:13:24.464Z"
closed_at = "n/a"
labels = ["target: i386"]
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/627"
host-os = "Debian Bullseye x64"
host-arch = "x64"
qemu-version = "QEMU emulator version 6.1.0"
guest-os = "MS-DOS"
guest-arch = "x86"
description = """vi.exe hangs on startup; can be verified to work in bochs"""
reproduce = """1. Run vi.exe from DOS prompt; hang is evident immediately as ~ ~ ~ ~ doesn't show up"""
additional = """Actual [vi.exe](/uploads/d77076b8187489253c6ad8f1ab3ec247/vi.exe) attached; it's ridiculously old; the kind of thing that belongs on archive.org; I think I actually own this copy program by inheritance; but if the copyright holder objects we'll have to take it down again. :("""