DOS emulator program in UNIX to run CD-ROMs

[Julie Meyer & Carl Todd]

     Our library consortium is looking into using a DOS emulator program
(on our UNIX system) to run CD-ROMs from our central site.  The hope
is that we could network text-based CD-ROMs this way and have them
accessible through our dumb terminals.  There may be some challenges
with re-mapping the keyboard but perhaps not much else with a good
emulation program.  This seems like a great way to network CD's but I
haven't seen this done yet and wonder why not.  I don't have much
experience with DOS emulators and would like some suggestions.  If
this works, it would be a wonderful networking tool for all of us
libraries with dumb terminals.  I'll reply to this list if we're
successful with it.

Thanks,

Carl Todd
Reference Dept. Head
Amesbury Public Library
todd at mvlc.lib.ma.us