M> (3) Will I be able to access other hardware while in the vm, like a usb 
 M> port and whatever might be connected to it?
 M> 
 M> I have run DOS in a vm on a linux box, but I expect this to be different.
 M>  

In my experience I've had no issues accessing other hardware while on a
VM regardless of the OS.  


While this may be off topic I really dig playing with HAIKU-OS when it
comes to graphical interface style OS's 



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