Running COFF legacy apps? Is it possible? How?

[Mitch D Day]

Hello to the list.


I am a biologist, a self-taught programmer and linux user.  I tell you 
all this so you can frame your response appropriately.  I have a 
research project that makes use of an algorithm implemented by the 
inventors and distributed as a COFF binary.  All my attempts to get 
source code or an ELF binary have been ignored.

Is it still possible to run COFF binaries on a modern linux distro (I 
would prefer to use Fedora, out of familiarity and habit)?  The last 
time I did this kind of thing was Redhat 7.2.  Is anyone out there 
faced with a similar challenge?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,


Mitch D. Day
Department of Biological Sciences
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID