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Date:      Tue, 1 Aug 95 11:00:04 MDT
From:      terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
To:        owensc@alpha.enc.edu (Charles N. Owens)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: iBCS SCO status, Locus Merge
Message-ID:  <9508011700.AA02096@cs.weber.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.91.950731161827.23644I-100000@alpha.enc.edu> from "Charles N. Owens" at Jul 31, 95 04:26:43 pm

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> 	I realize that the iBCS stuff isn't scheduled for inclusion in 
> the regular releases, but I was wondering if there's any way I could get 
> the current code to play with??

It *is* part of the release stuff.

> 	Does anyone have any idea of whether or not it would run 
> something as complex as Locus's "merge" product?  This is what SCO uses 
> to execute DOS & Windows apps from its OS.

No, it would not.  Merge has kernel level support for the console
driver and for VM86() (virtual machine) support.

> 	I'm trying to put together a Unix served X-Station lab, and I'd 
> really like to use FreeBSD on ALL of the servers, but I NEED support for 
> DOS & Windows.  

Currently, PCEMU and WINE both run, though neither are up to the
merge/softwindows level.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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