From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 9 22:00:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA05763 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:00:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from server3.syd.mail.ozemail.net (server3.syd.mail.ozemail.net [203.108.7.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA05744 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 22:00:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rlyon@ozemail.com.au) Received: from oznet07.ozemail.com.au (oznet07.ozemail.com.au [203.2.192.122]) by server3.syd.mail.ozemail.net (8.8.4/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA06738; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 17:00:15 +1100 (EST) Received: from rlyon (slmel61p05.ozemail.com.au [203.108.205.117]) by oznet07.ozemail.com.au (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA18897; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 17:00:13 +1100 (EST) From: "Richard Lyon" To: "Shawn Ramsey" , , Subject: Re: I know how stupid this question is but.. Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:48:00 +1100 Message-ID: <01bce3a8$1ab5bc60$6dcb6ccb@rlyon> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Have a look at the gcc for win32 project at http://www.cygnus.com. This project includes a shell, utilities and compiler. With the provided libraries it is possible to port a fair number of unix programs to run under NT. You can also use gcc to write win32 programs. The site provides more details about ported applications. -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Ramsey To: OCXFiles@aol.com ; questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Monday, 27 October 1997 10:34 Subject: Re: I know how stupid this question is but.. > > >>Do you know if there is anything that will run under DOS/Windows 95 that >will >>work like a DOS Box, but really be a UNIX/Linux box? I want to do the very >>simplest UNIX and Linux commands without having to boot. If you know where >>there is something like this and can help, thanks a lot. If not, same >thing. >> >>-Thanks > > >Unix shells have been ported to 95/NT. I know bash has, there are even a few >unix programs that have been ported to 95/NT. Im pretty sure >www.windows95.com has the shells, and some of the ports. > > > >