From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 31 22:44:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA23932 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 31 Dec 1997 22:44:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp10.portal.net.au [202.12.71.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA23928 for ; Wed, 31 Dec 1997 22:44:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA00964; Thu, 1 Jan 1998 17:08:09 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801010638.RAA00964@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Annelise Anderson cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Add-in Card? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Dec 1997 12:05:50 -0800." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 17:08:09 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > The following excerpts from messages posted to > comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy > note a Sun Sparcstation solution to running Microsoft programs--an add-in > card that runs Windows 95 "natively." This suggests the possibility > of a card that would allow one to install and run Windows (3.1, 95, NT, > whatever...maybe even dos games)....perhaps in a X-Window. Sure. They even exist to a degree. The card mentioned below is basically a complete PC on a card. It costs about as much as a complete PC too. > I really don't know what I'm talking > about here but it sounds perhaps easier than emulation. Much more expensive, and not really much easier to do from scratch. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ Remember, the race is long, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and in the end it's only with yourself. \\