Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 11:31:59 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: pgiffuni@apolo.biblos.unal.edu.co (Pedro Giffuni) Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NetBSD emulation. Message-ID: <199610290102.LAA08278@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961028162551.6010B-100000@apolo.biblos.unal.edu.co> from "Pedro Giffuni" at Oct 28, 96 04:33:56 pm
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Pedro Giffuni stands accused of saying: > > I read on an OpenBSD list, NetBSD runs some DOS software, does anyone know > about it? (Who wrote it, can it be useful in FreeBSD?) NetBSD has a couple of DOS emulators; the Linux 'dosemu' and the BSDi 'DOScmd'. Sean Fagan and I have been working on DOScmd for FreeBSD, but Sean has been too busy to get the kernel bits working. Aside from this, it works quite well. > Does FreeBSD run NetBSD software? Some. The missing component here is the vm86 support. > Will you be working more on the SCO emulation now that it is freely > available? There are still programs that dont run, specially Motif stuff. Not me; too much on my plate as it is 8( > Pedro. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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