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Date:      Wed, 21 Feb 1996 17:32:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Thot word processor
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960221172952.528C@maryann.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <peter.824920208@jhome.DIALix.COM>

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On 21 Feb 1996, Peter Wemm wrote:

> 
> >I have spoken with a friend who runs Linux, and he says if we tell him 
> >exactly what we want, he can probably get it.  He's not a beginner, 
> >either, but I can't tell him, I know nothing about Linux and I haven't 
> >tried any Linux emulation myself.  If you guys can send me a message 
> >describing what you need, exactly, well, let's see what he can do, OK?
> 
> BTW: -current's Linux emulator now does QMAGIC just fine, as well as ZMAGIC.
> 
> QMAGIC is ***much*** preferred, as it allows proper shared libraries.
> If you use ZMAGIC libraries, you do not share any code between processes
> and each copy of the program has a seperate copy in memory.  Needless to say,
> you run out of memory very quickly with ZMAGIC.
> 
> I use the a.out libraries from the slackware 3.0 distribution. I dont know
> if there are newer versions out now.
> 
> -Peter

Ok, I have asked my friend about what version he can gen, when you guys 
tell me that's OK, I'll ask him to give me them.  I think he prefers ELF 
himself, but he's not new at this, so I think he can generate what we ask 
for.  I specified QMAGIC as you explained to me.

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