Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 21:20:24 -0400 (EDT) From: John Capo <jc@irbs.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DOS emulator Message-ID: <199504250120.VAA09957@irbs.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950424204019.408A-100000@friendly.net5b.io.org> from "Steven Erickson" at Apr 24, 95 08:41:01 pm
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Steven Erickson writes: > > On Mon, 24 Apr 1995, John Selph wrote: > > > > Is there a DOS emulator for FreeBSD? (Not Windows) Either > > commercial or non-commercial ok. > > > > Yes they do but I wouldn't take it. I rather use DOS/FreeBSD paritions. > If you have a machine with a DOS partiton, that is a viable alternative. OTOH, if you just have a *nix box and you need DOS for something, like running the self extracting .EXE format that is so popular with DOS, the very same format the IRS chose for storing tax forms on their web site, then pcemu may just work fine. Took me 5 minutes to build it, uncompress my *&@#!$ tax form and get on with my life. -- John Capo
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