Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:20:56 +0100 (MET) From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Status report of vm86/dos emulation Message-ID: <199702242120.WAA05181@plm.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <199702240140.RAA21099@kithrup.com> References: <199702240140.RAA21099@kithrup.com>
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>> On Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:40:53 -0800, Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> said:
SEF> P.S. As an aside, I've (sadly) come to the conclusion that
SEF> dos emulation is essentially worthless. WINE or Wabi (or
SEF> similar) is the way to go, it seems. Oh, you could probably
SEF> use a DOS emulator to do the installation, and having a
SEF> decent DOS emulator built into WINE or Wabi (or similar) is
SEF> probably a really good idea... but there's not a lot that you
SEF> get with a pure DOS emulator, which is what we currently
SEF> have. Maybe if/when we get DOSEMU working, we may have more
SEF> luck. SEF
For some of us it is really useful. My main reason to switch to
DOS/Windows is an electroninc banking application under DOS. It would
be great if I could run it under FreeBSD.
--
Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | Trust is a good quality
plm@xs4all.nl | the Netherlands | for other people to have
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