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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 1996 15:58:23 +0000 (WET DST)
From:      Alexey Pialkin  <root@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru>
To:        lambert.org!terry@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        root@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru, FreeBSD.ORG!sos@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru, atrad.adelaide.edu.au!msmith@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru, riogrande.cs.tcu.edu!tam@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru, FreeBSD.ORG!hackers@VexedVox.stud.pu.ru
Subject:   Re: DOS emulator; Silly questions ...
Message-ID:  <199604121158.PAA00331@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199604112022.NAA04681@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 11, 96 01:22:53 pm

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> > For what else you are going to use VM86 ? The main & sole purpose of it is 
> > 8086 emulation => DOS emulation. 
> 
> The main purpose of VM86() in my book is BIOS driver support and
> fallback support for otherwise unsupportable hardware.

Do you whant something like WIN95 ? :( On my mind it's not a very nice idea
to use BIOS in all cases - much better to write normal driver....

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